RPC Signals

On this page you will find the available signals that the rpc server receives, along with a description and the series of arguments it gets. This page is useful if you want to develop a plugin which handles rpc signals.

*Scanner Signals*

Name	ID	Post	Description	Arguments
DONGLES_ADDED	100	scanner_dongle_added	This signals is generated as a reply to refreshScanners after add_dongle	None
NO_DONGLES	101	scanner_no_dongle	Generated as a reply to refreshScanners with no add_dongles	None
CYCLE_COMPLETE	120	scanner_cycle_complete	Generated after a scan cycle has completed, this means all the registered scanner dongles had done they're scanning for this round	None
CYCLE_START	121	scanner_cycle_start	This signal is generated after startScanningCycle is received	None
CYCLE_SCAN_DONGLE	122	scanner_cycle_scan_start	Generated each time a dongle starts scanning	*address*: dongle address
CYCLE_SCAN_DONGLE_COMPLETED	123	scanner_cycle_scan_end	Generated each time a dongle completes scanning	*address*: dongle address
DONGLE_NOT_AVAILABLE	124	scanner_cycle_dongle_not_available	Some times an inquiry might fail to start	*address*: dongle address
FOUND_DEVICE	130	scanner_cycle_found_device	Generated when devices had been found.	*address*: dongle address *records*: an array of dicts {address, name, devclass, rssi}

*Upload Signals*

Name	ID	Post	Description	Arguments
DONGLES_ADDED	500	uploader_dongle_added	This signals is generated as a reply to refreshScanners after add_dongle	None
NO_DONGLES	501	dongle_no_dongle	Generated as a reply to refreshScanners with no add_dongles	None
CYCLE_UPLOAD_DONGLE	520	uploader_cycle	Generated each time the system switches upload dongles	*address*: next uploader dongle to use
FILE_UPLOADED	530	uploader_success	Generated when the file has been accepted (retval=0 from obexftp)	*dongle*: address of uploader, *address*: remote device address, *port*: port used for the obex transfer, *files*: array of file names sent
FILE_FAILED	531	uploader_failed	Generated when the file upload has been failed (retval!=0 from obexftp)	*dongle*: address of uploader, *address*: remote device address, *port*: port used for the obex transfer, *files*: array of file names sent, *stdout*: standard output from obexftp, *stderr*: error output from obexftp
SDP_RESOLVED	540	uploader_spd_ok	SDP record has been found	*dongle*: address of uploader, *address*: remote device address, *port*: port where the service is provided.
SDP_NORECORD	541	uploader_spd_no	SDP no record has been found (service not provided)	*dongle*: address of uploader, *address*: remote device address.
SDP_TIMEOUT	542	uploader_spd_timeout	SDP resolving has timedout (not yet used)	*dongle*: address of uploader, *address*: remote device address.