working with callbacks

bindings/python/native/example/callback.py

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+import threading
 import telldus
 import time
-from threading import Timer
+
 
 telldus.tdInit()
 
-timers = {} #timerlist
 
 def turnOn():
 	print "turning on"
@@ -15,39 +15,15 @@ def turnOff():
 	telldus.tdTurnOff(1)
 	
 def callback(deviceId, method, value, callbackId):
-	global timers
-	
-	print "callback!"
-
-	if (deviceId == 1):
-		# is turning on deviceId 1 here, so just return if events for that device are picked up
-		return
-		
-	t = 0
-	print "Received event for device %d" % (deviceId,)
-	if (deviceId in timers):
-		# a timer already exists for this device, it might be running so interrupt it
-		# Many devices (for example motion detectors) resends their messages many times to ensure that they
-		# are received correctly. In this example, we don't want to run the turnOn/turnOff methods every time, instead we
-		# start a timer, and run the method when the timer is finished. For every incoming event on this device, the timer
-		# is restarted.
-		t = timers[deviceId] 
-		t.cancel()
-	if (method == 1):
-		#on
-		t = Timer(0.5, turnOn) #start timer with 0.5 second delay (adjust the delay to suit your needs), then turn on
-	else:
-		#off
-		t = Timer(0.5, turnOff) #start timer with 0.5 second delay (adjust the delay to suit your needs), then turn off
-
-	t.start()
-	timers[deviceId] = t #put timer in list, to allow later cancellation
+	print "callback"	
+	return True
 
 #function to be called when device event occurs, even for unregistered devices
 def rawcallback(data, controllerId, callbackId):
-	print str(data)
+	print "raw callback"	
+	return True
 
-callbackid = telldus.tdRegisterDeviceEvent(callback)
+#callbackid = telldus.tdRegisterDeviceEvent(callback)
 rawcallbackid = telldus.tdRegisterRawDeviceEvent(rawcallback)
 
 try:
@@ -55,6 +31,6 @@ try:
 		time.sleep(0.5) #don't exit
 except KeyboardInterrupt:
 	print "Exiting"
-	telldus.tdUnregisterCallback(callbackid)
+	#telldus.tdUnregisterCallback(callbackid)
 	telldus.tdUnregisterCallback(rawcallbackid)
 	telldus.tdClose()