Explicity setDTR. Matt Carpenter says this should be neighborly.

[goodfet] / client / GoodFET.py

diff --git a/client/GoodFET.py b/client/GoodFET.py
index 63e38e9..70e383e 100755 (executable)
--- a/client/GoodFET.py
+++ b/client/GoodFET.py
@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@ class GoodFET:
             parity = serial.PARITY_NONE
             )
         
-        #Explicitly set RTS
+        #This might cause problems, but it makes failure graceful.
+        #self.serialport._timeout = 5;
+        
+        #Explicitly set RTS and DTR to halt board.
         self.serialport.setRTS(1);
+        self.serialport.setDTR(1);
         #Drop DTR, which is !RST, low to begin the app.
         self.serialport.setDTR(0);
         self.serialport.flushInput()
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ class GoodFET:
             
             #Debugging string; print, but wait.
             if self.app==0xFF and self.verb==0xFF:
-                print "DEBUG %s" % self.serialport.read(self.count);
+                print "# DEBUG %s" % self.serialport.read(self.count);
             else:
                 self.data=self.serialport.read(self.count);
                 return self.data;