robotframework-pyserial 1.1.0

Robotframework implementation of beloved pyserial module

Robot Framework - SerialLibrary

Overview

PySerial Robot Framework Library is a Python library for interacting with serial devices using Robot Framework. This library provides keywords for connecting to serial devices, reading and writing data, setting timeouts, and more.

Installation

pip install robotframework-pyserial

Documentation

For detailed documentation of each keyword and usage examples, refer to the documentation in the below link,

https://reharish.github.io/robotframework-pyserial

Project Inspiration

• zilogic-systems/parrot - Embedded Test Automation Framework, based on Robot Framework.

• pySerial - Python serial port access library

Usage

To use the PySerial Robot Framework Library in your Robot Framework test suites, you need to import it at the beginning of your test suite file:

*** Settings ***
Library    SerialLibrary

*** Test Cases ***
Example Test
    Connect to Serial    COM1    9600
    Set Timeout    5
    Write    Hello, world!
    ${data}=    Read
    Should Be Equal    ${data}    Hello, world!
    Disconnect from Serial

Keywords

Keyword	Description
Connect to Serial	Connects to a serial device.
Disconnect from Serial	Disconnects from the serial device.
Set Timeout	Sets the read timeout for the serial device.
Set Write Timeout	Sets the write timeout for the serial device.
Set Unicode	Sets the Unicode encoding for data communication.
Read	Reads data from the serial device.
Write	Writes data to the serial device.
Read until	Reads data from the serial device until a specified string is encountered.
Read All	Reads all the data from the input buffer.
Reset Input Buffer	Clear the input buffer for the serial device.
Reset Output Buffer	Clear the output buffer for the serial device.
Save buffer to file	Saves the data buffer into a file.

Contributors

• Harishbabu Rengaraj(@reharish)
• Abisheak Kumarasamy (@abi-sheak)

License

• See the LICENSE file for details.