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from threading import Thread
import time
from Pyro.EventService.Clients import Publisher
from sndcs.Config import config

class Heartbeat(Thread, Publisher):

    def __init__(self):
        Thread.__init__(self)
        self.setDaemon(1)
        Publisher.__init__(self)

        # Get the Pyro namespace from the config
        self.namespace = config.get("pyro", "namespace", "sndcs")

    def run(self):
        print "Starting Heartbeat..."
        while 1:
            self.publish(self.namespace + "_heartbeat", "ping")
            time.sleep(5)