From 0f0bbdd0618d9c2e35e4e7713f0fef2e8840d57a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick McDonagh <pmcdonagh@henry-pump.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 17:00:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes ipp reading from Micro800 using class instances

---
 POCloud_Driver/ipp.py      | 6 ++----
 POCloud_Driver/micro800.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/POCloud_Driver/ipp.py b/POCloud_Driver/ipp.py
index 4d43094..154b9a5 100644
--- a/POCloud_Driver/ipp.py
+++ b/POCloud_Driver/ipp.py
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 import threading
 import time
-import pickle
 from device_base import deviceBase
 import micro800 as u800
 
 addr = '10.20.4.5'
 channels = {}
 
+
 class Channel():
     def read(self):
         valData = u800.readMicroTag(self.device_addr, self.tag)
@@ -54,13 +54,11 @@ class Channel():
         self.e300_param = e300_param
         self.read()
 
-
-
     def write(self, val, handshake=None, handshake_val=None):
         if self.writeable:
             h = handshake
             hval = handshake_val
-            if h == None:
+            if h is None:
                 if u800.writeMicroTag(self.device_addr, self.tag, val, handshake=self.tag, handshake_val=val):
                     self.sendFn(self.name, val, time.time())
                     self.last_value = val
diff --git a/POCloud_Driver/micro800.py b/POCloud_Driver/micro800.py
index fe991a0..5c5311a 100644
--- a/POCloud_Driver/micro800.py
+++ b/POCloud_Driver/micro800.py
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ import sys
 
 
 def readMicroTag(addr, tag):
+    addr = str(addr)
+    tag = str(tag)
     c = u800Driver()
-
     if c.open(addr, True):
         try:
             v = c.read_tag(tag)
             # print(v)
             return v
-
         except Exception:
             err = c.get_status()
             c.close()