UnicodeDecodeError from tty.readline(), u-Blox 8

Mon May 29 22:38:03 UTC 2023

Yo Hal!

On Mon, 29 May 2023 15:22:43 -0700
Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> Can somebody give me a lesson on this area?
> 
> The code is:
>   tty = open("/dev/ttyACM0")
>   forever:
>     line = tty.readline()

> a) How do I read mostly ASCII without crashing when there is
> non-ASCII?

To open to read binary:

    tty = open("/dev/ttyACM0", "rb")

The line will be binary.  Getting just the NMEA out will be fun.

> b) Why is a u-Blox LEA-M8T sending me non-ASCII crap?

Becasue it wants to.  Becasue UBX is better than NMEA.

>   This is coming from the USB port.  It's running in NMEA mode.
>   I don't think I have sent it any commands.

From u-blox8-M8_ReceiverDescrProtSpec_UBX-13003221.pdf:

"By default all ports are configured for UBX and NMEA protocols."

RGDS
GARY
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