Instantiate Plex Companion after user signed on

resources/lib/userclient.py

@@ -26,23 +26,22 @@ class UserClient(threading.Thread):
     # Borg - multiple instances, shared state
     __shared_state = {}
 
-    auth = True
-    retry = 0
-
-    currUser = None
-    currUserId = None
-    currServer = None
-    currToken = None
-    HasAccess = True
-    AdditionalUser = []
-
-    userSettings = None
-
     def __init__(self):
-
         self.__dict__ = self.__shared_state
-        self.addon = xbmcaddon.Addon()
 
+        self.auth = True
+        self.retry = 0
+
+        self.currUser = None
+        self.currUserId = None
+        self.currServer = None
+        self.currToken = None
+        self.HasAccess = True
+        self.AdditionalUser = []
+
+        self.userSettings = None
+
+        self.addon = xbmcaddon.Addon()
         self.doUtils = downloadutils.DownloadUtils()
 
         threading.Thread.__init__(self)
@@ -63,15 +62,6 @@ class UserClient(threading.Thread):
 
         return username
 
-    def getLogLevel(self):
-
-        try:
-            logLevel = int(utils.settings('logLevel'))
-        except ValueError:
-            logLevel = 0
-
-        return logLevel
-
     def getServer(self, prefix=True):
 
         settings = utils.settings

service.py

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Service():
         window = utils.window
 
         self.clientInfo = clientinfo.ClientInfo()
-        logLevel = userclient.UserClient().getLogLevel()
+        logLevel = self.getLogLevel()
         self.monitor = xbmc.Monitor()
 
         window('emby_logLevel', value=str(logLevel))
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ class Service():
         # Set the minimum database version
         window('emby_minDBVersion', value="1.1.0")
 
+    def getLogLevel(self):
+        try:
+            logLevel = int(utils.settings('logLevel'))
+        except ValueError:
+            logLevel = 0
+        return logLevel
+
     def ServiceEntryPoint(self):
 
         log = self.logMsg
@@ -123,7 +130,6 @@ class Service():
         kplayer = player.Player()
         xplayer = xbmc.Player()
         plx = PlexAPI.PlexAPI()
-        plexCompanion = PlexCompanion.PlexCompanion()
 
         # Sync and progress report
         lastProgressUpdate = datetime.today()
@@ -172,7 +178,6 @@ class Service():
                                 window('emby_command', clear=True)
                                 kplayer.reportPlayback()
                                 lastProgressUpdate = datetime.today()
-                            
                         except Exception as e:
                             log("Exception in Playback Monitor Service: %s" % e, 1)
                             pass
@@ -204,6 +209,7 @@ class Service():
                         if not self.plexCompanion_running and \
                                 self.runPlexCompanion == "true":
                             self.plexCompanion_running = True
+                            plexCompanion = PlexCompanion.PlexCompanion()
                             plexCompanion.start()
                 else:
                     if (user.currUser is None) and self.warn_auth: