def setup_modem(self):
# we use Modem here only for reading the modem information, not for parsing.
# reading the bytes from serial (after initial connect) is not done using Modem but overridden here
modem = Modem(self.config.device, self.config.rate, None)
self.serial = modem.dev
self.modem_uid = modem.uid
modem.stop_reading() # so we can read the serial stream ourself
