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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+# adapted from https://github.com/bluez/bluez/blob/master/test/example-advertisement
+#----------------------------------------------------------------
+# HCI_Linux (uses sudo hciconfig):  module for a standalone python-3.6 or later AirPlay Service-Discovery Bluetooth LE beacon for UxPlay 
+
+# this requires that users can run "sudo hciconfig" with giving a password:
+# (1) (as root) create a group like "hciusers"
+# (2) use visudo to make an entry in /etc/sudoers:
+#         %hciusers ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/hcitool, /usr/bin/hciconfig
+# (or or use visudo /etc/sudoers.d/hciusers to create a file /etc/sudoers.d/hciusers with this line in it)
+# (3) add the user who will run uxplay-beacon.py to the group hciusers
+
+
+import subprocess
+import time
+import re
+import subprocess
+import platform
+from typing import Optional
+from typing import Literal
+
+os_name = platform.system()
+if os_name == 'Darwin':
+   os_name = 'macOS' 
+linux =  os_name == 'Linux'
+bsd = 'BSD' in os_name
+if not linux and not bsd:
+    print(f'{os_name} is not supported by the HCI module')
+    raise SystemExit(1)
+ 
+#help text
+help_text1 = '''
+   This HCI module requires users of the module to have elevated privileges that
+   allow execution of a low-level Bluetooth HCI command using passwordless "sudo":
+     (1) As System Administrator, create a group such as "hciusers")
+'''
+if linux:
+    help_text2 = '''
+     (2) use visudo to create a file /etc/sudoers.d/hciusers containing the line: 
+          %hciusers ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/hciconfig, /usr/bin/hcitool
+    '''
+elif bsd:
+    help_text2 =  '''   
+     (2) use visudo to create a file /usr/local/etc/sudoers.d/hciusers containing the line: 
+          %hciusers ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/hccontrol
+    '''
+help_text3 = '''
+     (3) add users of uxplay_beacon_module_HCI.py to the group "hciusers"
+'''
+help_text = help_text1 + help_text2 + help_text3
+
+hci = None
+LMP_version_map = ["1.0b","1.1", "1.2", "2.0+EDR", "2.1+EDR", "3.0+HS", "4.0", "4.1", "4.2", "5.0", "5.1", "5.2", "5.3", "5.4", "6.0", "6.1"]
+
+
+advertised_port = None
+advertised_address = None
+
+
+
+def setup_beacon(ipv4_str: str, port: int, advmin: int, advmax: int, index: Literal[None]) -> bool:
+    global hci
+    global advertised_port
+    global advertised_address
+    advertised_port = None
+    advertised_address = None
+
+    # convert into  units of 5/8 msec.
+    advmin = (advmin * 8) // 5
+    advmax = (advmax * 8) // 5
+
+    # setup Advertising Parameters
+    if linux:
+        min1 = f'{advmin %256 :#04x}'
+        min2 = f'{advmin //256 :#04x}'
+        max1 = f'{advmax % 256 :#04x}'
+        max2 = f'{advmax // 256 :#04x}'
+        ogf = "0x08"
+        ocf = "0x0006"
+        cmd = ["sudo", '-n',  "hcitool", "-i", hci, "cmd", ogf, ocf,  min1, min2, max1, max2, '0x03', '0x00', '0x00'] + ['0x00'] * 6 + ['0x07', '0x00']
+    elif bsd:
+        min = f'{advmin :04x}'
+        max = f'{advmax :04x}'
+        cmd = ["sudo", "-n", "hccontrol", "-n", hci, "le_set_advertising_param", min, max, '03', '00', '00', '000000000000', '07','00']
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print("Error:", e.stderr, e.stdout)
+        return False
+   
+    # setup Advertising Data      
+    adv_head = ['0xff', '0x4c', '0x00', '0x09', '0x08', '0x13', '0x30']
+    adv_int = [int(hex_str, 16) for hex_str in adv_head]
+    ip = list(map(int, ipv4_str.split('.')))
+    prt = [port // 256, port % 256]
+    adv_int = adv_int + ip + prt
+    adv_len = len(adv_int)
+    adv_int = [adv_len + 1, adv_len ] + adv_int
+    if linux:
+        ogf = '0x08'
+        ocf = '0x0008'
+        cmd = ['sudo',  '-n', 'hcitool', '-i', hci, 'cmd', ogf, ocf]
+        cmd = cmd + [f'{i:#04x}' for i in adv_int] 
+        cmd = cmd + ['0x00'] * 17
+    elif bsd:
+        cmd = ['sudo', '-n', 'hccontrol', '-n', hci, 'le_set_advertising_data']
+        cmd = cmd +  [f'{i:02x}' for i in adv_int]
+        
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print("Error:", e.stderr, e.stdout)
+        return False
+         
+    advertised_port = port
+    advertised_address = ipv4_str
+    return True
+
+def beacon_on() -> Optional[int]:
+    global advertised_port
+    global advertised_address
+
+    if linux:
+       ogf = '0x08'
+       ocf = '0x000a'
+       cmd = ['sudo', '-n', 'hcitool', '-i', hci, 'cmd', ogf, ocf, '0x01']
+    elif bsd:
+       cmd = ['sudo', '-n', 'hccontrol', '-n', hci, 'le_set_advertising_enable', 'enable']
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+        print(f'Started Bluetooth LE Service Discovery beacon {advertised_address}:{advertised_port}')
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f'beacon_on error:', e.stderr, e.stdout)
+        advertised_port = None
+        advertised_address = None
+    finally:
+       return advertised_port
+
+def beacon_off():
+    if linux:
+       ogf = '0x08'
+       ocf = '0x000a'
+       cmd = ['sudo', '-n', 'hcitool', '-i', hci, 'cmd', ogf, ocf, '0x00']
+    elif bsd:
+       cmd = ['sudo', '-n', 'hccontrol', '-n', hci, 'le_set_advertising_enable', 'disable']
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+        print(f'Stopped Bluetooth LE Service Discovery beacon')
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print("Error (beacon_off):", e.stderr, e.stdout)
+        advertised_address = None
+        advertised_port = None
+        
+def get_bluetooth_version(device_name):
+    """
+    Runs 'hciconfig -a <device_name>' and extracts the LMP version.
+    """
+    if linux:
+        cmd = f'hciconfig'
+        opt1 = f''
+        opt2 = f'-a'
+        regexp = r"LMP Version: .*?\(0x([0-9a-fA-F])\)"
+    elif bsd:
+        cmd = f'hccontrol'
+        opt1 = f'-n'
+        opt2 = f'Read_Local_Version_Information'
+        regexp = r"LMP version: .*?\[(0x[0-9a-fA-F]+)\]"
+    try:
+        # Run hciconfig -a for the specific device
+        result = subprocess.check_output([cmd, opt1, device_name, opt2], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, text=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f"Error running {cmd} for {device_name}: {e.output}")
+        return None
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print("Error: {cmd} command not found")
+        return None
+    # Regex to find "LMP Version: X.Y (0xZ)"
+    lmp_version_match = re.search(regexp, result)
+    if lmp_version_match:
+        version_hex =  lmp_version_match.group(1)
+        return int(version_hex,16)
+    return None
+
+def list_devices_by_version(min_version):
+    if linux:
+        cmd = f'hcitool'
+        opt = f'dev'
+        regexp = r"(hci\d+)"
+    elif bsd:
+        cmd = f'hccontrol'
+        opt = f'Read_Node_List'
+        regexp = r"(^ubt\d+hci)"
+        
+    try:
+        # Run hciconfig to list all devices
+        devices_list_output = subprocess.check_output([cmd, opt], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, text=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f"Error running hciconfig: {e.output}")
+        return None
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print("Error: hciconfig command not found")
+        return None
+    # Regex to find device names (e.g., hci0, hci1)
+    device_names = re.findall(regexp, devices_list_output, re.MULTILINE)
+    found_devices = []
+    for device_name in device_names:
+        version_decimal = get_bluetooth_version(device_name)
+        if version_decimal is None or version_decimal < min_version:
+            continue
+        bt_version = LMP_version_map[version_decimal]
+        device = [device_name, bt_version]         
+        found_devices.append(device)
+    return found_devices
+
+from typing import Optional
+def find_device(hci_in: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
+    global hci
+    list = list_devices_by_version(min_version=6)
+    if len(list) == 0:
+        return None
+    hci = None
+    if hci_in is not None:
+        for item in list:
+            if item[0] == hci_in:
+                hci = hci_in
+                return hci
+    count = 0
+    for index, item in enumerate(list, start = 1):
+        count += 1
+        print(f'=== detected HCI device {count}. {item[0]}: Bluetooth v{item[1]}')
+        if count == 1:
+            hci = item[0]
+    if count > 1:
+        print(f'warning: {count} HCI devices were found, the first found will be used')
+        print(f'(to override this choice, specify "--device=..." in optional arguments)')
+    if linux:
+        cmd = ['sudo', '-n', 'hciconfig', hci, 'reset']
+    elif bsd:
+        cmd = ['sudo', '-n', 'hccontrol', '-n', hci, 'Reset']
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f'hci reset error:', e.stderr, e.stdout)
+        print(help_text)
+        print('cannot continue: SystemExit(1)')
+        raise SystemExit(1)
+    return hci
+