added command to build with no console on windows and optimise on build

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /build
 /dist
-OutGaugeInterpreter.spec
+OutGaugeInterpreter.spec
+*.csv

OutGaugeInterpreter.py

@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ import serial
 import time
 import platform
 import sys 
+import threading
 from enum import Enum
 import tkinter
 from GAME_METHODS import *
+import functools #used for passing variables into callbacks
 
 ##check if python 3.11 is running code and exit if not 
 
@@ -20,26 +22,43 @@ if not(sys.version_info[0] == 3 and sys.version_info[1] == 11):
 ##system init
 runningOs = platform.system()
 
-UDP_IP = "127.0.0.1"
+UDP_IP = "0.0.0.0"
 BEAMNG_UDP_PORT = 4444
 FORZA_UDP_PORT= 4843
 SERIAL_PORT = ""
 firstRun= True #used to do the headers for csv files
+pushingToArduino = False
+stopThread = False
 
 class GameType(Enum):
     NONE=0
     BEAMNG = "BEAMNG"
     FORZA = "FORZA"
 
+class ProgramState(Enum):
+    PUSHING_DATA = 1
+    WAITNG = 2
+    ERROR = 3
+    
+appState =ProgramState.WAITNG
 connectedArduino = False
 connectedWebSocket = False
 gameSelected = False
 portToConnect= 0
-gameType= GameType.NONE
 carData = 0
 csvOut = False
 
 #Functions <-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def checkBoxChange():
+    if tkLoggingEnabled.get()==True:
+        loggingLocationEntry.config(state='normal')
+        loggingLocationText.set(value= "./"+ tkGametype.get()+"_"+str(int(time.time()))+".csv")
+        loggingLocationEntry.insert(0,loggingLocationText.get())
+    else:
+        loggingLocationText.set(value="")
+        loggingLocationEntry.delete(0,tkinter.END)
+        loggingLocationEntry.config(state='disabled')
+
 def csvWriteOut(firstRun,carData,csvFile):
     if firstRun == True:
         out=""
@@ -51,6 +70,59 @@ def csvWriteOut(firstRun,carData,csvFile):
         outString = outString + str(num) +","
     csvFile.write(outString+"\n")
 
+def runningThread():
+    global stopThread
+    gameType= tkGametype.get()
+
+    #check everything is connected
+    if gameType==GameType.BEAMNG.value:
+        portToConnect=BEAMNG_UDP_PORT
+    elif gameType==GameType.FORZA.value:
+        portToConnect=FORZA_UDP_PORT
+    
+    try:    
+        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        sock.bind((UDP_IP,portToConnect))
+    except:
+        print("please check you are able to open the socket on this system\ntired to open port: "+portToConnect)
+        exit()
+
+    try:
+        toPi=serial.Serial(SERIAL_PORT,115200,timeout=2) #connect to arduino
+    except:
+        print("please check connection to arduino and verify the correct serial port")
+        exit()
+
+    csvOut = tkLoggingEnabled.get()
+
+    if csvOut == True:
+        csvFile = open(loggingLocationText.get(),"a")
+
+  
+
+    while not stopThread:
+        data, addr = sock.recvfrom(1024)
+        if gameType == GameType.BEAMNG.value:
+            unpackedData = struct.unpack(BEAMNG_METHODS.BEAMNG_DATA_FORMAT,data)
+            carData = BEAMNG_METHODS.unpackData(unpackedData)
+            kmh=carData["speed"]*3.6
+            if csvOut == True:
+                csvWriteOut(firstRun,carData,csvFile)
+                firstRun=False
+        elif gameType == GameType.FORZA.value:
+            unpackedData = struct.unpack(FORZA_METHODS.FORZA_DATA_FORMAT,data) 
+            carData = FORZA_METHODS.unpackData(unpackedData)
+            kmh = carData["Speed"]*3.6
+            if csvOut == True:
+                csvWriteOut(firstRun,carData,csvFile)
+                firstRun=False
+        
+        try:
+            toPi.write(str(kmh).encode()+":".encode())
+        except:
+            print("arduino disconnected please check connection\n")
+    
+
 #code runs from here<-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if runningOs == 'Windows':
@@ -63,11 +135,29 @@ else:
     print("OS detection failed setting serial port to 'COM5'\n")
     SERIAL_PORT = 'COM5'
 
+def startStopButtonFunc():
+    global appState
+    if appState == ProgramState.WAITNG:
+        startStopButton.config(text="stop")
+        appState = ProgramState.PUSHING_DATA
+        stopThread=False 
+        workThread = threading.Thread(target=runningThread)
+        workThread.start()
+        statusTextVar.set("Running...")
+        
+    elif appState == ProgramState.PUSHING_DATA:
+        startStopButton.config(text="start")
+        appState = ProgramState.WAITNG
+        statusTextVar.set("Waiting...")
+        stopThread = True
+
     ##GUI init 
 rootFrameGui= tkinter.Tk()
 rootFrameGui.title("Car speed to arduino")
-rootFrameGui.geometry("400x200")
+##rootFrameGui.geometry("400x200")
 
+bottomBarFrameGui = tkinter.ttk.Frame(rootFrameGui,padding=0,relief="groove",borderwidth=2,)
+bottomBarFrameGui.pack(anchor="se",side="bottom",fill="x")
 firstFrameGui=tkinter.ttk.Frame(rootFrameGui,padding=2,relief="groove",borderwidth=2)
 firstFrameGui.pack(anchor="ne",side="left",expand=True)
 secondFrameGui=tkinter.ttk.Frame(rootFrameGui,padding=2,relief="groove",borderwidth=2)
@@ -93,81 +183,28 @@ tkinter.Label(gameSelectFrame,textvariable=gameSelectText)
 gameSelectLOptions= [GameType.BEAMNG,GameType.FORZA]
 ##gameSelectRadioButtons
 ##space after text is so the buttons are the same size
-tkinter.Radiobutton(gameSelectFrame,text="BeamNG   ",variable=tkGametype,value=GameType.BEAMNG.value).pack(anchor="w")
+tkinter.Radiobutton(gameSelectFrame,text="BeamNG   ",variable=tkGametype,value=GameType.BEAMNG.value,command=checkBoxChange).pack(anchor="w")
-tkinter.Radiobutton(gameSelectFrame,text="Forza           ",variable=tkGametype,value=GameType.FORZA.value).pack(anchor="w")
+tkinter.Radiobutton(gameSelectFrame,text="Forza           ",variable=tkGametype,value=GameType.FORZA.value,command=checkBoxChange).pack(anchor="w")
 loggingFrameGui= tkinter.ttk.Frame(firstFrameGui,padding=5,relief="groove",borderwidth=2)
 loggingFrameGui.pack(anchor="nw")
 tkLoggingEnabled=tkinter.BooleanVar()
 tkLoggingEnabled.set(False)
-tkinter.Checkbutton(loggingFrameGui,text="Enable Logging",variable=tkLoggingEnabled,onvalue=True,offvalue=False).pack(side="bottom")
+tkinter.Checkbutton(loggingFrameGui,text="Enable Logging",variable=tkLoggingEnabled,onvalue=True,offvalue=False,command=checkBoxChange).pack(side="top")
+loggingLocationText = tkinter.StringVar(value="")
+loggingLocationEntry = tkinter.Entry(loggingFrameGui)
+loggingLocationEntry.insert(0,loggingLocationText.get())
+loggingLocationEntry.config(state='disabled')
+loggingLocationEntry.pack(side="bottom")
+startStopButton= tkinter.Button(bottomBarFrameGui,text= "start",command= startStopButtonFunc)
+startStopButton.pack(side="right",fill="x")
+statusTextVar = tkinter.StringVar(value="waiting...")
+statusLable = tkinter.Label(bottomBarFrameGui,textvariable= statusTextVar)
+statusLable.pack(anchor="w")
+arduinoConnectedFrameGui = tkinter.ttk.Frame(secondFrameGui,padding=5,relief="groove",borderwidth=2)
+arduinoConnectedFrameGui.pack()
+arduinoConnectedStatusText=tkinter.StringVar(value="Connected OK")
+arduinoConnectedLable = tkinter.Label(arduinoConnectedFrameGui,textvariable=arduinoConnectedStatusText)
+arduinoConnectedLable.pack()
+
 
 rootFrameGui.mainloop()
-##exit() #### exit for testing
-#select game 
-while gameSelected == False:
-    gameNo = input("1:BEAMNG\n2:FORZA\n\n7:Toggle CSV out ("+str(csvOut)+")\n9:SET SERIAL PORT ("+SERIAL_PORT+")\n")
-    if gameNo == "1":
-        portToConnect = BEAMNG_UDP_PORT
-        gameSelected = True
-        gameType=GameType.BEAMNG
-        print("BeamNG Selected")
-    elif gameNo == "2":
-        portToConnect = FORZA_UDP_PORT
-        gameType=GameType.FORZA
-        gameSelected=True
-        print("Forza Selected")
-    elif gameNo == "7":
-        if csvOut == True:
-            csvOut=False
-        elif csvOut ==False:
-            csvOut =True
-    elif gameNo == "9":
-        SERIAL_PORT = input("set serial port: ")
-    else:
-        print("please select a number from the list")
-
-#check everything is connected
-while connectedWebSocket == False:
-    try:    
-        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
-        sock.bind((UDP_IP,portToConnect))
-        connectedWebSocket = True
-    except:
-        print("please check you are able to open the socket on this system\ntired to open port: "+portToConnect)
-        exit()
-
-while connectedArduino == False:
-    try:
-        toPi=serial.Serial(SERIAL_PORT,115200,timeout=2) #connect to arduino
-        connectedArduino = True
-    except:
-        print("please check connection to arduino and verify the correct serial port")
-        time.sleep(1)
-
-if csvOut == True:
-    csvFile = open(gameType.value+"_"+str(int(time.time()))+'.csv',"a")
-
-
-
-print("ready:\n")
-while True:
-    data, addr = sock.recvfrom(1024)
-    if gameType == GameType.BEAMNG:
-        unpackedData = struct.unpack(BEAMNG_METHODS.BEAMNG_DATA_FORMAT,data)
-        carData = BEAMNG_METHODS.unpackData(unpackedData)
-        kmh=carData["speed"]*3.6
-        if csvOut == True:
-            csvWriteOut(firstRun,carData,csvFile)
-            firstRun=False
-    elif gameType == GameType.FORZA:
-        unpackedData = struct.unpack(FORZA_METHODS.FORZA_DATA_FORMAT,data) 
-        carData = FORZA_METHODS.unpackData(unpackedData)
-        kmh = carData["Speed"]*3.6
-        if csvOut == True:
-            csvWriteOut(firstRun,carData,csvFile)
-            firstRun=False
-    try:
-        toPi.write(str(kmh).encode()+":".encode())
-    except:
-        print("arduino disconnected please check connection\n")
-    

createExe.sh

@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-pyinstaller.exe --add-data .\GAME_METHODS\*:.\GAME_METHODS\ --onefile .\OutGaugeInterpreter.py
+pyinstaller.exe --add-data .\GAME_METHODS\*:.\GAME_METHODS\ --onefile .\OutGaugeInterpreter.py
+pyinstaller.exe --add-data .\GAME_METHODS\*:.\GAME_METHODS\ --onefile --noconsole --optimize 2 .\OutGaugeInterpreter.py
+pyinstaller --add-data ./GAME_METHODS/*:./GAME_METHODS/ --onefile ./OutGaugeInterpreter.py