PyWiliot: wiliot-tools

wiliot-tools is a python library for accessing Wiliot's Tools

Public Library

Installing pyWiliot

pip install wiliot-tools

Using pyWiliot

Wiliot package location can be found, by typing in the command line:

pip show wiliot-tools

please check out our tools, including:

• Local Gateway GUI

For more documentation and instructions, please contact us: support@wiliot.com

Release Notes:

Version 5.0.0:

• New python package structure, stop supporting old python versions (<3.9)

Version 4.15.1:

• Shipment Approval GUI:

  • Refactored to use the v2 shipment approval flow (new shipment_approval_client and reusable UI components)
  • Improved multi-reel request flow and request details views

• Resolver Tool:

  • ResolvePackets now uses batch resolve (up to 500 payloads per call), with per-payload fallback on error
  • Bugfix for the ResolvePackets class

• Asset Printing:

  • Added Zebra asset printer with new association label format, manifest API and create-asset-event support
  • Added print count tracking, print retries and void-print handling

• Label Printer:

  • Use the API for batch name generation
  • Added plastic label printer GUI, launchable from the offline label printer
  • Offline label SW changes (manufacturer owner support)

• Owner Change GUI:

  • Minor layout fixes and improved request handling

• Test Equipment:

  • More robust Cognex scanning (try/except, response stripping) and added popup message with options

Version 4.14.1:

• Wiliot GUI - change warning.png size

Version 4.14.0:

• Gateway GUI:

  • Reworked Commands Info dialog from plain text to a ttk.Treeview table with column sorting, row striping, instant search filtering, tooltip on hover, and double-click to copy command
  • Energy patterns list now dynamically derived from EnergyPatterns enum instead of hardcoded tuple
  • Added send_pulse GW macro

• Resolver Tool:

  • Bugfix: owner_id is now passed to ManufacturingClient constructor (was previously missing)

• Test Equipment:

  • New available_serial_ports() function with known device matching (RTscan, API Weinschel, Cognex, Wiliot Gateway, Tescom Chamber) by VID/PID
  • Attenuator: added serial_number for multi-device support, auto-detection via available_serial_ports()
  • CognexDataMan: added read_batch_with_trigger() method
  • ZebraPrinter: added set_var(), get_var(), save_settings() methods, extracted print_label_by_ind() for index-based printing

Version 4.13.0:

• General:
  • update requirements
• Analyze Packet Data
  • publish new public tool to parse and analyze any file created by the pywiliot convention.
• GW GUI:
  • added repeat option per each macro
  • bugfix when using clear data, the data is clear also from the csv output
  • bugfix when reading from .log file for ble5 packets
• Association Tool:
  • added pattern as input for asset code validation.
  • added the option to create asset including different category_name, category_id, asset_name, labels, sku
• Test Equipment:
  • added support to Zebra printer including example file
• offline_label_printer:
  • added CE logo + ID, UKCA logo + ID, and the wiliot address to the label.
• owner_change_app:
  • minor layout updates.
  • fixed a rare issue where the GUI sent two requests instead of one.
  • improved handling of relative paths.
  • now accepts a leading $ before the owner id to prevent excel from converting it to an integer.
  • if owner id was converted to integer, the GUI now shows an error message.

Version 4.12.0:

• General:

  • Added support of new VPC endpoint

• Gateway GUI:

  • Added the option to representing the current tags after clicking clear console in full_uid mode
  • Support application launching with the last used cloud connection details
  • Added the external id to the csv log if resolve was enabled

• Conversion Label Printer:

  • Change Label Printer SW for Plastic Preprint Converted Reels

• Owner Change GUI:

  • Added option to open results in excel

• Wiliot GUI:

  • Added the option to disable both browse button and browse field

Version 4.11.1:

• General: updated requirements

• Association Tools:

  • added support to run association based on user base URL on the associate_by_file script
  • for the CloudAssociation class:
    • added the option to use the user base URL
    • added the option to auto re-connect if needed
    • bugfix for re-try bad association call

• Gateway GUI:

  • added support in different baud rate based on the new Gateway firmware 4.4.8 (see wiliot-core release notes for more info)

• Sensors and Hardware:

  • added new example for network communication with Cognex scanner
  • updated the network Cognex class to use TCP/IP protocol

Version 4.10.1:

• Association Tool

  • added support to use the initiator name when associating using the tool

• Gateway GUI:

  • add option to resolve packets from GCP and change it to thread instead of multi-process
  • added list of the received tag ids and external ids below the data when full uid mode is selected
  • bugfix to see more indication from the gateway when using gpio

• Resolver Tool

  • added support to resolve GCP
  • added support to batch resolve using thread pool

• Test equipments

  • added function to use humidity sensor
  • improve Cognex Network class and Cognex Data class
  • added option to get temperature data from several sensors

• Wiliot GUI

  • added exit function when user close the window
  • added more option to change checkbox style

Version 4.9.1:

• Gateway GUI:
  • add output power to GW GUI
  • added option to see GW received signals from GPIO on the console.
  • added gw command description on the command info button

Version 4.8.1:

• generic gui cleanup so all GUIs are WiliotGui class

• Gateway GUI:

  • added support to pull external ids during live testing
  • added button to show all gateway commands options
  • added button of clean data and clean console instead of general clean button
  • support symbol configuration

• New tool for Gen3 Production Manufacturing Labeling and Data Collection

• Owner change Tool:

  • added fail check for all tags that failed to change owner (internal only)

• Shipment approval api:

  • bugfixes and improvements.

• Added resolver tool to wiliot-tools package (moved from wiliot-testers package)

  • class for handling live packet resolving to external ids

• Added test equipment to wiliot-tools package (moved from wiliot-testers package)

  • list of classes to interact with different hardware

Version 4.7.5:

• updated requirements

• added new wiliot-gui and updated all GUIs app

• Gateway GUI:

  • added support to change the radio frequency (symbol)
  • utilize the new gateway configuration function
  • bug fixed for rssi threshold featured

Version 4.6.3:

• Association:

  • added a tool to associate or disassociate assets from file
  • allow to change the time between requests for CloudAssociation class

• gateway gui:

  • added rssi threshold option to gui
  • added the option to filer packets based on packet flow version
  • added rssi to full uid mode.

• scanning ground-truth tool - new tool to send generic events when scanner scan wiliot pixels

Version 4.5.4:

• Gateway GUI:

  • use the multi-process option when handling the GW if system allow it
  • print the GW response as well and not only the packets
  • add more options to the macro
  • add options to run and config gw separately

• owner change GUI:

  • added support to move tags from AWS to GCP

Version 4.4.4:

• Added association tool to associate between tags and id for GCP and AWS platforms

• local gw gui:

  • add start/stop gw app instead of only reset option

Version 4.2.2:

• Gateway GUI
  • add logger and improving data logging
  • improve UID only mode
  • added macro for Gateway firmware update
• Owner change GUI - new tool for changing owner to pixels

Version 4.1.0:

• Gateway GUI
  • add the option to wrap it up as application
  • handle better packet parsing exceptions

Version 4.0.5:

• Gateway GUI - Live Plots:
  • improve visualization - add sample points, clear after changing feature
  • add empty feature
  • add option to save the last configuration
• Gateway GUI - General:
  • add sample points
  • fix libraries compatibility
  • improve logging from all data type and fix bugs
  • enhance gw macros

Version 4.0.4:

• Gateway GUI
  • add mode for printing full UID, advertising address
  • show only Silicon Lab port as options for the gw GUI
  • add button to print the macro file to create new macros.
  • update GUI visualization

Version 4.0.2:

• First version

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