// Copyright (C) 2017 - IIT Bombay - FOSSEE
//
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// Organization: FOSSEE, IIT Bombay
// Email: toolbox@scilab.in

function out=RPI_serialDataAvail(fd)
// Function to get number of readable character from the serial device
//
// Calling Sequence
//  RPI_serialDataAvail(fd)
//
// Parameters
//  fd: file-descriptor obtained from RPI_serialOpen function  
//
// Description
//  Returns the number of characters available for reading, or -1 for any error condition, in which case error number will be set appropriately.
//
// Examples
//  RPI_serialDataAvail(13)
// See also
//  RPI_serialOpen, RPI_serialClose, RPI_serialFlush, RPI_serialPutchar, RPI_serialPuts, RPI_serialPrintf, RPI_serialGetchar
//
// Authors
//  Jorawar Singh
//
// Bibliography
//  http://wiringpi.com/reference/

    commande="sDA#1#"+string(fd)+"#";
    if getos()=="Linux" then
        out=unix_g("python -c ""import socket;s=socket.socket();s.connect((''"+RPI_piAdress+"'',9077));s.send(''"+commande+"'');print(s.recv(1024));s.close()""");
    elseif getos()=="Windows" then
        [out,RPI_winR]=dos("python -c ""import socket;s=socket.socket();s.connect((''"+RPI_piAdress+"'',9077));s.send(''"+commande+"'');print(s.recv(1024));s.close()""");
    end
endfunction