keapi-robotics 1.0.0

A API to communicate with a KEBA PLC via WebSockets

KeApi

KeApi is a Python package for communicating and sending commands to your KEBA PLC via Web Sockets.

Note: This package is not affiliated with KEBA AG

Who is this package for?

If you have a KEBA PLC and want to send commands to it or monitor the state of it.

Requirements

RobotControl WebAPI 1.2.0
RobotControl API 1.2.0

Key Features

• Start and execute commands on the PLC
• Set and receive variables on the PLC
• Subscribe to cyclic and event based topics

Documentation

The full documentation can be found at https://keapi.readthedocs.io

Getting Started

Installation

To install this package you can either use python3 setup.py install or pip3 install keapi-robotics

Usage

To get startet you first need to connect to the applicalbe web sockets.

auth = ka.AuthMgr()
auth.login("IP", "ROBOT", "USERNAME", "PASSWORD")

# Connect to Servers
cmdserver = ka.connect_commands(auth)
subserver = ka.connect_subscriber(auth)

Once connected you are all set to send commands or subscribe to events.

Example

cmdserver.exec('set_active_client')

pos = {
    'joints': {
        'main_joints': [0, 0, 120, 0, 0, 0]
    }
}
ticket = cmdserver.start('path_ptp', position=pos)
ticket.wait()