Fix #316 support serial for url

Author: dhoomakethu

pymodbus/client/sync.py

@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ def connect(self):
         if self.socket:
             return True
         try:
-            self.socket = serial.Serial(port=self.port,
+            self.socket = serial.serial_for_url(self.port,
                                         timeout=self.timeout,
                                         bytesize=self.bytesize,
                                         stopbits=self.stopbits,

pymodbus/version.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def __str__(self):
         return '[%s, version %s]' % (self.package, self.short())
 
 
-version = Version('pymodbus', 2, 5, 0)
+version = Version('pymodbus', 2, 5, 1, 'rc1')
 
 version.__name__ = 'pymodbus'  # fix epydoc error