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config.json

-{
-    "DataLogger": {
-        "backupCount": 28,
-        "when": "h",
-        "interval": 25,
-        "filename": "data",
-        "levels": ["INFO", "INFO"]
-    },
-    "InfoLogger": {
-        "backupCount": 10,
-        "maxBytes": 1000000,
-        "filename": "log",
-        "levels": ["INFO", "WARNING"]
-    },
-    "Data": {
-       "factors": [1, 1, 1, 1],
-       "delta_time": 30,
-       "smoothing": false 
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file

config.yml

+DataLogger:
+    backupCount: 28 # number of datalogs to keep
+    filename: data # filename for datalogs
+    levels: # log level for outputting to file and to stdout respectivly
+        - INFO
+        - INFO
+
+InfoLogger:
+    backupCount: 10 # number of logs to keep
+    maxBytes: 1000000 # size of single log
+    filename: log # filename for logs
+    levels: # log level for outputting to file and to stdout respectivly
+        - INFO
+        - WARNING
+
+Data:
+    factors: [1, 1, 1, 0.9] # factors for the 4 dms
+    delta_time: 30 # time between logging data
+    smoothing: false # wether to smoothe the logged data

main.py

-import configparser
 import datetime
-import json
+import yaml
 import time
 from typing import Any, List, Optional
 import serial
@@ -95,8 +94,8 @@ def setup_loggers(config: Any) -> None:
         TimedRotatingFileHandlerWithHeader(
             header=f"Timestamp,{','.join([f'dms{i+1}' for i in range(4)])},{','.join([f'temp{i+1}' for i in range(4)])},n",
             filename=f"{Path(__file__).parent}/data/{config['DataLogger']['filename']}",
-            when=config["DataLogger"]["when"],
-            interval=config["DataLogger"]["interval"],
+            when='h',
+            interval=25,
             backupCount=config["DataLogger"]["backupCount"],
         )
     )
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ def main(config: Any) -> None:
     offsets = np.hstack((get_offset(), np.zeros((4,))))
 
     logger.info(
-        f"Factors: {', '.join(f'{factor:.3f}' for factor in factors)}, Offset: {', '.join(f'{offset:.3f}' for offset in offsets[:4])}"
+        f"Factors: {', '.join(f'{factor:.3f}' for factor in factors[:4])}, Offset: {', '.join(f'{offset:.3f}' for offset in offsets[:4])}"
     )
 
     with serial.Serial("/dev/ttyACM0", 9600, timeout=3) as con1, serial.Serial("/dev/ttyACM1", 9600, timeout=3) as con2:
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@ def main(config: Any) -> None:
             con1.write(1)
             con2.write(2)
 
-            # read data
             try:
                 new_data = data.copy()
 
@@ -162,6 +160,7 @@ def main(config: Any) -> None:
                 off1 = 0 if int(convert(con1.readline())) == 1.0 else 4
                 off2 = 4 if int(convert(con2.readline())) == 2.0 else 0
 
+                # read data
                 for i in range(4):
                     recv1 = con1.readline()
                     recv2 = con2.readline()
@@ -174,7 +173,9 @@ def main(config: Any) -> None:
             except (TypeError, ValueError):
                 # may occur if no data was read over serial
                 logger.info(f"Didn't receive data from arduino, off1: {off1}, off2: {off2}, recv1: {recv1}, recv2: {recv2}")
+
             if time.time() - last_write > delta_time:
+                # write data
                 data_logger.info(",".join([f"{value/n * factors + offsets:.5f}" for value in data]) + f",{n}")
                 logger.debug("Wrote data")
                 n = 0
@@ -187,4 +188,4 @@ def main(config: Any) -> None:
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main(json.load(open(f"{Path(__file__).parent}/config.json")))
+    main(yaml.safe_load(open(f"{Path(__file__).parent}/config.yml")))