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Add an example pythonSoftIOC talking to a TCP device

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python

Research direction

Start by locating the existing pythonSoftIOC examples and the streamDevice-related code, then review how TCP device communication is currently handled. Define the helper API around the described length-prefixed frame and two-byte CRC protocol. Done means a runnable pythonSoftIOC example communicates with a TCP device using those helpers.

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Description

enhancement

Add an example pythonSoftIOC talking to a TCP device with a protocol would be complicated to implement in streamDevice (like 1 byte giving frame length, bytes data, 2 byte CRC). Add helpers to pythonSoftIOC to make this easier.

Dominant language
Python
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47
Forks
15
Avg merge
1d 18h
Merged PRs (30d)
1

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