error GT06ScannerClient.py

[mavmala]

Hello,

I am trying to make this work, I can start the python venv but if i run the runClient.py i get the following error:

File "runClient.py", line 3, in
import GT06ScannerClient
File "/home/ubilinux/GT06ScannerClient/GT06ScannerClient.py", line 9, in
import gt06Client
File "/home/ubilinux/GT06ScannerClient/gt06Client.py", line 47
logging.exception(f"Cannot connect to {self.serverAddress}:{self.serverPort}")

I edited the confix.xml to use my server and portnr, but I have no idea how to continue

any help?
TIA

[lmandres]

Hi @mavmala . Does it work if you use the demo.traccar.org address that comes default in the config.xml file?

[mavmala]

Hi, thanks for answering!

No it gives errors as well.although different ones:

Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
Namespace(config='config.xml', gps_baud=None, gps_port=None, id=None, magnification=None, maps_url=None, server_address=None, server_port=None, update_delay=None, zoom=None)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "runClient.py", line 78, in
mapsMagnificationIn=args.magnification
File "/home/ubilinux/GT06ScannerClient/GT06ScannerClient.py", line 36, in init
self.configReader = configReader.ConfigReader(configFile)
File "/home/ubilinux/GT06ScannerClient/configReader.py", line 12, in init
self.configXML = ElementTree.parse(fileName)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1195, in parse
tree.parse(source, parser)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 596, in parse
self._root = parser._parse_whole(source)
xml.etree.ElementTree.ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 1, column 0

[lmandres]

Hi @mavmala . This is telling me that the XML in the last message has an error in it. Can you verify that the XML validates properly? You can use the following online validator:

https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_validator.asp

[mavmala]

This is the message I get:

XML Parsing Error: mismatched tag. Expected: .
Location: https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_validator.asp
Line Number 5, Column 20:
Reminder
-------------------^

[lmandres]

Yeah. If the XML is the same, that's the Hostname line. You can try copy and pasting the demo tag to make sure that it's correct:

<Hostname>demo.traccar.org</Hostname>

You'll need to make sure the case on the tags are the same.

[mavmala]

copy & pasted it, still the same error:

pygame 1.9.6
Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
Namespace(config='config.xml', gps_baud=None, gps_port=None, id=None, magnification=None, maps_url=None, server_address=None, server_port=None, update_delay=None, zoom=None)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "runClient.py", line 78, in
mapsMagnificationIn=args.magnification
File "/home/ubilinux/GT06ScannerClient/GT06ScannerClient.py", line 36, in init
self.configReader = configReader.ConfigReader(configFile)
File "/home/ubilinux/GT06ScannerClient/configReader.py", line 12, in init
self.configXML = ElementTree.parse(fileName)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1195, in parse
tree.parse(source, parser)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 596, in parse
self._root = parser._parse_whole(source)
xml.etree.ElementTree.ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 1, column 0

[mavmala]

downloaded the config.xml again, and now it gives another error

pygame 1.9.6
Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
Namespace(config='config.xml', gps_baud=None, gps_port=None, id=None, magnification=None, maps_url=None, server_address=None, server_port=None, update_delay=None, zoom=None)
ERROR:root:ScannerID is expected to be HEX value
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ubilinux/GT06ScannerClient/configReader.py", line 25, in getScannerID
bytes.fromhex(scannerID)
ValueError: non-hexadecimal number found in fromhex() arg at position 4

[lmandres]

In the XML file, check this line:

<ScannerIDNumber>0123456789012345</ScannerIDNumber>

There should only be numerical digits (0-9) or hex digits (a-f). Other characters would make it fail.

[mavmala]

Got it fixed, it works now with a remote traccar server

have not tested it yet but will it run on a headless device?

[lmandres]

It will run on headless, but you have to have a way to start up the script on boot. I haven't put together instructions for that.