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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

pypi workflow

pip install robotframework-pyserial

Documentation

docs workflow

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

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        COM1    9600
    Set Timeout    5
    Write          Hello, world!
    ${data}=       Read
    Should Be Equal    ${data}    Hello, world!
    Disconnect from Serial

Keywords

Keyword Description
Connect Connects to a serial device.
Disconnect 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

License

  • See the LICENSE file for details.