-p is not working

[sipvoip]

[root@lisa ~]# ./btmon.py --ip --ip-host=10.88.64.85 --ip-port=8000 --ip-mode=client --device-type=gem -p -v
2017/07/01 13:56:45 btmon: 3.2.0
2017/07/01 13:56:45 python: 2.7.5 (default, Nov 6 2016, 00:28:07)
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-11)]
2017/07/01 13:56:45 platform: linux2
2017/07/01 13:56:45 device type: gem
2017/07/01 13:56:45 device list: ['']
2017/07/01 13:56:45 packet format: gem48ptbin
2017/07/01 13:56:45 schema: counters
2017/07/01 13:56:45 SOCKET: timeout: 60
2017/07/01 13:56:45 SOCKET: server host: 10.88.64.85
2017/07/01 13:56:45 SOCKET: server port: 8000

I get no output, but if I use a config file and send it to mqtt I see the data. Would be nice if -p would work for testing.