From 3e287bbc6ec1cb2a3a5dec720d84ae378259b88d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Quan Lin <36973354+jacklinquan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:45:33 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Method flush added.

In FTDI driver, flush method is added to be better compatible with Serial from pyserial.
---
 usbserial4a/ftdiserial4a.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/usbserial4a/ftdiserial4a.py b/usbserial4a/ftdiserial4a.py
index 328f4b2..2329494 100644
--- a/usbserial4a/ftdiserial4a.py
+++ b/usbserial4a/ftdiserial4a.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Classes:
 FtdiSerial(serial.serialutil.SerialBase)
 '''
 
+import time
 from serial.serialutil import SerialBase, SerialException
 from usb4a import usb
 
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ class FtdiSerial(SerialBase):
     def read(self, data_length=1):
         '''Read data from the serial port.
         
-        This function should be used in another thread, as it blocks.
+        This method should be used in another thread, as it blocks.
         
         Parameters:
             data_length (int): the length of read buffer(better <= 1024).
@@ -230,6 +231,14 @@ class FtdiSerial(SerialBase):
             wrote += i
         return wrote
     
+    def flush(self, flush_time=0.2):
+        '''Simply wait some time to allow all data to be written.
+        
+        Parameters:
+            flush_time (float): time in seconds to wait.
+        '''
+        time.sleep(flush_time)
+    
     def purgeHwBuffers(self, purgeReadBuffers, purgeWriteBuffers):
         '''Set serial port parameters.