def FFRequest(FFQ, RequestStr, LatestTime):
        #By D@CC
        #Untested as of 2024BFeb21
        #see Article 173
        #Runs on a Pi to communicate with
        #MMBasic on the Pico

	OrderNumberStr = "BUSY"
	while OrderNumberStr == "BUSY":
		#latestTimeWithoutCancellingStr = LatestTime
		# eg LatestTime=TimeNow+120 "seconds" 
		OrderNumberStr = FFKiosk(FFQ, RequestStr, LatestTime)
		# FFKiosk will return an OrderNumberStr
		if OrderNumberStr == "OOS":
			FFErrorReport("Error: Out Of Service for Request:"+RequestStr)
			return RequestStr+":OOS"
		#end if
		if OrderNumberStr== "BUSY":
			sleep (2)     #sleep 2 seconds
		#end if
		# if the while code stops looping, OrderNumberStr will contain an actual number in string format
		# and the request will have been added to the FFQ.
	#wend
	#an order # was returned
	StatusStr="N"
	while StatusStr == "N":
		StatusStr = FFStatus(FFQ, OrderNUmberStr)
		# returns "N",       Not yet complete
		#	  "Y"         Yes . . . complete
		#            "L"         Log of completed orders
		#        or "X"        X indicates that the order timed out
		if StatusStr == "X":
			FFErrorReport("Error: Cancelled after TimeOut for:"; RequestSt, OrderNumberStr)
			return RequestStr+":X"
		#end if
		if StatusStr == "N":
			sleep (2)     #sleep 2 seconds
		#end if
		if StatusStr == "L":
			FFErrorReport("Warning: Already Read & Logged:"; RequestSt, OrderNumberStr)
		#end if
		# while loop stops looping if "L" or "Y"
	#wend
	# at this point StatusStr is "L" or "Y"
	#        both cases will return the ResultStr
	#        but the "L" case posted a warning 
	ResultStr = FFResult(FFQ,OrderNumberStr)
	RequestAndResultStr = RequestStr+":"+ResultStr
	FFLog(FFQ, OrderNumberStr+":"+RequestAndResultStr)
	return RequestAndResultStr
#end def FFRequest 
#this code appears in Article 173
#/FFRequest.py