ADD: help message for make serial

logger/init_serial.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import time
 from app import Meteorologger
 
 ser = Meteorologger().get_serial()
+time.sleep(2) # waiting for board reset
 
 def send(command_str, response_wait=0):
     '''
@@ -17,7 +18,16 @@ def send(command_str, response_wait=0):
     except:
         print("Unable do decode raw line read:\n{}".format(raw))
 
-print("\nExecuting send('help') ... waiting for board response ...")
-s = send('help')
-s = send('help')
-print('\n' + s)
+print("\nSending 'help' to the serial... waiting for board response ...")
+response = send('help')
+print("\nCommands available:\n" + '-'*40 + '\n' + response + '\n' + '-'*40)
+print(
+"""\
+You are now inside the Python interpreter! The commands above
+must be passed as a string to the send() function!
+
+Examples:
+    >>> send('read,t,l')    # to read both temperature and luminosity
+    >>> send('setrtc,2015,7,15,17,45,0')  # set the real time clock, if present
+""")
+