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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Created on Sun Dec 13 13:45:58 2020
+
+@author: DJ2LS
+"""
+
+import ctypes
+from ctypes import *
+import pathlib
+
+import binascii #required for string.to_bytes() function
+#import crcengine # required for CRC checksum
+import sys
+
+#sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+
+
+def main():
+    
+    modem = FreeDV() #Load FreeDV Class as "modem"
+    
+  
+    data = b'TEST' #byte string which will be send
+    #data = bytes(62) #byte string with XX of zeros 
+    
+    modulated_data = modem.Modulate(data) #Call Modulate function, which returns modulated data
+    #print(modulated_data)
+
+
+###################### try: / except necessary beacuse of error 32 - BrokenPipeError while piping data
+    ##try:
+        #print(bytes(8)) #additional zero bytes before modulated data
+
+        #sys.stdout.buffer.write(modulated_data)    # the normal way of piping data
+        #sys.stdout.flush() # flushing data
+        
+        #print(modulated_data, flush=True) #print modulated data with print function
+
+    ##except (BrokenPipeError, IOError):
+        ##print ('TEST BrokenPipeError caught', file = sys.stderr)
+    ##sys.stderr.close()
+
+
+
+class FreeDV():
+    
+    def __init__(self):
+
+        libname = pathlib.Path().absolute() / "libcodec2.so"
+        self.c_lib = ctypes.CDLL(libname) # Load FreeDV shared libary
+        
+        self.freedv = self.c_lib.freedv_open(12) #Set FreeDV waveform ( 10,11,12 --> DATA1-3 )
+        
+        self.bytes_per_frame = int(self.c_lib.freedv_get_bits_per_modem_frame(self.freedv)/8)  #get bytes per frame from selected waveform
+        self.payload_per_frame = self.bytes_per_frame -2 #get frame payload because of 2byte CRC16 checksum
+        
+        #print(self.c_lib.freedv_get_n_nom_modem_samples(self.freedv))   
+
+
+    # MODULATION-OUT OBJECT   
+    def ModulationOut(self):
+        #return (c_short * self.c_lib.freedv_get_n_nom_modem_samples(self.freedv))  ## all other modes
+        #return (c_ubyte * self.c_lib.freedv_get_n_nom_modem_samples(self.freedv))   ## DATA modes ## Fails with n_nom_modem_samples(880) for some reason
+        return (c_ubyte * 1024)   ## DATA modes another test
+    # Pointer for changing buffer data type 
+    def FrameBytes(self):
+        return (ctypes.c_ubyte * self.bytes_per_frame)   
+
+    # Modulate function which returns modulated data
+    def Modulate(self,data_out):
+        
+     ##   #self.freedv_rawdatapreambletx(self.freedv, mod_out) # SEND PREAMBLE
+
+    
+    ##########################################
+    
+        mod_out = self.ModulationOut()() # new modulation object and get pointer to it
+    
+        data_list = [data_out[i:i+self.payload_per_frame] for i in range(0, len(data_out), self.payload_per_frame)] # split incomming bytes to size of 30bytes, create a list and loop through it  
+        data_list_length = len(data_list)
+        for i in range(data_list_length): # LOOP THROUGH DATA LIST
+            #buffer = bytearray(self.bytes_per_frame) # use this if no CRC16 checksum is required
+            buffer = bytearray(self.payload_per_frame) # use this if CRC16 checksum is required ( DATA1-3)
+            buffer[:len(data_list[i])] = data_list[i] # set buffersize to length of data which will be send
+
+            crc = c_ushort(self.c_lib.freedv_gen_crc16(bytes(buffer), self.payload_per_frame))     # generate CRC16
+            crc = crc.value.to_bytes(2, byteorder='big') # convert buffer to 2 byte hex string
+            buffer += crc        # append crc16 to buffer
+        
+            #print(buffer)
+        
+            data = self.FrameBytes().from_buffer_copy(buffer) #change data format form bytearray to ctypes.u_byte
+        
+            #print(len(data))
+            ##return bytes(mod_out) #return modulated data as byte string
+
+            #self.c_lib.freedv_rawdatapreambletx(self.freedv, mod_out) # SEND PREAMBLE
+            #print(bytes(mod_out), flush=True)
+        
+          
+            self.c_lib.freedv_rawdatatx(self.freedv,mod_out,data) # modulate DATA      
+            print(bytes(mod_out), flush=True)
+
+
+
+
+
+main()