Problems (#1) - Python Threading (#91) - Message List

I'm trying to put the discovery process into a threaded loop so I can always be looking for the wiimote while my app is running. The problem I'm having is that as soon as cwiid.Wiimote() is hit it blocks until it fails or tries again. Here's what I've got:

import cwiid,time

class test(threading.Thread):

def run(self):

self.connected = False

self.running = True

while self.running;

while not self.connected:

try:

mymote = cwiid.Wiimote()

self.connected = True:

except:

self.connected = False

time.sleep(.5)

if self.connected:

mymote.led = 1

try:

mymote.request_status()

except:

self.connected = False

test().start()

and every time, as soon as it hits Wiimote() it blocks. Any suggestions?