A tiny driver to talk to the AVL Jacq3 loom over usb-serial connection
Requires the 'pySerial' module.
from jacq3g import *
connection = Comm() # sets up a usb-serial connection
connection.initialize()
loom = Jacq3G() # holds data that can be sent using Comm()
for i in range(0, loom.length, 4):
loom.setPick(i, True) # pick i
connection.send(loom.getPick()) #send data over, press foot pedal to engage
connection.send(loom.getNullPick()) #clear all picks
connection.shutdown()Send-picks is a small utility that uses Jacq3G to send picks from a file (containing, on each line, a string of ones and zeroes) to the loom. You can use it to easily pipe patterns to the loom:
./send-picks.py twill.txt
todo : Move Comm, Jacq3 in one class? Some helpers for binary patterns ? More documentation ?