pablobl...@gmail.com wrote:
> I am using a XBee to receive data from an arduino network.
>
> But they have AP=2 which means escaped characters are used when a 11 or 13
> appears (and some more...)
>
> When this occurs, XBee sends 7D and inmediatly XOR operation with char and
> 0x20.
>
> I am trying to recover the original character in python but I don't know
> ho to do it.
>
> I tried something like this:
>
> read = ser.read(4) #Read 4 chars from serial port
> for x in range (0,4):
> if(toHex(read[x]) != '7d'): #toHex converts it to hexadecimal just for
> checking purposes if(x < 3):
> read[x] = logical_xor(read[x+1], 20) #XOR
> for y in range (x+1,3):
> read[y] = read[y+1]
> read[3] = ser.read()
> else:
> read[x] = logical_xor(ser.read(), 20) #XOR
>
> data = struct.unpack('<f', read)[0]
>
> logical_xor is:
>
> def logical_xor(str1, str2):
> return bool(str1) ^ bool(str2)
>
> I check if 7D character is in the first 3 chars read, I use the next char
> to convert it, if it is the 4th, I read another one.
>
> But I read in python strings are inmutables and I can't change their value
> once they have one.
>
> What would you do in this case? I started some days ago with python and I
> don't know how to solve this kind of things...
As you cannot change the old string you have to compose a new one. I think
the simplest approach is to always read one byte, and if it's the escape
marker read another one and decode it. The decoded bytes/chars are then
stored in a list and finally joined:
# Python 2
# untested
def read_nbytes(ser, n):
accu = []
for i in xrange(n):
b = ser.read(1)
if b == "\x7d":
b = chr(ord(ser.read(1)) ^ 0x20)
accu.append(b)
return "".join(accu)
b = read_nbytes(ser, 4)
data = struct.unpack('<f', b)[0]
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