#!/usr/bin/env python

from __future__ import print_function
import threading
import time
import socket
import queue
import pygame
#from pygame import joystick, event

j = pygame.joystick.Joystick(0)
UDP_IP = "127.0.0.1"
UDP_PORT = 5005
KEEPAMSG = "Otherdata 12"
XNAME = "xpos"
YNAME = "ypos"
STICKX
STICK

pygame.init()
# joystick.init()
q = queue.Queue()

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, # Internet
                    socket.SOCK_DGRAM) # UDP


j = pygame.joystick.Joystick(0)
j.init()
print("Initialized Joystick :" + j.get_name())

class Keepalive(threading.Thread):
    def run(self):
        if q.Empty():
            q.put(KEEPAMSG)
        time.sleep(1)


class JoystickPoll(threading.Thread):
    def run(self):
        # TBD


class UDPsend(threading.Thread):
    def run(self):
        sock.sendto(q.get(True), (UDP_IP, UDP_PORT))

UDPsend.start()
JoystickPoll.start()