Actually this is not an issue but I am hoping for help :-)

I am very happy that I have found your library, I am sure it will bring fun to my son and me :-)

I am trying to get it running on my Raspberry 3

What I did: sudo pip install gattlib Following depedencies were necessary to get gattlib compiled: sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev pip install gTTS pip install https://github.com/undera/pylgbst/archive/0.5.tar.gz

Python version is: Python 2.7.13

Starting on of the test programs while pressing the Move Hub button leads to:

INFO:comms:Discovering devices using hci0...
INFO:comms:Discovering devices using hci0...
INFO:comms:Discovering devices using hci0...
INFO:comms:Discovering devices using hci0...

and loops infinite without finding the Move Hub.

Using the scan funtionality of the blutoothctltool I can see the Move Hub:

[NEW] Device 90:A4:DE:F7:70:C9 Panasonic Viera
[NEW] Device E8:B1:FC:47:99:8C LENOVO
[NEW] Device 00:16:53:AC:DA:6B LEGO Move Hub

Strange thing is that when I use the command hcitool scan I do not see the Move Hub but the other BT devices:

[email protected]:~/legoboost $ hcitool scan
Scanning ...
	E8:B1:FC:47:99:8C	LENOVO
	90:A4:DE:F7:70:C9	Panasonic Viera

Is there anything I need to configure additionally to get library call hub = MoveHub(connection) finding the LEGO Move Hub?

Any advice is welcome to get the the problem on my side analyzed.

Many thanks, Holger

HI, We'd love to use some of your code with my son on his Lego Boost. Unfortunately we're having some issues with dependencies using python 3.6. Apologies if this is not the correct forum, we're new to this and will learn quickly!

$ python3 demo.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "demo.py", line 4, in from pylgbst import * File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylgbst/init.py", line 1, in from pylgbst.movehub import * File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylgbst/movehub.py", line 5, in from pylgbst.comms import BLEConnection File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylgbst/comms.py", line 11, in from gattlib import DiscoveryService, GATTRequester ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'gattlib'

Previously I had a working system on the Raspberry Pi 3 and Pi3+ Linux raspberrypi 4.9.80-v7+ #1098 SMP Fri Mar 9 19:11:42 GMT 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)" NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux" VERSION_ID="9" VERSION="9 (stretch)" ID=raspbian ID_LIKE=debian

I install the latest version with pip install https://github.com/undera/pylgbst/archive/1.1.0.tar.gz And I also tried a pip3 install, both report a successful installation. then I tried:- from pylgbst.hub import MoveHub hub = MoveHub() for device in hub.peripherals: print(device)

nothing is detected, and I have to use Ctrl C to get out of it. The same sort of thing happens with the other demo codes. This also happened before and after a firmware update on my boost hub. It is the same on the very latest Buster version with python3.7 on a Pi 3 and Pi 4, but with that there could be incompatibilities with the dependencies or OS.

I am still confused, is bleak supported or not? I am trying to run it on a mac:

from pylgbst.hub import MoveHub
from pylgbst.comms.cbleak import BleakConnection

conn = BleakConnection()
conn.connect()  # you can pass Hub mac address as parameter here, like 'AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF'

hub = MoveHub(conn)

and I get this:

solver.py:5: RuntimeWarning: coroutine 'BleakConnection.connect' was never awaited
  conn.connect()  # you can pass Hub mac address as parameter here, like 'AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF'
RuntimeWarning: Enable tracemalloc to get the object allocation traceback
/Users/max/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pylgbst/hub.py:48: RuntimeWarning: coroutine 'BleakConnection.set_notify_handler' was never awaited
  self.connection.set_notify_handler(self._notify)
RuntimeWarning: Enable tracemalloc to get the object allocation traceback
/Users/max/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pylgbst/comms/__init__.py:46: RuntimeWarning: coroutine 'BleakConnection.write' was never awaited
  self.write(ENABLE_NOTIFICATIONS_HANDLE, ENABLE_NOTIFICATIONS_VALUE)
RuntimeWarning: Enable tracemalloc to get the object allocation traceback
Got only these devices: (None, None, None, None, None, None, None)
/Users/max/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pylgbst/hub.py:71: RuntimeWarning: coroutine 'BleakConnection.write' was never awaited
  self.connection.write(self.HUB_HARDWARE_HANDLE, msgbytes)
RuntimeWarning: Enable tracemalloc to get the object allocation traceback

Mac, Bleak 0.7.1, pylgbst 1.2.0 Thanks

Hi, Thank you for your great job and very usefull to learn python to children. Thank to S. Mack for "Lego boost roboter steuern mit python unter windows oder linux" (in german :( )

But would it be possible to do a tutorial for RPI3 dummy users like me please? I'm facing a lot of issues...

Let's start from the beginning. I'm using RPI3 (enhanced with bluetooth) under Raspbian stretch. I updated with : sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade -y

Next i failed to install gattlib: sudo pip install gattlib

Collecting gattlib Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/be/2f/5b1aecec551b42b59d8b399ad444b5672972efb590ca83d784dbe616a3e1/gattlib-0.20150805.tar.gz Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: Package glib-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `glib-2.0.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package 'glib-2.0' found Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "/tmp/pip-build-RfY5iW/gattlib/setup.py", line 12, in "pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0".split()).decode('utf-8') File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 219, in check_output raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd, output=output) subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['pkg-config', '--cflags', 'glib-2.0']' returned non-zero exit status 1

----------------------------------------

Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-RfY5iW/gattlib/

This cmds didn't figure out the issue sudo apt-get install glib-2.0 sudo pip install --upgrade setuptools --user python

The next step succeeded pip install https://github.com/undera/pylgbst/archive/0.5.tar.gz

but it seems to be necessary to make a: git clone https://github.com/undera/pylgbst/ to run examples?

last step failed : python demo.py but of course => ImportError: No module named gattlib

thank's for your help.

Thank you for this fantastic library! I'm able connect and send commands to 3 motors connected to a technic hub. However, If I try to get the angle of a motor I get warnings like: WARNING peripherals Unhandled port data: MsgPortValueSingle({'payload': b'00000000', 'port': 3})

The code I used is based on the example in the documentation, however my motors are not recognized bij the library as Motor_A, Motor_B, Motor_C. So I address them via the port number. Is the warning caused by the different addressing?

addr = "66F8E420-8D44-43D6-AF9A-CD65EFA3XXXX"
conn = get_connection_bleak(hub_mac=addr)
hub = MoveHub(conn)

my_motor = Motor(port=0x0,parent=hub)
my_motor.start_speed(-0.5)

steering = EncodedMotor(port=0x3,parent=hub)

def callback(angle):
    print("Angle: %s" % angle)

steering.subscribe(callback, mode=EncodedMotor.SENSOR_ANGLE)

steering.angled(30)

Hi!

I'm currently working on a project with my classmates on the Lego Bosst. We're using the current library to make the robot moving, turning, etc....

I have to create a script to get the battery state of the robot while connected via Bluetooth from an Raspberry Pi to it, but I'm stuck for weeks while trying for it :( I would like just to get the battery percentage, but when I'm launching a script, it always says "Low voltage, check power source (maybe replace battery)", assuming that I've made the robot charged for like 1-2 hours.

I started searching in the "hub.py" file to see what can be done, and I found this :

I don't understand what i don't have the current percentage value returned, instead I have the error I've said before :( Can someone help me to solve this issue ?

I specify that I have installed the library by using the "pip install -U pylgbst", with all the bluetooth prerequisites, on my Raspberry.

Thanks you for responding, Have a great day :)

Is it possible to control the Motor connected to port D (or C) simultaneously with the Motors A and/or B? Did not find any such feature but in the Lego-App it appears that it is possible.

Hi Andrey,

first of all: thanks a lot for all the effort you put into this library & the related Youtube videos! Those got me triggered in buying a Raspi Zero W and a BLED112 (for testing on Windows) and trying to learn Python :-)

Since I'm a complete noob to Python and this whole BLE topic, I had a hard time to setup the library and its requirements. I didnt get it to work on Windows (using PyCharm), but on the Raspi I'm now at a point where I think I have everything correctly setup - but still cannot "talk" to the Lego Boost.

I'm using Python3 and installed bluepy and the pylgbst lib:

sudo pip3 install https://github.com/undera/pylgbst/archive/0.10.tar.gz
sudo pip3 install bluepy

I can use bluetoothctl to discover, pair and connect to the Boost Hub. However, when I try to run the demo.py, I get the following error:

[email protected]:~/projects/pylgbst/examples $ sudo python3 demo.py
INFO:root:Trying get_connection_bluepy
INFO:comms-bluepy:Discovering devices...
INFO:comms-bluepy:Discovering devices...
INFO:comms-bluepy:Discovering devices...
INFO:comms-bluepy:Discovering devices...
INFO:root:Found LEGO Move Hub at 00:16:53:aa:7b:f2
INFO:movehub:Attached IMOTOR on port C
INFO:movehub:Attached DISTANCE_COLOR_SENSOR on port D
INFO:movehub:Attached MOTOR on port A
INFO:movehub:Attached MOTOR on port B
INFO:movehub:Attached MOTOR on port AB
INFO:movehub:Attached LED on port LED
WARNING:movehub:Got only these devices: (LED on port LED, EncodedMotor on port A, EncodedMotor on port B, EncodedMotor on port AB, None, Button on port 0, None, None)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "demo.py", line 194, in <module>
    hub = MoveHub(connection)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pylgbst/movehub.py", line 63, in __init__
    self._wait_for_devices()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pylgbst/movehub.py", line 83, in _wait_for_devices
    raise RuntimeError("Failed to obtain all builtin devices")
RuntimeError: Failed to obtain all builtin devices

I have all motors and the sensor connected. I also tried without any connected motors/sensors, but the error is the same.

I can launch the DebugServer as described in the readme, and that starts successfully - but running demo.py still fails:

[email protected]:~/projects/pylgbst/examples $ sudo python3 demo.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "demo.py", line 194, in <module>
    hub = MoveHub(connection)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pylgbst/movehub.py", line 63, in __init__
    self._wait_for_devices()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pylgbst/movehub.py", line 71, in _wait_for_devices
    self.connection.enable_notifications()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pylgbst/comms/__init__.py", line 41, in enable_notifications
    self.write(ENABLE_NOTIFICATIONS_HANDLE, ENABLE_NOTIFICATIONS_VALUE)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pylgbst/comms/__init__.py", line 163, in write
    self._send(payload)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pylgbst/comms/__init__.py", line 167, in _send
    self.sock.send(json.dumps(payload) + "\n")
TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here? I also cloned your repo to the Raspi, so I'd happily try any suggested code change (if you tell me how to use the local repo instead of the installed pip3 pylgbst lib... ;-)

Furthermore I tried to run the android_remote.py but that fails with another error message:

[email protected]:~/projects/pylgbst/examples $ sudo python3 vernie/android_remote.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "android_remote.py", line 12, in <module>
    from . import Vernie
SystemError: Parent module '' not loaded, cannot perform relative import

What do I need to do to make that work?

Regards Michael

It would be really cool to additionally support BlueGiga BLED112 adpators through pygatt just like the pyb00st package. This would allow the usuage of your package for people who have only such an adaptor (like me) and enables support for Windows, where pygattlib is not available.

Probably not that complex if you analyse a bit the implementation in pyb00st. If I find some time, I'll maybe try if I can get something running (on Linux, though)

• Sometimes the data returnes is not byte/bytes, but native objective-c class _NSInlineData even though isinstance will fail, otherwise it seems to be working

So, I tried to implement a simple demo where press of the button controls some other functions of a MoveHub, i.e. changes LED colour, or spins up a motor. The code looks like this:

from pylgbst.hub import MoveHub
from pylgbst import get_connection_bleak

conn = get_connection_bleak()
hub = MoveHub(conn)

def callback_btn(is_pressed):
    global hub
    print("Btn pressed: %s" % is_pressed)

    hub.motor_external.wait_complete()
    if is_pressed == 0:
        hub.motor_external.timed(5, 1.0, wait_complete=False)

try:
    hub.button.subscribe(callback_btn)
    time.sleep(60)
finally:
    hub.button.unsubscribe(callback_btn)
    hub.disconnect()

Once I release the button for the first time, it spins up the motor for 5 seconds exactly as I expect it to do. However, it does seem to ignore any further button presses... callback function is not called at all as I am not even getting any strings printed. Is this an expected behaviour due to threaded execution?

Is there a way to implement this?

Thanks a lot in advance.

I'm trying to create a working solution for the new Lego Christmas tram. We want to make it run periodically in a shop window.

My plan is to use a Raspberry Pi connecting using Bluetooth, and then write some software to run the tram every now and then. As a start: My family wants me to setup an SMS gateway, so visitors outside the window can start the tram on demand by sending a text message. :-)

But first things first: I need a Python library to control the tram - and I would like to use pylgbst. But unfortunately, I cannot make it work.

Before diving into the details, I want to add that it actually works with another Python library known as BrickNil. However, this library has its own set of challenges, and it seems to be completely unsupported - there hasn't been an update in three years, and PR and issues are unanswered. So I would prefer helping out to make pylgbst work.

Hardware for the tram is determined by Lego: An 88009 SmartHub, an 88011 Train Motor, and an 88005 Light Set.

BrickNil uses Bleak, and I can write a program and connect to the hub, change the colour of the builtin LED, and turn on the light in the external light set.

However, when I try pylgbst on the same RPi and tram, nothing works. If I try using pylgbst with bluepy, it can find the hub, but reports that nothing is connected. If I try using Bleak, it cannot find anything at all.

In issue #124 I found a small debug program. If I modify this to use a specific BT backend, I get these results for bluepy:

[email protected]:~ $ sudo ./test.py 
DEBUG:comms-bluepy:Trying to connect client to MoveHub with MAC: 90:84:2b:c6:9a:f8
INFO:comms-bluepy:Discovering devices...
DEBUG:comms:Checking device: None, MAC: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
DEBUG:comms:Checking device: Smart Hub, MAC: 90:84:2b:c6:9a:f8
INFO:comms:Found Smart Hub at 90:84:2b:c6:9a:f8
DEBUG:comms-bluepy:Writing to handle 15: b'0100'
[email protected]:~ $ 

and for Bleak:

[email protected]:~ $ ./test.py 
DEBUG:asyncio:Using selector: EpollSelector
DEBUG:asyncio:Using selector: EpollSelector
INFO:comms-bleak:Discovering devices... Press green button on Hub
[email protected]:~ $ 

Nothing more before the test program times out.

The RPi runs the latest Raspbian as of writing and updated to the latest and greatest everything. This means Python version 3.9.2.

I would love to see this work - but we're in a bit of a hurry, our traditional Christmas exhibition in the shop window opens Dec. 1st. :-)

Dear Sir

(base) C:\Users\eojin>C:/Users/eojin/anaconda3/python.exe e:/pylgbst-master/examples/demo.py 44 INFO root Trying get_connection_bluepy 48 INFO root Trying get_connection_bluegiga 120 INFO pygatt.backends.bgapi.bgapi Initialized new BGAPI backend 121 INFO pygatt.backends.bgapi.bgapi Auto-detecting serial port for BLED112 146 INFO root Trying get_connection_gatt 185 INFO root Trying get_connection_bleak 270 INFO comms-bleak Discovering devices... Press green button on Hub C:\Users\eojin\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pylgbst\comms\cbleak.py:142: FutureWarning: The discover function will removed in a future version, use BleakScanner.discover instead. devices = await discover(timeout=1) 11019 WARNING hub Got only these devices: (None, None, None, None, None, None, None) Exception in thread Thread-1: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\eojin\anaconda3\lib\threading.py", line 973, in _bootstrap_inner self.run() File "C:\Users\eojin\anaconda3\lib\threading.py", line 910, in run self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs) File "C:\Users\eojin\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pylgbst\comms\cbleak.py", line 50, in
self._connection_thread = threading.Thread(target=lambda: asyncio.run(self._bleak_thread()))
File "C:\Users\eojin\anaconda3\lib\asyncio\runners.py", line 44, in run return loop.run_until_complete(main) File "C:\Users\eojin\anaconda3\lib\asyncio\base_events.py", line 647, in run_until_complete return future.result() File "C:\Users\eojin\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pylgbst\comms\cbleak.py", line 60, in _bleak_thread await bleak.connect(self.hub_mac, self.hub_name) File "C:\Users\eojin\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pylgbst\comms\cbleak.py", line 157, in connect
raise ConnectionError('Device not found.') ConnectionError: Device not found.

How do I do? Or before starting your example. How to check connection?

Thanks Best Regards

Hey there, first of all thanks @undera for creating this library! I am trying to connect to a Lego WeDo 2.0 SmartHub. I am a noob, but I read it should be compatible with Boost. I get this stack trace, does it sound like something easy to fix? Thanks!

WARNING:pygatt.device:No characteristic found matching 00001624-1212-efde-1623-785feabcd123
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./demo2.py", line 258, in <module>
    main()
  File "./demo2.py", line 18, in main
    movehub = SmartHub(conn)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pylgbst-1.2.2-py3.7.egg/pylgbst/hub.py", line 359, in __init__
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pylgbst-1.2.2-py3.7.egg/pylgbst/hub.py", line 74, in __init__
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pylgbst-1.2.2-py3.7.egg/pylgbst/comms/cpygatt.py", line 54, in set_notify_handler
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pygatt/device.py", line 206, in subscribe
    self._notification_handles(uuid)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pygatt/device.py", line 178, in _notification_handles
    value_handle = self.get_handle(uuid)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pygatt/device.py", line 273, in get_handle
    raise exceptions.BLEError(message)
pygatt.exceptions.BLEError: No characteristic found matching 00001624-1212-efde-1623-785feabcd123
Exception ignored in: <function Hub.__del__ at 0x76572108>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pylgbst-1.2.2-py3.7.egg/pylgbst/hub.py", line 79, in __del__
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pylgbst-1.2.2-py3.7.egg/pylgbst/comms/cpygatt.py", line 47, in disconnect
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pygatt/backends/gatttool/device.py", line 16, in wrapper
pygatt.exceptions.NotConnectedError: 

Hello everyone, the library is great but I have problems with my Technic Hub. The BLE connection works without any problems, I can also control and use any motor. But I have problems with the AB port. Unfortunately, I cannot use two ports (A and B) at the same time.

If the Demo.py goes to "movehub.motor_AB.timed(1.5, -0.2, 0.2)" an error occurs.

With Run Debug I found out that the AB port is set to None. Can someone help me here.

Hi, Is there a way to use motor_AB() to launch a movement, then change primary and secondary speed as we wish ? To avance and turn with for example ?