clean up some missed things

scripts/command_response_test/command_response_test.ino

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void setup() {
 
   // Use a higher data rate because the VS Code serial monitor uses 115200 as default
   Serial.begin(115200);
+  // Set timeout to a low number so responses are quick
   Serial.setTimeout(50);
 }
 
@@ -45,11 +46,6 @@ void debugMessage(String msg1, String msg2) {
     }
 }
 
-// Primary parsing function
-void parse(String s) {
-
-}
-
 // main loop
 void loop() {
   if (Serial.available())

scripts/dead_reckoning.py

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def bytes_to_list(msg):
 # Set whether to use TCP (SimMeR) or serial (Arduino)
 SIMULATE = True
 
-# Pause time
+# Time to pause after transmitting (seconds)
 TRANSMIT_PAUSE = 0.1
 
 ### Network Setup ###

scripts/test_client.py

@@ -127,10 +127,19 @@ def receive():
 
 def bytes_to_list(msg):
     num_responses = int(len(msg)/4)
-    data = struct.unpack("%sf" % str(num_responses), msg)
-    return data
+    if num_responses:
+        data = struct.unpack(f'{str(num_responses)}f', msg)
+        return data
+    else:
+        return ([False])
 
 
+# Set whether to use TCP (SimMeR) or serial (Arduino)
+SIMULATE = True
+
+# Time to pause after transmitting (seconds)
+TRANSMIT_PAUSE = 0.1
+
 ### Network Setup ###
 HOST = '127.0.0.1'  # The server's hostname or IP address
 PORT_TX = 61200     # The port used by the *CLIENT* to receive