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+"""Tcp client for asynchronous uhd message tcp port"""
+
+import threading
+import Queue
+import time
+import socket
+
+class TcpAsyncClient(threading.Thread):
+    """Thead for message polling"""
+    queue = Queue.Queue()
+    q_quit = Queue.Queue()
+
+    ip_address = None
+    port = None
+    BUFFER_SIZE = 1
+
+    def run(self, ip_address = "127.0.0.1", port = 47010):
+        """connect and poll messages to queue"""
+
+        self.ip_address = ip_address
+        self.port = port
+
+
+        #Establish connection
+        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        while 1:
+            try:
+                sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+                sock.connect((self.ip_address, self.port))
+                break
+            except socket.error:
+                print("connecting to asynchronous uhd message tcp port " + str(self.port))
+                #traceback.print_exc()
+                sock.close()
+                time.sleep(0.5)
+
+        #Read messages
+        sock.settimeout(1)
+        while self.q_quit.empty():
+            try:
+                data = sock.recv(self.BUFFER_SIZE)
+                self.queue.put(data)
+            except socket.timeout:
+                pass
+
+        sock.close()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """stop thread"""
+        print("stop tcp_async uhd message tcp thread")
+        self.q_quit.put("end")
+
+
+class UhdAsyncMsg(object):
+    """Creates a thread to connect to the asynchronous uhd messages tcp port"""
+    tcpa = TcpAsyncClient()
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.tcpa.start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """stop tcp thread"""
+        self.tcpa.stop()
+
+    def get_res(self):
+        """get received messages as string of integer"""
+        out = ""
+        while not self.tcpa.queue.empty():
+            out += str(ord(self.tcpa.queue.get()))
+        return out
+
+    def has_msg(self):
+        """Checks if one or more messages were received and empties the message queue"""
+        return self.get_res() != ""