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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# This file has some tests, to do type checking of vedbus.py
+# This file makes it easy to compare the values put on the dbus through
+# Python (vedbus.VeDbusItemExport) with items exported in C (the mk2dbus process)
+
+# Note that this file requires vedbusitemexport_examples to be running.
+
+import dbus
+import pprint
+import os
+import sys
+from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
+
+# our own packages
+sys.path.insert(1, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../'))
+from vedbus import VeDbusItemExport, VeDbusItemImport
+
+DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
+
+# Connect to the sessionbus. Note that on ccgx we use systembus instead.
+dbusConn = dbus.SessionBus() if 'DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS' in os.environ else dbus.SystemBus()
+
+
+# dictionary containing the different items
+dbusObjects = {}
+
+# check if the vbus.ttyO1 exists (it normally does on a ccgx, and for linux a pc, there is
+# some emulator.
+hasVEBus = 'com.victronenergy.vebus.ttyO1' in dbusConn.list_names()
+
+dbusObjects['PyString'] = VeDbusItemImport(dbusConn, 'com.victronenergy.example', '/String')
+if hasVEBus: dbusObjects['C_string'] = VeDbusItemImport(dbusConn, 'com.victronenergy.vebus.ttyO1', '/Mgmt/ProcessName')
+
+dbusObjects['PyFloat'] = VeDbusItemImport(dbusConn, 'com.victronenergy.example', '/Float')
+if hasVEBus: dbusObjects['C_float'] = VeDbusItemImport(dbusConn, 'com.victronenergy.vebus.ttyO1', '/Dc/V')
+
+dbusObjects['PyInt'] = VeDbusItemImport(dbusConn, 'com.victronenergy.example', '/Int')
+if hasVEBus: dbusObjects['C_int'] = VeDbusItemImport(dbusConn, 'com.victronenergy.vebus.ttyO1', '/State')
+
+dbusObjects['PyNegativeInt'] = VeDbusItemImport(dbusConn, 'com.victronenergy.example', '/NegativeInt')
+if hasVEBus: dbusObjects['C_negativeInt'] = VeDbusItemImport(dbusConn, 'com.victronenergy.vebus.ttyO1', '/Dc/I')
+
+# print the results
+print('----')
+for key, o in dbusObjects.items():
+	print(key + ' at ' + o.serviceName + o.path)
+	pprint.pprint(dbusObjects[key])
+	print('pprint veBusItem.get_value(): ')
+	pprint.pprint(dbusObjects[key].get_value())
+	print('pprint veBusItem.get_text(): ')
+	pprint.pprint(dbusObjects[key].get_text())
+	print('----')