From 0598e68d13cc9ab97da09bd56e312908624762c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul van Tilburg <paul@luon.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:42:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a pinger thread to ping XBMC every 55 seconds

This closes #2 on Github.
---
 xbmc-wiimote | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xbmc-wiimote b/xbmc-wiimote
index b5d6e70..1ddc946 100755
--- a/xbmc-wiimote
+++ b/xbmc-wiimote
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ class TimerReset(Thread):
         self.finished.clear()
 ### end of included code
 
+class Pinger(Thread):
+    def run(self):
+        global xbmc
+        while(True):
+            sleep(55)
+            xbmc.ping()
+
 # Default settings
 PROGRAM = "XBMC Wiimote Gateway"
 ICON = "/usr/share/pixmaps/xbmc/bluetooth.png"
@@ -170,6 +177,10 @@ def main():
     xbmc = XBMCClient(PROGRAM, icon_file=ICON)
     xbmc.connect()
 
+    # Start the pinger thread to frequently let XBMC know we are still here.
+    ping = Pinger()
+    ping.start()
+
     while(True):
         # The main loop.
         try: