txgsm

txgsm provides utilities for talking to a GSM modem via AT commands.

Installation

Install txgsm from PyPi directly:

pip install txgsm

Or checkout the source from Github:

git clone https://github.com/smn/txgsm.git

And install the dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
pip install -e .

Usage

Probe the modem /dev/tty.usbmodem1421 to see if it is something modem-ish:

twistd -n txgsm --device=/dev/tty.usbmodem1421 probe-modem

To check other options:

twistd -n txgsm --help

Supported modems

The following modem backends are included:

Modem Backend
3G dongle for Vodacom txgsm.backend.foo
Truteq’s GSM CommServ txgsm.backend.bar
Raspberry PI SIM800 GSM/GPRS Add-on V2.0 txgsm.backend.spam

Pull requests for new backends are very welcome!

Tests

You can run the tests using trial:

trial txgsm

Or using py.test (that also generates a test coverage report):

py.test --cov=txgsm --cov-report=term

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