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+''' Controlling an Arduino with a time table '''
+
+import asyncio
+import serial
+import serial.tools.list_ports
+
+from collections import namedtuple
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
+
+# example time table for the TrapControl
+example = ''' 
+        00:00.0    close
+        00:06.0    open
+        00:08.0    close
+        00:10.0    open
+        00:12.0    close
+        00:14.0    open
+        00:16.0    close
+        00:18.0    open
+        00:20.0    close
+        00:22.0    open
+        '''
+
+
+# datetime formats for timetable parsing
+TIMETABLE_FORMATS = ['%M:%S', '%M:%S.%f', '%H:%M:%S', '%H:%M:%S.%f']
+
+
+# named tuple for a single scheduled command
+ScheduledCommand = namedtuple('ScheduledCommand', 'delta command cmd')
+
+
+def parse_time_table(timetable, available_commands):
+    ''' parses a (text) time table into a list of ScheduledCommands
+
+    timetable:
+        a textual representaion of time and commands like
+        
+        00:12.0    close
+        00:14.0    open
+        00:16.0    close
+        00:18.0    open
+        
+    available_commands:
+        a dictionary containing the available human readable commands as
+        keys and the commands to send as values
+
+        {'open': 0, 'close': 1}
+
+    returns a list consisting of ScheduledCommands
+    '''
+    # split the time table text by line break
+    raw_lines = timetable.split('\n')
+    # remove surrounding white space
+    content_lines = (line.strip() for line in raw_lines)
+    # remove empty lines
+    lines = (line for line in content_lines if line)
+    
+    timed_commands =[]
+    for line in lines:
+        # split the lines into time and command
+        try:
+            raw_time, raw_command = line.split(None, 1)
+        except ValueError:
+            msg = "error in line '{}'".format(line)
+            raise ValueError(msg)
+        # parse time and commands
+        delta = parse_time(raw_time)
+        cmd = parse_command(raw_command, available_commands)
+        # add a ScheduledCommand to the resulting list
+        tc = ScheduledCommand(delta, raw_command, cmd)
+        timed_commands.append(tc)
+    return timed_commands
+
+
+def parse_time(time_str):
+    ''' parses a string to extract the time information
+
+    time_str:
+        string representaion of a time like '00:03.0'
+
+    returns a timedelta object, e.g. timedelta(seconds=3)
+    '''
+    # try the available time formats
+    for format_str in TIMETABLE_FORMATS:
+        try:
+            time_obj = datetime.strptime(time_str, format_str)
+            break
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+    else:
+        msg = "time data '{}' does not match any format".format(time_str)
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+    return timedelta(
+        hours=time_obj.hour,
+        minutes=time_obj.minute,
+        seconds=time_obj.second,
+        microseconds=time_obj.microsecond
+        )
+
+
+def parse_command(command, available_commands):
+    ''' parses a string and checks if it is a valid command
+
+    raw_command:
+        human readable representation of the command
+
+    available_commands:
+        a dictionary containing the available human readable commands as
+        keys and the commands to send as values
+
+        {'open': 0, 'close': 1}
+
+    returns the command to send over serial
+    ''' 
+    try:
+        cmd = available_commands[command.lower()]
+    except KeyError:
+        msg = "unknown command '{}'".format(command)
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+    if isinstance(cmd, str):
+        cmd = cmd.encode('utf-8')
+    return cmd
+
+
+def find_arduino_port():
+    ''' returns the port where an arduino is connected '''
+    # some regular expressions matching arduino and genuino
+    tmp = serial.tools.list_ports.grep('.+uino.+')
+    port_list = list(tmp)
+    # rais an error, if no or more than one arduinos are found
+    if len(port_list) == 0:
+        raise IOError('no arduino port found')
+    elif len(port_list) > 1:
+        raise IOError('{} arduino ports found'.format(len(port_list)))
+    # return only the device name
+    port_info = port_list[0]
+    return port_info.device
+
+
+def send_command(scheduled_command, serial_connection):
+    ''' sends a command over a serial connection '''
+    serial_connection.write(scheduled_command.cmd)
+    print(str(scheduled_command.delta), scheduled_command.command)
+
+
+def run(scheduled_commands, serial_connection):
+    ''' run scheduled commands
+
+    scheduled_commands:
+        list of ScheduledCommands
+
+    serial_connection:
+        serial connection object to send commands
+    '''
+    # use a new event loop every time
+    # if only one eventloop is used, the interactive use of run()
+    # does not work since the loop is closed in the end
+    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+    for scheduled_command in scheduled_commands:
+        loop.call_later(
+            scheduled_command.delta.total_seconds(),
+            send_command,
+            scheduled_command,
+            serial_connection
+            )
+    # loop should stop one second after last command in list
+    timed_loop_stop = scheduled_command.delta + timedelta(seconds=1)
+    loop.call_later(timed_loop_stop.total_seconds(), loop.stop)
+    try:
+        loop.run_forever()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        loop.stop()
+    loop.close()
+    
+
+class TimedCommands(object):
+    ''' lightweight encapsulation of the functions in the module '''
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 timetable,
+                 available_commands,
+                 port=None,
+                 baudrate=9600,
+                 **serial_kwargs):
+        ''' parses a time table and establishes a serial connection
+
+        timetable:
+            a textual representaion of time and commands like
+        
+            00:12.0    close
+            00:14.0    open
+            00:16.0    close
+            00:18.0    open
+        
+        available_commands:
+            a dictionary containing the available human readable commands
+            as keys and the commands to send as values.
+            If an other iterable with strings is provided, the lowercase
+            version of the strings will be used as human readable commands
+            and the first letter of the strings as commands to send over the
+            wire.
+
+        port [None]
+            port where the Arduino is connected
+            if port is None, the ports are scanned for an Arduino
+
+        baudrate [9600]
+            speed of the serial connection
+
+        serial_kwargs
+            dictionary with further arguments for the serial connection
+        '''
+        # make sure the available commands are a dictionary
+        cmd_dict = self._ensure_command_dict(available_commands)
+        # parse the time table into something suitable
+        self.commands = parse_time_table(timetable, cmd_dict)
+
+        # establish the serial connection
+        port = port or find_arduino_port()
+        self.serial = serial.Serial(port, baudrate, **serial_kwargs)
+
+
+    def _ensure_command_dict(self, iterable):
+        ''' ensures, that the available commands are a dictionary
+
+        iterable:
+            if the itarable is a dictionary, the keys will be
+            transformed to lowercase
+            if it is not a dictionary, the lowercase version of the
+            items is used as a human readable command and the first
+            character of this command will be sent over the wire
+        '''
+        
+        try:
+            if isinstance(iterable, dict):
+                pairs = list(iterable.items())
+                keys = [key.lower() for key, value in pairs]
+                values = [value for key, value in pairs]
+            else:
+                tmp = (str(item) for item in iterable)
+                keys = [item.lower() for item in tmp]
+                values = [item[0] for item in keys]
+            pairs = zip(keys, values)
+            return dict(pairs)
+        except:
+            msg = 'available commands should be a list or dict of strings'
+            raise TypeError(msg)
+                    
+
+    def run(self):
+        ''' run the scheduled commands '''
+        run(self.commands, self.serial)
+
+
+class TrapControl(TimedCommands):
+    ''' A simple, stripped down version for the magnetic plug trap '''
+    
+    def __init__(self, timetable):
+        super().__init__(timetable, ['open', 'close'])
+
+
diff --git a/arduino_timetable/arduino_timetable.py b/arduino_timetable/arduino_timetable.py
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