The Python code does not respect the RPi's locale setting by default.
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Short-bus commented
Jérémie / (Bobleponge91) found that pilomar.py and libraries do not understand "," as a decimal separator within Python functions if the locale specifies that character.
As a workaround the RPi's locale needs to be set to one with "." as the decimal character such as "UK/English".
Is there anything simple which can be implemented to make the program more tolerant of other locales?
Short-bus commented
65rbeyer on Instructables reported the same problem with his build.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "pilomar.py", line 1206, in <module>
SDCardMonitor = discmonitor(name='root',devname='/dev/root',path='/',disctype='boot',logger=MainLog.Log) # Create new disc space monitor for the SD card.
File "/home/pi/pilomar/src/pilomardisc.py", line 54, in __init__
self.Poll(force=True) # Kickstart the values.
File "/home/pi/pilomar/src/pilomardisc.py", line 98, in Poll
dfdict = self.GetDfDictionary()
File "/home/pi/pilomar/src/pilomardisc.py", line 86, in GetDfDictionary
v = int(float(v[:-1]) * ji[1]) # Convert from HR text value into absolute value.
ValueError: could not convert string to float: '4,2'