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+#
+# Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+from enum import Enum, IntEnum
+
+class OmciUninitializedFieldError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class OmciInvalidTypeError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+def bitpos_from_mask(mask, lsb_pos=0, increment=1):
+    """
+    Turn a decimal value (bitmask) into a list of indices where each
+    index value corresponds to the bit position of a bit that was set (1)
+    in the mask. What numbers are assigned to the bit positions is controlled
+    by lsb_pos and increment, as explained below.
+    :param mask: a decimal value used as a bit mask
+    :param lsb_pos: The decimal value associated with the LSB bit
+    :param increment: If this is +i, then the bit next to LSB will take
+    the decimal value of lsb_pos + i.
+    :return: List of bit positions where the bit was set in mask
+    """
+    out = []
+    while mask:
+        if mask & 0x01:
+            out.append(lsb_pos)
+        lsb_pos += increment
+        mask >>= 1
+    return sorted(out)
+
+
+class AttributeAccess(Enum):
+    Readable = 1
+    R = 1
+    Writable = 2
+    W = 2
+    SetByCreate = 3
+    SBC = 3
+
+
+OmciNullPointer = 0xffff
+OmciSectionDataSize = 31
+
+class EntityOperations(Enum):
+    # keep these numbers match msg_type field per OMCI spec
+    Create = 4
+    CreateComplete = 5
+    Delete = 6
+    Set = 8
+    Get = 9
+    GetComplete = 10
+    GetAllAlarms = 11
+    GetAllAlarmsNext = 12
+    MibUpload = 13
+    MibUploadNext = 14
+    MibReset = 15
+    AlarmNotification = 16
+    AttributeValueChange = 17
+    Test = 18
+    StartSoftwareDownload = 19
+    DownloadSection = 20
+    EndSoftwareDownload = 21
+    ActivateSoftware = 22
+    CommitSoftware = 23
+    SynchronizeTime = 24
+    Reboot = 25
+    GetNext = 26
+    TestResult = 27
+    GetCurrentData = 28
+    SetTable = 29       # Defined in Extended Message Set Only
+
+
+class ReasonCodes(IntEnum):
+    # OMCI Result and reason codes
+    Success = 0,            # Command processed successfully
+    ProcessingError = 1,    # Command processing error
+    NotSupported = 2,       # Command not supported
+    ParameterError = 3,     # Parameter error
+    UnknownEntity = 4,      # Unknown managed entity
+    UnknownInstance = 5,    # Unknown managed entity instance
+    DeviceBusy = 6,         # Device busy
+    InstanceExists = 7,     # Instance Exists
+    AttributeFailure = 9,   # Attribute(s) failed or unknown
+
+    OperationCancelled = 255 # Proprietary defined for internal use
+