Minor documentatio fixes

LICENSE.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2016-2020 Stefan Roßmann
+Copyright (c) 2016-2022 Stefan Roßmann
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

README.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pip install EasyModbus
 
 ### Requirements:
 
-Python 3.7
+>Python 3.8
 
 pyserial (only for Modbus RTU)
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ Connects to a Modbus-TCP Server or a Modbus-RTU Slave with the given Parameters
 
 Closes Serial port, or TCP-Socket connection
 
-**def read_discreteinputs(self, starting_address, quantity)**
+**def read_discrete_inputs(self, starting_address, quantity)**
 
 Read Discrete Inputs from Server device (Function code 2)  
 starting_address: First discrete input to read  
@@ -225,14 +225,14 @@ starting_address: First coil to read
 quantity: Number of coils to read  
 returns: List of bool values [0..quantity-1] which contains the coils  
 
-**def read_holdingregisters(self, starting_address, quantity)**
+**def read_holding_registers(self, starting_address, quantity)**
 
 Read Holding Registers from Server device (Function code 3)  
 starting_address: First Holding Register to read  
 quantity: Number of Holding Registers to read  
 returns: List of int values [0..quantity-1] which contains the registers 
 
-**def read_inputregisters(self, starting_address, quantity)**
+**def read_input_registers(self, starting_address, quantity)**
 
 Read Input Registers from Server device (Function code 4)  
 starting_address: First Input Register to read  
@@ -263,6 +263,18 @@ Write multiple Holding Registers to Server device (Function code 16)
 starting_address: First Holding Register to write  
 value: List of int values to write
 
+**def read_discreteinputs(self, starting_address, quantity)**
+
+deprecated - Use "read_discrete_inputs" instead
+
+**def read_holdingregisters(self, starting_address, quantity)**
+
+deprecated - Use "read_holding_registers" instead
+
+**def read_inputregisters(self, starting_address, quantity)**
+
+deprecated - Use "read_input_registers" instead
+
 <div id="properties"/>
 
 #### 5.2 Properties

easymodbus/modbusClient.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import struct
 import threading
 import logging
+from datetime import time
 from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler
 import math
 from modbus_protocol import *
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ def execute_read_order(self, starting_address, quantity=0, function_code: Functi
             self.__receivedata = bytearray()
             try:
                 while len(self.__receivedata) == 0:
-                    pass
+                    time.sleep(0.001)
             except Exception:
                 raise Exception('Read Timeout')
             self.__adu.decode(ModbusType.TCP, bytearray(self.__receivedata))