pysoem 1.0.2

Cython wrapper for the SOEM Library

PySOEM is a Cython wrapper for the Simple Open EtherCAT Master Library (https://github.com/OpenEtherCATsociety/SOEM).

Introduction

PySOEM enables basic system testing of EtherCAT slave devices with Python.

Features

• input process data read and output process data write

• SDO read and write

• EEPROM read and write

• FoE read and write

Todo

• EoE

Beware that real-time applications need some special considerations.

Requirements

Linux

• Python 3

• GCC (installed on your machine)

• Python scripts that use PySOEM must be executed under administrator privileges

Windows

• Python 3 / 64 Bit

• Npcap [*] or WinPcap

[*]

Make sure you check “Install Npcap in WinPcap API-compatible Mode” during the install

Installation

python -m pip install pysoem

or

pip install pysoem

Consider using a virtualenv.

Usage

Please have a look at the examples on GitHub.

Changes

v1.0.1

• API change: remove the size parameter for foe_write

• Introduces overlap map support

v1.0.0

• No Cython required to install the package from the source distribution

v0.1.1

• Introduces FoE

v0.1.0

• Update of the underlying SOEM

v0.0.18

• Fixes bug when Ibytes = 0 and Ibits > 0

v0.0.17

• Exposes ec_DCtime (dc_time) for DC synchronization

v0.0.16

• Improvement on SDO Aborts

v0.0.15

• SDO info read

v0.0.14

• Readme update only

v0.0.13

• Initial publication