thinkedgecan 0.1.2

Interface between the SUNIX SDC Expansion Board Software and python-can

This plugin adds support for the ThinkEdge SE50's CAN-bus controller to the python-can library. Specifically, the ThinkEdge SE50 provides a CAN-bus connection via a SUNIX Industry card.

System requirements

• Hardware: ThinkEdge SE50
• Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04 GA

Installation

1. Download and unzip the drivers from Lenovo
2. This folder contains a PDF with the name "SDC Expansion Board SDK Document1.0.2-linux.pdf". Follow the instructions inside the PDF to install the driver and to check the driver status. You can disregard all instructions that come after.
3. Run pip install path/to/thinkedgecan.

Usage

Refer to the documentation of python-can for general usage.

Create the Bus object with the following code:

from can import ThreadSafeBus

with ThreadSafeBus(interface="sunix", baudrate=500) as bus:
    ...

For the baudrate, you can choose one of 125, 250, 500 and 1000 kbit/s. All devices on a CAN-bus must use the same baudrate.