On Apr 17, 1:10 pm, maehhheeyy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to add a timeout so that when I pull out my gps from my serial > port, it would wait for a bit then loop and then see if it's there. I > also want to add a print statement saying that there is no GPS device > found. However when I run my code and unplug my serial port, my code > will just hang until I plug it back in. > This is my code right now: > > def GetGPS(): > data = [] > #Open com1: 9600,8,N,1 > fi = serial.Serial(0, timeout = 1) > print '[gps module] SERIAL PORT OPEN ON COM1:' > > can anyone help me please? Thanks.
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