Respond to serial port while processing other jobs

[ulala099]

Hi,
I am programming GM862 using python. In my program the device should wait for serial port command for unlimited time and respond to any command while processing other parts of the program at the same time.

For example My device logs data continuously. Now If I connect my PC to the device and send command "date" then it should respond to it and send the present time and date. But it should not stop processing the data.

How can I do that? Any idea or suggestion?

Thanks in advance.

[Formula]

import socket

timeout = 300 # seconds
socket.settimeout(timeout)

Or put zero for unlimited time

[ulala099]

import socket

timeout = 300 # seconds
socket.settimeout(timeout)

Or put zero for unlimited time

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.

But this is not for serial port. Rather this is for networking, isn't it?

I was trying SER.read() , SER.receive(tim eout) , SER.receivebyte (timeout). I couldn't find any function for reading line like readline() for GM862. How can I solve this problem?