Cannot exit thread with device.close()

I started with python-xbee/examples/communication/ReceiveDataPollingSample/ReceiveDataPollingSample.py example by adding

while True:
            xbee_message = device.read_data()
            if xbee_message is not None:
                print("From %s >> %s" % (xbee_message.remote_device.get_64bit_addr(),
                                         xbee_message.data.decode()))
                device.close()
                break

The code hang after received a message even though I tried to close device and break from while loop. I have to ctrl-c to exit

Then I got below message:

Exception ignored in: <module 'threading' from '/usr/lib/python3.5/threading.py'>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/threading.py", line 1288, in _shutdown
    t.join()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/threading.py", line 1054, in join
    self._wait_for_tstate_lock()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/threading.py", line 1070, in _wait_for_tstate_lock
    elif lock.acquire(block, timeout):
KeyboardInterrupt

Any suggestion on how I can solve this?

[hgonzaleDigi]

Hello all,

As @FRVisser said, this issue has been resolved in master, but a new release has not been generated. This means that PyPI does not have the latest packaged code to upgrade the library trhough pip.

We are working on generating a new version of the library to distribute through pip, and it will be released shortly.

In the meantime, if any of you needs the changes from master, you can update your python distributions manually. To do so:

1. Get the code from master.
2. In the root directory you will see a “digi” directory.
3. Go to your python distribution (<path_to_python3.x>/Lib/site-packages)
4. If the “digi” directory exists there from a previous distribution, uninstall it through pip, or remove it manually.
5. Add the “digi” directory just copied from master.

These steps should do it for you. Again, we are planning to do the official release soon, which would allow you to upgrade your library thrugh pip: pip install --upgrade digi-xbee

[rubenmoral]

Closing this issue since the fix is already included in the latest release: https://github.com/digidotcom/python-xbee/releases.

To update the library through pip, run pip install digi-xbee --upgrade.