added functionality to all devices to get serial number

charris · Aug 25, 2012 · 0e6af8b · 0e6af8b
1 parent 953642f
commit 0e6af8b
Showing 1 changed file with 9 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/src/FLI/device.py b/src/FLI/device.py
@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@
 
 import sys, time
 
-from ctypes import pointer, POINTER, byref, c_char, c_char_p, c_long, c_ubyte, c_double
+import ctypes
+from ctypes import pointer, POINTER, byref, c_char, c_char_p, c_long, c_ubyte, c_double, c_size_t
 
 
 import numpy
 
 from lib import FLILibrary, FLIError, FLIWarning, flidomain_t, flidev_t,\
                 FLIDOMAIN_USB
 ###############################################################################
-DEBUG = True
+DEBUG = False
+BUFFER_SIZE = 64
 ###############################################################################
 class USBDevice(object):
     """ base class for all FLI USB devices"""
@@ -37,6 +39,11 @@ def __init__(self, dev_name, model):
 
     def __del__(self):
         self._libfli.FLIClose(self._dev)
+
+    def get_serial_num(self):
+        serial = ctypes.create_string_buffer(BUFFER_SIZE)
+        self._libfli.FLIGetSerialString(self._dev,serial,c_size_t(BUFFER_SIZE))
+        return serial.value
 
     @classmethod    
     def find_devices(cls):