QLowEnergyCharacteristic

The QLowEnergyCharacteristic class stores information about a Bluetooth Low Energy service characteristic. More…

Synopsis

Functions

• def __eq__ (b)

• def __ne__ (b)

• def clientCharacteristicConfiguration ()

• def descriptor (uuid)

• def descriptors ()

• def isValid ()

• def name ()

• def properties ()

• def uuid ()

• def value ()

Detailed Description

QLowEnergyCharacteristic provides information about a Bluetooth Low Energy service characteristic’s name() , uuid() , value() , properties() , and descriptors() . To obtain the characteristic’s specification and information, it is necessary to connect to the device using the QLowEnergyService and QLowEnergyController classes.

The characteristic value may be written via the QLowEnergyService instance that manages the service to which this characteristic belongs. The writeCharacteristic() function writes the new value. The characteristicWritten() signal is emitted upon success. The value() of this object is automatically updated accordingly.

Characteristics may contain none, one or more descriptors. They can be individually retrieved using the descriptor() function. The descriptors() function returns all descriptors as a list. The general purpose of a descriptor is to add contextual information to the characteristic. For example, the descriptor might provide format or range information specifying how the characteristic’s value is to be interpreted.

See also

QLowEnergyService QLowEnergyDescriptor

class PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic(other)

Parameters

other – PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic

Construct a new QLowEnergyCharacteristic . A default-constructed instance of this class is always invalid.

See also

isValid()

Construct a new QLowEnergyCharacteristic that is a copy of other.

The two copies continue to share the same underlying data which does not detach upon write.

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic.PropertyType

This enum describes the properties of a characteristic.

Constant	Description
QLowEnergyCharacteristic.Unknown	The type is not known.
QLowEnergyCharacteristic.Broadcasting	Allow for the broadcasting of Generic Attributes (GATT) characteristic values.
QLowEnergyCharacteristic.Read	Allow the characteristic values to be read.
QLowEnergyCharacteristic.WriteNoResponse	Allow characteristic values without responses to be written.
QLowEnergyCharacteristic.Write	Allow for characteristic values to be written.
QLowEnergyCharacteristic.Notify	Permits notification of characteristic values.
QLowEnergyCharacteristic.Indicate	Permits indications of characteristic values.
QLowEnergyCharacteristic.WriteSigned	Permits signed writes of the GATT characteristic values.
QLowEnergyCharacteristic.ExtendedProperty	Additional characteristic properties are defined in the characteristic’s extended properties descriptor.

See also

properties()

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic.CCCDDisable

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic.CCCDEnableNotification

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic.CCCDEnableIndication

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic.clientCharacteristicConfiguration()

Return type

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyDescriptor

Returns the Client Characteristic Configuration Descriptor or an invalid QLowEnergyDescriptor instance if no Client Characteristic Configuration Descriptor exists.

BTLE characteristics can support notifications and/or indications. In both cases, the peripheral will inform the central on each change of the characteristic’s value. In the BTLE attribute protocol, notification messages are not confirmed by the central, while indications are confirmed. Notifications are considered faster, but unreliable, while indications are slower and more reliable.

If a characteristic supports notification or indication, these can be enabled by writing special bit patterns to the Client Characteristic Configuration Descriptor. For convenience, these bit patterns are provided as QLowEnergyCharacteristic::CCCDDisable , QLowEnergyCharacteristic::CCCDEnableNotification , and QLowEnergyCharacteristic::CCCDEnableIndication .

Enabling e.g. notification for a characteristic named mycharacteristic in a service called myservice could be done using the following code.

auto cccd = mycharacteristic.clientCharacteristicConfiguration();
if (!cccd.isValid()) {
    // your error handling
    return error;
}
myservice->writeDescriptor(cccd, QLowEnergyCharacteristic::CCCDEnableNotification);

Note

Calling characteristic.clientCharacteristicConfiguration() is equivalent to calling characteristic.descriptor(QBluetoothUuid::DescriptorType::ClientCharacteristicConfiguration).

See also

descriptor()

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic.descriptor(uuid)

Parameters

uuid – PySide6.QtBluetooth.QBluetoothUuid

Return type

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyDescriptor

Returns the descriptor for uuid or an invalid QLowEnergyDescriptor instance.

See also

descriptors()

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic.descriptors()

Return type

Returns the list of descriptors belonging to this characteristic; otherwise an empty list.

See also

descriptor()

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic.isValid()

Return type

bool

Returns true if the QLowEnergyCharacteristic object is valid, otherwise returns false.

An invalid characteristic object is not associated with any service (default-constructed) or the associated service is no longer valid due to a disconnect from the underlying Bluetooth Low Energy device, for example. Once the object is invalid it cannot become valid anymore.

Note

If a QLowEnergyCharacteristic instance turns invalid due to a disconnect from the underlying device, the information encapsulated by the current instance remains as it was at the time of the disconnect. Therefore it can be retrieved after the disconnect event.

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic.name()

Return type

str

Returns the human-readable name of the characteristic.

The name is based on the characteristic’s uuid() which must have been standardized. The complete list of characteristic types can be found under Bluetooth.org Characteristics .

The returned string is empty if the uuid() is unknown.

See also

characteristicToString()

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic.__ne__(b)

Parameters

b – PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic

Return type

bool

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic.__eq__(b)

Parameters

b – PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic

Return type

bool

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic.properties()

Return type

PropertyTypes

Returns the properties of the characteristic.

The properties define the access permissions for the characteristic.

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic.uuid()

Return type

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QBluetoothUuid

Returns the UUID of the characteristic if isValid() returns true; otherwise a null UUID.

PySide6.QtBluetooth.QLowEnergyCharacteristic.value()

Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QByteArray

Returns the cached value of the characteristic.

If the characteristic’s properties() permit writing of new values, the value can be updated using writeCharacteristic() .

The cache is updated during the associated service’s detail discovery , a successful read / write operation or when an update notification is received.

The returned QByteArray always remains empty if the characteristic does not have the read permission . In such cases only the characteristicChanged() or characteristicWritten() may provice information about the value of this characteristic.