Method: Alien::AlienTag#create

Defined in:
lib/alien/alientag.rb

#create(taglist_entry) ⇒ Object

Try to parse a taglist entry into a set of Tag object variables.

Uses a simple mapping from Alien ‘text’ format:

Tag:0102 0304 0506 0708 0900 0A0B, Disc:2008/10/28 10:49:35, Last:2008/10/28 10:49:35, Count:1, Ant:3, Proto:2

rssi and speed attributes are not included in the default text format. In order to have them parsed correctly the TagListFormat must be set to custom and the TagListCustomFormat fields must be separated by the following text tokens:

'tag:', 'disc:', 'last:', 'count:', 'ant:', 'proto:', 'speed:', 'rssi:'

For example:

@rdr.taglistcustomformat("Tag:%i, Disc:${DATE1} ${TIME1}, Last:${DATE2} ${TIME2}, Count:${COUNT}, Ant:${TX}, Proto:${PROTO#}, Speed:${SPEED}, rssi:${RSSI})"
@rdr.taglistformat("custom")



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# File 'lib/alien/alientag.rb', line 89

def create(taglist_entry)
  @id = ""
  return self if (taglist_entry=="(No Tags)")

  tagline = taglist_entry.split("\r\n")[0]
  tagbits = Hash.new("0")

  tagline.split(", ").each do |keyval|
    key, val = keyval.split(":", 2)
    if key.nil?
      raise "Trouble parsing taglist string. Text format expected. This string was: #{taglist_entry}"
    end
    tagbits[key.downcase] = val
  end

  if (!tagbits.empty?)
    #zero length ids can cause funny behavior
    if tagbits['tag'] != nil
      @id = tagbits['tag']
    end

    @ant       = tagbits['ant']
    @count     = tagbits['count']
    @disc      = tagbits['disc']
    @last      = DateTime.parse(tagbits['last'])
    @last_last = @last
    @proto     = tagbits['proto']
    @rssi      = tagbits['rssi']
    @freq      = tagbits['freq']
    @speed     = tagbits['speed']
  end
  return self
end