From f2f8d9b14593253ce2014f8af9bcc74b21483406 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Grigor Kolev <grigor.kolev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 14:51:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update sas.py

Returns event only once or 'No Activity'.
Not tested in a real casino.

FIX: flush becomes flush_hard.
Using flush is recommended because not all hardware supports flush_hard
---
 sas.py | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sas.py b/sas.py
index eb39b0a..ac1bec1 100644
--- a/sas.py
+++ b/sas.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def __init__(
         # Init the Logging system
         self.log = log_to_stderr()
         self.log.setLevel(logging.getLevelName(debug_level))
+        self.last_gpoll_event = None
 
         # Open the serial connection
         while 1:
@@ -80,8 +81,16 @@ def __init__(
 
     def is_open(self):
         return self.connection.is_open
-
+        
     def flush(self):
+        try:
+            if self.is_open() == False:
+                self.open()
+            self.connection.flush()
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.log.error(e, exc_info=True)
+            
+    def flush_hard(self):
         """Flush the serial buffer in input and output"""
         try:
             if not self.is_open():
@@ -241,6 +250,10 @@ def events_poll(self):
             raise EMGGpollBadResponse
         except Exception as e:
             raise e
+        if self.last_gpoll_event != event:
+                self.last_gpoll_event = event
+            else:
+                event = 'No activity'
         return event
 
     def shutdown(self):

From b88cfdafc0a8a82fb5b8cc1ae69a8dd3298b3825 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Grigor Kolev <grigor.kolev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 14:57:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update sas.py

Remove self.close() from flush_hard()
---
 sas.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sas.py b/sas.py
index ac1bec1..dac2fd7 100644
--- a/sas.py
+++ b/sas.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def flush_hard(self):
         except Exception as e:
             self.log.error(e, exc_info=True)
 
-        self.close()
+        #self.close()
 
     def start(self):
         """Warm Up the connection to the VLT"""