ComToTcpServer.py Updates [Rebase & FF]

[makubacki]

Improvements for script maintainability and user experience. Also adds code documentation, type hints, and runs the code through flake8.

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ComToTcpServer.py: Print errors when connecting to pipes or com ports

Makes it easier to understand why the script failed.

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ComToTcpServer: Non-functional cleanup

• Use f-strings consistently
• Remove unused module imports
• Make a print statement more concise/readable

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ComToTcpServer: Prevent ascii decode errors writing to the log files

Currently a character that fails to decode as ascii will result
in an exception and stop logging. This change ignores the failure
and allows logging to continue.

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ComToTcpServer: Fix all flake8 issues, add type hints, and doc comments

Non-functional change to pass flake8 checks and improve code
readability with type hints and doc comments.

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ComToTcpServer: Refactor logging

Replace custom log file handling with Python loggers for improved
control, cleaner output, and cleaner code.

• Replace --logfile with --log-path supporting both files
  and directories
  • Giving a directory generates new timestamped log files on
    each run
  • Add separate --script-log-file for operational logging
• Separate loggers for script operations and serial data
• Add a --show-direction flag for optional IN/OUT directional
  indicators in log output
  • More clearly indicates data flow direction than the previous
    prefixing method separators (<<< and >>>)
• Implement line buffering to prevent newlines in chunked data
• Strip carriage returns to eliminate blank lines in logs

[cfernald]

There is a known issue with the build only running on extension changes that prevents merges. Let me open a PR to fix that so your pipelines will run, at least until more build pipeline operations are added.

[cfernald]

There is a known issue with the build only running on extension changes that prevents merges. Let me open a PR to fix that so your pipelines will run, at least until more build pipeline operations are added.

This should be resolved after updating the branch.