From 2cef8a7f2a5a2a9f4c4cfa775254bd39ed64d468 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Byeongdulee <blee@anl.gov>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:27:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added a function to read a variable from the pendant.

---
 urx/urscript.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/urx/urscript.py b/urx/urscript.py
index a7d6cd7..2382cb3 100755
--- a/urx/urscript.py
+++ b/urx/urscript.py
@@ -142,6 +142,15 @@ class URScript(object):
         self.add_line_to_program(msg)
         self._sync()
 
+    def _socket_get_var2var(self, var, varout, socket_name, prefix = ''):
+        msg = "{}{} = socket_get_var(\"{}\",\"{}\")".format(prefix, varout, var, socket_name)
+        self.add_line_to_program(msg)
+
+    def _socket_send_byte(self, byte, socket_name):
+        msg = "socket_send_byte(\"{}\",\"{}\")".format(str(byte), socket_name)  # noqa
+        self.add_line_to_program(msg)
+        self._sync()
+        
     def _sync(self):
         msg = "sync()"
         self.add_line_to_program(msg)