From cb0dd900ab757df00d033b22c25f0e973dffc34c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabio Manganiello <blacklight86@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:22:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Don't overwrite the original byte read from serial

---
 platypush/plugins/serial/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platypush/plugins/serial/__init__.py b/platypush/plugins/serial/__init__.py
index 998041119..07c9d93c3 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/serial/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/serial/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class SerialPlugin(SensorPlugin):
                 break
 
             try:
-                ch = ch.decode()
+                ch.decode()
             except Exception as e:
                 self.logger.warning('Could not decode character: {}'.format(str(e)))
                 output = bytes()