On Thursday 23 December 2010, Mick Sulley elucidated thus:
> Hi,
>
> I have a python program using pyowfs to read a 1-wire network. The
> system overall works very well, but I have been trying to make it
> more robust, giving error messages for as many problems as I can, but
> what I have not been able to to get is 1-wire not plugged into the
> serial port, or plugged into the wrong serial port.
>
> My code has -
>
> from pyowfs import Connection
> connection = Connection("/dev/ttyS0")
>
> If the 1-wire is not plugged in to ttyS0 the second of those lines
> just hangs. Is there any way to put a timeout on it and get it to
> return an error message? I have tried a few things but can't get
> anything to work.
Have you tried the 'signal' module, and settings alarms?
j
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