festo-pgva 0.2.1

Library to control Festo Lifetech PGVA-1 Pressure and Vacuum Generator Device

PGVA

festo-pgva is a python package which allows for driver like capabilites and usage over Festo's PGVA-1 device.

Documentation can be found here: https://festo-se.github.io/festo-pgva/

Examples can be found here: https://github.com/Festo-se/festo-pgva/tree/main/examples

Installation

From codebase

Identify the relative path to the directory where the code is stored and using pip type in the following command:

pip install <relative path> -e

or using uv

uv add "festo-pgva @ <relative path>"

This will package the library locally and can be used as regular imports

Release (PENDING)

The lastest released version of this package can be installed from PyPI Install using pip:

pip install festo-pgva

or using uv

uv add festo-pgva

From Git repository

The festo-pgva source code can also be installed directly from Github.

pip install git+https://github.com/Festo-se/festo-pgva.git

or using uv

uv add "festo-pgva @ git+https://github.com/Festo-se/festo-pgva.git"

Or as an editable dependency with a local copy of the source code:

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Festo-se/festo-pgva.git <destination-directory>

2. Navigate to the clone destination directory

cd <destination>

3. Install with pip

pip install . -e

Running examples

Use the following to run the example code:

PGVA_IP="192.168.0.23" uv run examples/example_pgva_print_driver_info.py

PGVA_IP="192.168.0.23" uv run examples/example_pgva_read_sensor_data.py

PGVA_IP="192.168.0.23" uv run examples/example_pgva_run_timed_pressure.py

PGVA_IP="192.168.0.23" uv run examples/example_pgva_run_timed_vacuum.py

PGVA_IP="192.168.0.23" uv run examples/example_pgva_set_internal_chambers.py

PGVA_IP="192.168.0.23" uv run examples/example_pgva_set_output_pressure.py

PGVA_IP="192.168.0.23" uv run examples/example_pgva_set_output_vacuum.py

PGVA_IP="192.168.0.23" uv run examples/example_pgva_startup.py