from datetime import datetime
loglevel = 6
def log (msg, _level = 3):
  """
  Print message if in verbose mode.
  """
  if _level <= loglevel:
    file = open ("/tmp/log_ipoint.txt", "a")
    #file = open ("/var/log/lvr/" + os.getcwd().split('/')[-1] + '-' + lager, "a")
    dt = datetime.now ()
    file.write ("%4d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d.%06d: " %(dt.year, dt.month, dt.day, dt.hour, dt.minute, dt.second, dt.microsecond)),
    file.write (msg + "\n")
    file.close ()
                                

def strlog (instr):
 """
 Converts String into readable format
 """
 oustr = ''
 for c in instr:
   oustr = oustr + " x%2X " %ord(c)
 return oustr

def doublechar (i):
  """
  build double char val out of int
  """
  return chr (i % 256) + chr ((i >> 8) % 256)