[newbie] trying socket as a replacement for nc

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

----- Original Message -----
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 5:26 AM, Jean Dubois
> <jeandubois314 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Try something simple first:
> >> import telnetlib
> >> host = '10.128.59.63'
> >> port = 7000
> >> t = Telnet(host, port)
> >> def flush()
> >>   t.read_very_eager()
> >> def sendCmd(cmd)
> >>   t.write('%s\n' % cmd)
> >>   return flush()
> >> flush()
> >> print sendCmd('*IDN?')
> >> print sendCmd('*OPC?')
> > Still no success:
> > jean at mantec:~$ ./test.py
> >   File "./test.py", line 7
> >     def flush()
> >               ^
> > SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> >
> >
> > Tried it both with python2 and python3, same error...
> 
> Folks, the OP isn't an expert. Please test your scripts before
> posting!
> 
> I don't have everything I need to test this fully, but here's a
> variant of the above that's at least syntactically correct:
> 
> from telnetlib import *
> host = '10.128.59.63'
> port = 7000
> t = Telnet(host, port)
> def flush():
>   t.read_very_eager()
> def sendCmd(cmd):
>   t.write('%s\n' % cmd)
>   return flush()
> flush()
> print sendCmd('*IDN?')
> print sendCmd('*OPC?')
> 
> It's written for Python 2, so use that interpreter.
> 
> ChrisA

It was done on purpose, for educational purpose... :) 
My bad, however I should point that learning the very basic of a language by implementing a low level equipment remote protocol is rather ambitious.
By experience I know that you are annoyed by a crapload of nasty details without even caring about the python syntax, including:
  * LF/CR sequence
  * Inconsistent  answer pattern, depending on the equipment vendor
  * broken netcode that can block the remote server
  * timeouts
  * poor equipment feedback
I still wish Jean a great success :)


JM  


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