From 5244e91fb846ef2412ae0d21fe61ae10c8dd4f56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Petersen <scott@nutech.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 10:57:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Another 2to3 workaround.

---
 alarmdecoder/decoder.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/alarmdecoder/decoder.py b/alarmdecoder/decoder.py
index 057fb49..523d301 100644
--- a/alarmdecoder/decoder.py
+++ b/alarmdecoder/decoder.py
@@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ class AlarmDecoder(object):
         """
 
         if self._device:
-            self._device.write(str.encode(data))
+            if isinstance(data, str):
+                data = str.encode(data)
+            self._device.write(data)
 
     def get_config(self):
         """