Added todo notes and also added exception capture for the unicode error as...

Added todo notes and also added exception capture for the unicode error as can't quite figure out what's causing it.

botSimMain.py

-import logging.config
 import logging
 import vrep
 import time
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ def main(numSims=10):
     time.sleep(5)
     testParams = pd.read_csv('testParams.csv', index_col='paramSet')
     for paramNum in set(testParams.index.values):
-        if paramNum < 7:  # This just allows us to skip the ones already tested
+        if paramNum < 11:  # This just allows us to skip the ones already tested
             continue
         logger.info('Param num: {}'.format(paramNum))
         simNum = 0

botSimTODOS.todo

+Code:
+  ☐ Investigate why botSimMain not logging to the console?
+
+
+Experiments:
+  ☐ Need to finish ParamSet 10 (3-10) and add it to _2 logs
+
+
+_1 logs contain paramSets 1-6 complete
+_2 logs contain paramsets 7-9 complete and 10 partial (1-2)
+
+
+
+Analysis:
+

configuration.ini

@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ qualname = bestOfN_lightReadings
 propagate = 0
 
 [logger_myThreads]
-handlers = consoleHandler
-level = INFO
+handlers = fileHandler
+level = WARN
 qualname = myThreads
 propagate = 0
 

myThreads.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import logging
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-
 class StoppableThread(threading.Thread):
     """Thread class with a stop() method. The thread itself has to check
     regularly for the stopped() condition."""
@@ -54,10 +53,18 @@ class ControllerThread(threading.Thread):
             while not self.stopped() and retFlag is False:
                 if timestep > 2500:
                     retFlag = True
-                    logger.warning('Forced stop for params {0} sim {1}'
-                                   ''.format(self.paramNum, self.simNum))
+                    logger.warning('Forced stop for params {0} sim '
+                                   '{1}'.format(self.paramNum,
+                                                self.simNum))
+                    break
+                try:
+                    retFlag = self.ePuck.controller()
+                except UnicodeDecodeError:  # Watching for errors in send msg
+                    logger.warning('Forced stop for params {0} sim '
+                                   '{1}'.format(self.paramNum,
+                                                self.simNum))
+                    retFlag = True
                     break
-                retFlag = self.ePuck.controller()
                 self.ePuck.move()
                 if (timestep % 10) == 0:
                     self.ePuck.logBelief(timestep)