Write and read ascii to the serial line

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/client/ur_fuzzy_alarm_clock.py b/client/ur_fuzzy_alarm_clock.py
index d6e5a1b..cb4e509 100755
--- a/client/ur_fuzzy_alarm_clock.py
+++ b/client/ur_fuzzy_alarm_clock.py
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ class FuzzyAlarmClock:
             self.mock = False
 
     def set_time_to_now(self):
-        now = 's'+datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%y%m%d%u%H%M%S")
+        now = b's'+datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%y%m%d%u%H%M%S").encode('ascii')
         self.serial.write(now)
 
     def read_alarms(self, n):
         data = []
         self.serial.flushInput()
-        self.serial.write('p')
+        self.serial.write(b'p')
         for i in range(n):
-            data.append(self.serial.readline())
+            data.append(self.serial.readline().decode('ascii'))
         for i in range(n):
             data[i] = data[i].split(' ')[2:-1]
             days = []
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class FuzzyAlarmClock:
         s += "%02x" % (b0)
         for val in values[8:]:
             s += "%02x" % (val)
-        self.serial.write(s)
+        self.serial.write(s.encode('ascii'))
 
 
 class ModEdit(urwid.IntEdit):