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  • jsulmJ jsulm

    @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

    What if I do deviceScanFinished public?

    To achieve what exactly? deviceScanFinished is a slot not signal in Device - how will making it public help other classes?

    "The signal already set" - the signal from private member is "set", this does not help other classes as you already discovered.

    Why don't you try my approach? Signals/slots are one of the most important features in Qt and it is really not much work:

    class Device...
    {
    signals:
        void scanFinished();
    }
    
    // In Device constructor:
    connect(discoveryAgent, &QBluetoothDeviceDiscoveryAgent::finished, this, &Device::deviceScanFinished);
    connect(discoveryAgent, &QBluetoothDeviceDiscoveryAgent::finished, this, &Device::scanFinished);
    
    // Now in some other class you simply do:
    connect(&bt_device, &Device::scanFinished, this, &SomeOtherClass::someSlot);
    

    Isn't this easy and clear? And you do not expose any private members from Device to outer world (which would be bad design).

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    @jsulm
    It seems OK. But here in the constructor

    BT_DEVICE::BT_DEVICE(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
    {
        connect(&bt_device, &Device::scanFinished, this, &BT_DEVICE::ScanFinished);
    }
    

    I get - "undefined reference to `vtable for BT_DEVICE' ". And I don't have any virtual function.

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      @jsulm
      It seems OK. But here in the constructor

      BT_DEVICE::BT_DEVICE(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
      {
          connect(&bt_device, &Device::scanFinished, this, &BT_DEVICE::ScanFinished);
      }
      

      I get - "undefined reference to `vtable for BT_DEVICE' ". And I don't have any virtual function.

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      jsulm
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      @jenya7 Please read https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/signalsandslots.html
      If you want to have signals and/or slots in a class you have to derive this class from QObject and add Q_OBJECT macro right at the beginning of your class.

      #include <QObject>
      
      class BT_DEVICE : public QObject
      {
      Q_OBJECT
      
      signals:
          void scanFinished();
      ...
      

      Do a complete rebuild of your project after these changes.

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      • jsulmJ jsulm

        @jenya7 Please read https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/signalsandslots.html
        If you want to have signals and/or slots in a class you have to derive this class from QObject and add Q_OBJECT macro right at the beginning of your class.

        #include <QObject>
        
        class BT_DEVICE : public QObject
        {
        Q_OBJECT
        
        signals:
            void scanFinished();
        ...
        

        Do a complete rebuild of your project after these changes.

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        @jsulm
        this is h file

        class BT_DEVICE : public QObject
        {
            Q_OBJECT
        
            public:
            BT_DEVICE(QObject *parent = nullptr);
            void BLE_Scan();
        
        signals:
            void ScanFinished();
        };
        

        and cpp file

        BT_DEVICE::BT_DEVICE(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
        {
            connect(&bt_device, &Device::scanFinished, this, &BT_DEVICE::ScanFinished);
        }
        
        void BT_DEVICE::BLE_Scan()
        {
           scanning = 1;
        
           bt_device.startDeviceDiscovery();
        
           while (scanning) ;
        
           QVariant devices = bt_device.getDevices();
        }
        
        void BT_DEVICE::ScanFinished()
        {
            scanning = 0;
        }
        
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        • J jenya7

          @jsulm
          this is h file

          class BT_DEVICE : public QObject
          {
              Q_OBJECT
          
              public:
              BT_DEVICE(QObject *parent = nullptr);
              void BLE_Scan();
          
          signals:
              void ScanFinished();
          };
          

          and cpp file

          BT_DEVICE::BT_DEVICE(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
          {
              connect(&bt_device, &Device::scanFinished, this, &BT_DEVICE::ScanFinished);
          }
          
          void BT_DEVICE::BLE_Scan()
          {
             scanning = 1;
          
             bt_device.startDeviceDiscovery();
          
             while (scanning) ;
          
             QVariant devices = bt_device.getDevices();
          }
          
          void BT_DEVICE::ScanFinished()
          {
              scanning = 0;
          }
          
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          jsulm
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          @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

          while (scanning) ;

          Not related to your current problem: this is a no go in an event driven application! You are blocking the event loop! This means that no signals will be handled. Redesign this part of your app.

          Back to your current problem: I did a mistake above. BT_DEVICE::ScanFinished should be a slot of course.

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          • jsulmJ jsulm

            @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

            while (scanning) ;

            Not related to your current problem: this is a no go in an event driven application! You are blocking the event loop! This means that no signals will be handled. Redesign this part of your app.

            Back to your current problem: I did a mistake above. BT_DEVICE::ScanFinished should be a slot of course.

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            #22

            @jsulm
            yes. it was stupid of me to block. for now
            h

            class BT_DEVICE : public QObject
            {
                Q_OBJECT
            
                public:
                BT_DEVICE(QObject *parent = nullptr);
                void BLE_Scan();
            
            public slots:
                void ScanFinished();
            };
            

            cpp

            BT_DEVICE::BT_DEVICE(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
            {
                //for debug
                //connect(&bt_device, &Device::scanFinished, this, &BT_DEVICE::ScanFinished);
            }
            
            void BT_DEVICE::BLE_Scan()
            {
               scanning = 1;
            
               bt_device.startDeviceDiscovery();
            }
            
            void BT_DEVICE::ScanFinished()
            {
                QVariant devices = bt_device.getDevices();
            }
            

            Is it OK?

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            • J jenya7

              @jsulm
              yes. it was stupid of me to block. for now
              h

              class BT_DEVICE : public QObject
              {
                  Q_OBJECT
              
                  public:
                  BT_DEVICE(QObject *parent = nullptr);
                  void BLE_Scan();
              
              public slots:
                  void ScanFinished();
              };
              

              cpp

              BT_DEVICE::BT_DEVICE(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
              {
                  //for debug
                  //connect(&bt_device, &Device::scanFinished, this, &BT_DEVICE::ScanFinished);
              }
              
              void BT_DEVICE::BLE_Scan()
              {
                 scanning = 1;
              
                 bt_device.startDeviceDiscovery();
              }
              
              void BT_DEVICE::ScanFinished()
              {
                  QVariant devices = bt_device.getDevices();
              }
              

              Is it OK?

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              jsulm
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              @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

              Is it OK?

              Why did you comment out the connect?

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              • jsulmJ jsulm

                @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                Is it OK?

                Why did you comment out the connect?

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                @jsulm said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                Is it OK?

                Why did you comment out the connect?

                for debug. I still get the error.
                On Windows I get a different error - error: multiple definition of `Device::scanFinished()' in moc_device.cpp.
                first defined here device.cpp.
                I wonder how can it be - moc file is a generated file after build.

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                  @jsulm said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                  @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                  Is it OK?

                  Why did you comment out the connect?

                  for debug. I still get the error.
                  On Windows I get a different error - error: multiple definition of `Device::scanFinished()' in moc_device.cpp.
                  first defined here device.cpp.
                  I wonder how can it be - moc file is a generated file after build.

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                  jsulm
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                  @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                  I wonder how can it be - moc file is a generated file after build

                  It is probably a remnant from previos version when scanFinished was declared as signal.
                  Do a complete rebuild: delete build folder, run qmake and build.

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                  • jsulmJ jsulm

                    @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                    I wonder how can it be - moc file is a generated file after build

                    It is probably a remnant from previos version when scanFinished was declared as signal.
                    Do a complete rebuild: delete build folder, run qmake and build.

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                    @jsulm said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                    @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                    I wonder how can it be - moc file is a generated file after build

                    It is probably a remnant from previos version when scanFinished was declared as signal.
                    Do a complete rebuild: delete build folder, run qmake and build.

                    Deleted all from the build folder. Clean. Rebuild. I see new files created. The same problem.
                    Renamed scanFinished for scanCompleted. Still the same problem.

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                    • J jenya7

                      @jsulm said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                      @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                      I wonder how can it be - moc file is a generated file after build

                      It is probably a remnant from previos version when scanFinished was declared as signal.
                      Do a complete rebuild: delete build folder, run qmake and build.

                      Deleted all from the build folder. Clean. Rebuild. I see new files created. The same problem.
                      Renamed scanFinished for scanCompleted. Still the same problem.

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                        @jsulm said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                        @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                        Is it OK?

                        Why did you comment out the connect?

                        for debug. I still get the error.
                        On Windows I get a different error - error: multiple definition of `Device::scanFinished()' in moc_device.cpp.
                        first defined here device.cpp.
                        I wonder how can it be - moc file is a generated file after build.

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                        jsulm
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                        @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                        On Windows I get a different error - error: multiple definition of `Device::scanFinished()' in moc_device.cpp.

                        Just realised: this is in Device class.
                        Please show Device code (header and cpp).
                        You probably defined scanFinished() in cpp file, you should not do that for signals!

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                        • jsulmJ jsulm

                          @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                          On Windows I get a different error - error: multiple definition of `Device::scanFinished()' in moc_device.cpp.

                          Just realised: this is in Device class.
                          Please show Device code (header and cpp).
                          You probably defined scanFinished() in cpp file, you should not do that for signals!

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                          @jsulm
                          I see. Now on Windows it compiles OK. On Linux the same 'vtable' problem.

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                            @jsulm
                            I see. Now on Windows it compiles OK. On Linux the same 'vtable' problem.

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                            jsulm
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                            @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                            On Linux the same 'vtable' problem

                            Exact same code?
                            Do a full rebuild.

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                            • jsulmJ jsulm

                              @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                              On Linux the same 'vtable' problem

                              Exact same code?
                              Do a full rebuild.

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                              jenya7
                              wrote on last edited by jenya7
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                              @jsulm
                              yes.
                              I've noticed in device.h at the beginning

                              class Device: public QObject
                              {
                                  Q_OBJECT
                                  Q_PROPERTY(QVariant devicesList READ getDevices NOTIFY devicesUpdated)
                                  Q_PROPERTY(QVariant servicesList READ getServices NOTIFY servicesUpdated)
                                  Q_PROPERTY(QVariant characteristicList READ getCharacteristics NOTIFY characteristicsUpdated)
                                  Q_PROPERTY(QString update READ getUpdate WRITE setUpdate NOTIFY updateChanged)
                                  Q_PROPERTY(bool useRandomAddress READ isRandomAddress WRITE setRandomAddress NOTIFY randomAddressChanged)
                                  Q_PROPERTY(bool state READ state NOTIFY stateChanged)
                                  Q_PROPERTY(bool controllerError READ hasControllerError)
                              
                              //and so on
                              

                              those Q_PROPERTY - do I need it? it's a QML related stuff.
                              I took the class from a QML project.

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                                @jsulm
                                yes.
                                I've noticed in device.h at the beginning

                                class Device: public QObject
                                {
                                    Q_OBJECT
                                    Q_PROPERTY(QVariant devicesList READ getDevices NOTIFY devicesUpdated)
                                    Q_PROPERTY(QVariant servicesList READ getServices NOTIFY servicesUpdated)
                                    Q_PROPERTY(QVariant characteristicList READ getCharacteristics NOTIFY characteristicsUpdated)
                                    Q_PROPERTY(QString update READ getUpdate WRITE setUpdate NOTIFY updateChanged)
                                    Q_PROPERTY(bool useRandomAddress READ isRandomAddress WRITE setRandomAddress NOTIFY randomAddressChanged)
                                    Q_PROPERTY(bool state READ state NOTIFY stateChanged)
                                    Q_PROPERTY(bool controllerError READ hasControllerError)
                                
                                //and so on
                                

                                those Q_PROPERTY - do I need it? it's a QML related stuff.
                                I took the class from a QML project.

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                                @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                                those Q_PROPERTY - do I need it?

                                If you don't use them then you don't need them.

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                                • jsulmJ jsulm

                                  @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                                  those Q_PROPERTY - do I need it?

                                  If you don't use them then you don't need them.

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                                  @jsulm
                                  oops. I did "Run qmake" then "Build" - and it's compiles, no errors.

                                  now if I uncomment
                                  connect(&bt_device, &Device::scanFinished, this, &BT_DEVICE::ScanFinished);
                                  I get a run time exception

                                  The inferior stopped because it received a signal from the operating system.

                                  in devise.h

                                  signals:
                                      void scanFinished();
                                  

                                  in my h

                                  public slots:
                                      void ScanFinished();
                                  

                                  seems OK.

                                  So this is wrong

                                  Device::Device()
                                  {
                                      connect(discoveryAgent, &QBluetoothDeviceDiscoveryAgent::finished, this, &Device::scanFinished);
                                  }
                                  

                                  I connect a signal to a signal.

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                                      @jsulm
                                      oops. I did "Run qmake" then "Build" - and it's compiles, no errors.

                                      now if I uncomment
                                      connect(&bt_device, &Device::scanFinished, this, &BT_DEVICE::ScanFinished);
                                      I get a run time exception

                                      The inferior stopped because it received a signal from the operating system.

                                      in devise.h

                                      signals:
                                          void scanFinished();
                                      

                                      in my h

                                      public slots:
                                          void ScanFinished();
                                      

                                      seems OK.

                                      So this is wrong

                                      Device::Device()
                                      {
                                          connect(discoveryAgent, &QBluetoothDeviceDiscoveryAgent::finished, this, &Device::scanFinished);
                                      }
                                      

                                      I connect a signal to a signal.

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                                      @jenya7 said in Qt Bluetooth - no devices discovered.:

                                      I get a run time exception

                                      Then run through debugger to see where and why exactly it is crashing...
                                      I guess it is crashing inside ScanFinished() slot.

                                      Connecting a signal to another signal is perfectly valid.

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