From: Secesh <secesh@...>
Date: 2010-06-14T11:20:13+09:00
Subject: serialport won't thread (new to ruby)

def readSerial
    while 1
        puts "reading line from TTY\n"
        TTY.read_timeout=1
        lineTTY = TTY.read.unpack("H*")
        lineTTY.each { |l|
            if l.sub!(/^0262([0-9A-F]{12})06/i, "")
                puts "Got ACK on: #{$1}\n"
                #This message is simply an ACK from the PLM of a
message I sent
                #to the PLM.  because I incorporate error-detection
elsewhere,
                #I assume I send good data to the PLM, and only get
ACKs.
                #NAKs from the PLM are "15" instead of "06"
                redo
            elsif l.sub!(/^0250([0-9A-F]{6})([0-9A-F]{6})([0-9A-F]{2})
([0-9A-F]{2})([0-9A-F]{2})/i, "")
                #I wish I could condense the repition out of the
above, but doing so makes me loose variables below.
                puts "A SD was sent from #{$1} to #{$2}.  Flag was:
#{$3}.  Commands were: #{$4} #{$5}\n"
                redo
            elsif l.length > 0
                print "unknown: " + l + "\n"
            end
        }
        sleep(1)
    end
end

def watchGets
    while 1
        line=gets.chomp
        exit if line=="q"
    end
end

______________________________
# Given the above, this works:
readSerial
# But the problem is that rather than just calling that, I want to
thread.
# But the below hangs (I get one line of "Reading line from TTY" --
but only one).
# and while threadTTY hangs, threadGets works fine in the background.
threadGets = Thread.new{watchGets}
threadTTY = Thread.new{readSerial}
    threadGets.join
    threadTTY.join
# Thanks!