Reset your modem on internet outages using a USB Relay

handleModem.py

# see this script for the relay lib : https://github.com/jaketeater/Very-Simple-USB-Relay
from relay import Relay
import os
from os import path
import time
import datetime
def check_ping():
    if os.system("ping -c 1 -t 12 -i 0.2 8.8.8.8 > /dev/null") == 0:
        return True
    else:
        return False

pidPath="/tmp/relay.pid"
logPath="/tmp/relay.log"

if (path.exists(pidPath)):
        exit()
else:
        pidObj=open(pidPath, 'a')
        pidObj.write(str(os.getpid()))
        pidObj.close()
        logObj=open(logPath, 'a')
try:
        relay = Relay(idVendor=0x16c0, idProduct=0x05df)
except:
        logObj.write("[E] Could not communicate with relay. Is it plugged in? attempted at " + datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S, %d/%m/%Y")+ "\n");
        logObj.close()
        os.remove(pidPath);
        exit()
if (check_ping()==False):
        logObj.write("[E] Detected communication failure at " + datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S, %d/%m/%Y")+ "\n")
        #Note : Since I'm using this modem on NC (Normally Closed) instead of NO (Normally Open)
        #       It seems these booleans are reversed? Either way, this seems to work with the library.
        relay.state(0, on=True)
        time.sleep(5)
        relay.state(0, on=False)
        time.sleep(180)

logObj.close()
os.remove(pidPath)