def main():
print "opening"
#board = BOARDS['arduino_mega']
if os.path.exists(tty):
board = ArduinoMega(tty, baudrate=57600)#, target=0)
#time.sleep(3)
#print "VERSION",board.get_firmata_version()
## Prints some details to STDOUT
#print "pyFirmata version: %s" % str(pyfirmata.__version__ )
#print "Hardware: %s" % str(board )
#print "Firmata version: %s" % str(board.firmata_version )
#print "Firmware: %s" % str(board.firmware )
#print "Firmware version: %s" % str(board.firmware_version)
#time.sleep(3)
board.string_write("1234567890123567890")#from python. please echo")
#board.string_write("abcdefghijklmn")#from python. please echo")
#print "Firmata firmware name: %s" % board.get_firmware()
#print "Firmata firmware:\t%i.%i" % (board.get_firmata_version()[0], board.get_firmata_version()[1])
#time.sleep(10)
try:
while True:
while board.sp.inWaiting() > 0:
board.iterate()
#print "sleeping"
time.sleep(.5)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
sys.exit(0)
except:
sys.exit(1)
