load registers

src/RegisterDatapoint.py

@@ -135,6 +135,28 @@ class DiscreteInputDatapoint(ReadOnlyDatapoint):
         self.lastContact = datetime.datetime.now()
 
 
+
+def loadRegisterList(registerList):
+    # Load, check and auto-update registers file
+    
+    with open(registerList, 'rb') as f:
+        datapoints = pickle.load(f)
+
+    RegisterDatapoint.checkRegisterList(datapoints, reset=True)
+
+    newDatapoints = []
+    for dp in datapoints:
+        ndp = type(dp)()
+        for k,v in dp.__dict__.items():
+            ndp.__dict__[k] = v
+        newDatapoints.append(ndp)
+
+    RegisterDatapoint.checkRegisterList(newDatapoints, reset=True)
+
+    with open(registerList, 'wb') as f:
+        pickle.dump(newDatapoints, f)
+
+
 def checkRegisterList(registers, reset=False):
     for r in registers:
         if not isinstance(r, AbstractModbusDatapoint):

src/master.py

@@ -35,10 +35,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     logger.debug('infrastructure prepared')
 
 
-    datapoints = None
-    with open(config.registerFile, 'rb') as f:
-        datapoints = pickle.load(f)
-    RegisterDatapoint.checkRegisterList(datapoints, reset=True)
+    datapoints = RegisterDatapoint.loadRegisterList(config.registerFile)
     logger.debug('datapoints read')
 
     cp = CommunicationProcessor.CommunicationProcessor(config, queue, pubQueue)