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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""PyBluez simple example asyncronous-inquiry.py

Demonstration of how to do asynchronous device discovery by subclassing
the DeviceDiscoverer class
Linux only (5/5/2006)

Author: Albert Huang <albert@csail.mit.edu>
$Id: asynchronous-inquiry.py 405 2006-05-06 00:39:50Z albert $
"""

import select

import bluetooth


class MyDiscoverer(bluetooth.DeviceDiscoverer):

    def pre_inquiry(self):
        self.done = False

    def device_discovered(self, address, device_class, rssi, name):
#        print("{} - {}".format(address, name))

        # get some information out of the device class and display it.
        # voodoo magic specified at:
        # https://www.bluetooth.org/foundry/assignnumb/document/baseband
        major_classes = ("Miscellaneous",
                         "Computer",
                         "Phone",
                         "LAN/Network Access Point",
                         "Audio/Video",
                         "Peripheral",
                         "Imaging")
        major_class = (device_class >> 8) & 0xf
        print("{}, {}, {}, {}".format(address, name, major_classes[major_class], rssi))

    def inquiry_complete(self):
        self.done = True


d = MyDiscoverer()
d.find_devices(lookup_names=True)

readfiles = [d, ]

while True:
    rfds = select.select(readfiles, [], [])[0]

    if d in rfds:
        d.process_event()

    if d.done:
        break