Change method of managing CFG file

BalloonCfg.py

@@ -21,28 +21,23 @@
 
 import sys
 import logging
-import configparser
 import argparse
 from configupdater import ConfigUpdater
+import configparser
+
+from constants import CFG_FILE
 
 
 def getBalloonCfg():
-    cfgFile = "BalloonTelemetry.cfg"
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("bCallSign", help="Enter Balloon Callsign with SSID")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    config_object = configparser.ConfigParser()
-    file = open(cfgFile, "r")
-    config_object.read_file(file)
-    output_dict = dict()
-    sections = config_object.sections()
-    for section in sections:
-        items = config_object.items(section)
-        output_dict[section] = dict(items)
-
-    return output_dict[args.bCallSign.upper()]
 
+    cfgUpdater = ConfigUpdater()
+    cfgUpdater.read(CFG_FILE)
+    cfg = cfgUpdater.to_dict()
+    return cfg[args.bCallSign.upper()]
 
 #==============================================================================================================#
 
@@ -80,12 +75,18 @@ def checkCfg(bCallsign):
 
 def putBalloonCfg(Balloon, lDateTime):
     # save last datetime to ini
-    cfgFile = "BalloonTelemetry.cfg"
+    cfgUpdater = ConfigUpdater()
+    cfgUpdater.read(CFG_FILE)
+    cfgUpdater[Balloon]['ldatetime'].value = lDateTime
+    cfgUpdater.update_file()    
+    return
+
+"""    
     config_obj = configparser.ConfigParser()
-    config_obj.read(cfgFile)
+    config_obj.read(CFG_FILE)
     cSection = config_obj[Balloon]
     cSection["lDateTime"] = lDateTime
-    with open(cfgFile, 'w') as configfile:
+    with open(CFG_FILE, 'w') as configfile:
         config_obj.write(configfile)
     logging.info(' lDateTime has been updated in the config file')
-    return
+"""

BalloonTelemetry.cfg

@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-# This is a comment line
+# BALLOON parms
+#   tracker = Z (Zachtek), A (AB5SS), Q (QRP-Labs), U (U4B)
+#   timeslot = 0, 2, 4, 6, 8  (last digit of the minute for xmit)
+#   uploadsite = A (APRS-IS), S (SondeHub) or T (no upload, used for testing)
+#   telemetryfile = Y or N  (this will output telemetry data to a file named callsign-ssd.txt)
+#   ldatetime = last date/time of successful upload of telemetry data
+#
+
 [K5WH-117]
 uploadcallsign = W5MOM
 wsprcallsign = K5WH/B
@@ -32,6 +39,7 @@ timeslot = 6
 comment = BLT-100 WSPR, South Tx Balloon Launch Team 3
 uploadsite = T
 telemetryfile = Y
+#ldatetime = 2023-06-29 00:00:00
 ldatetime = 2023-06-29 00:00:00
 
 [N5EKO-113]

constants.py

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # (at your option) any later version.                                                                          #
 #                                                                                                              #
 #==============================================================================================================#
-__version__ = '0.2.0'
+__version__ = '0.2.2'
 
-SOFTWARE_NAME = "k5map-python"
+SOFTWARE_NAME = "k5map-python"
+
+CFG_FILE = "BalloonTelemetry.cfg"