Merge pull request #244 from peplin/pr/242

Patched version of #242
peplin · May 27, 2019 · 8916795 · 8916795
2 parents 35edf21 + e8e379f
commit 8916795
Showing 1 changed file with 7 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/pygatt/backends/bgapi/bgapi.py b/pygatt/backends/bgapi/bgapi.py
@@ -553,8 +553,13 @@ def _scan_rsp_data(self, data):
                     # Field type specific formats
                     if (field_name == 'complete_local_name' or
                             field_name == 'shortened_local_name'):
-                        dev_name = bytearray(field_value).decode("utf-8")
-                        data_dict[field_name] = dev_name
+                        try:
+                            dev_name = bytearray(field_value).decode("utf-8")
+                        except:
+                            log.debug("Failed to decode data as UTF8, "
+                                      "returning verbatim")
+                        else:
+                            data_dict[field_name] = dev_name
                     elif (field_name ==
                           'complete_list_128-bit_service_class_uuids'):
                         if len(field_value) % 16 == 0:  # 16 bytes