I am using a Dymo USB scale with PyUSB and everything is really great apart from the scale's automatic shutdown after three minutes. I would like to keep it running as long as my python program is running. Is there any way to do this using python?
I am new to PyUSB and have followed this tutorial successfully so far: http://steventsnyder.com/reading-a-dymo-usb-scale-using-python/.
The auto shutdown can be disabled manually as said here: http://www.manualslib.com/manual/472133/Dymo-S100.html?page=7 but this must be performed every single time which is a problem.
Many thanks in advance for any suggestions!
As Ignacio said, there doesn't seem to be any computing way to do this. We eventually managed to stop the automatic shutdown by wiring a timer directly to the button which changes the units mode from grams to ounces. "Pressing" this every few seconds prevents the shutdown, and a little bit of extra coding allows for reading the mass from either mode correctly.
Not as simple a solution as I'd hoped for, but perhaps the idea will help anyone with a weirdly-specific problem similar to this.