A minor routine to take care of parasite symbols that may be left over in the serial read buffer. This happens when a program output wasn't terminated with new line. This also does not affect the test results.

2015-02-20 02:30:01 +02:00 · 2015-02-20 02:30:01 +02:00 · 0d4c158505
parent f130a80755
commit 0d4c158505
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--- a/workspace_tools/host_tests/echo.py
+++ b/workspace_tools/host_tests/echo.py
@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ class EchoTest():
        selftest.mbed.flush()
        selftest.notify("HOST: Starting the ECHO test")
        result = True
+        
+        """ This ensures that there are no parasites left in the serial buffer.
+        """
+        for i in range(0, 2):
+            selftest.mbed.serial_write("\n")
+            c = selftest.mbed.serial_readline()
+            
        for i in range(0, self.TEST_LOOP_COUNT):
            TEST_STRING = str(uuid.uuid4()) + "\n"
            selftest.mbed.serial_write(TEST_STRING)