NEOVI Interface¶
Warning
This ICS NeoVI
documentation is a work in progress. Feedback and revisions
are most welcome!
Interface to Intrepid Control Systems neoVI API range of devices via python-ics wrapper on Windows.
Installation¶
This neovi interface requires the installation of the ICS neoVI DLL and python-ics package.
- Download and install the Intrepid Product Drivers
- Install python-ics
pip install python-ics
Bus¶
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class
can.interfaces.ics_neovi.
NeoViBus
(channel, can_filters=None, **kwargs)[source]¶ Bases:
can.bus.BusABC
The CAN Bus implemented for the python_ics interface https://github.com/intrepidcs/python_ics
Parameters: - channel (int or str or list(int) or list(str)) – The channel ids to create this bus with. Can also be a single integer, netid name or a comma separated string.
- can_filters (list) – See
can.BusABC.set_filters()
for details. - receive_own_messages (bool) – If transmitted messages should also be received by this bus.
- use_system_timestamp (bool) – Use system timestamp for can messages instead of the hardware time stamp
- serial (str) – Serial to connect (optional, will use the first found if not supplied)
- bitrate (int) – Channel bitrate in bit/s. (optional, will enable the auto bitrate feature if not supplied)
- fd (bool) – If CAN-FD frames should be supported.
- data_bitrate (int) – Which bitrate to use for data phase in CAN FD. Defaults to arbitration bitrate.
- override_library_name – Absolute path or relative path to the library including filename.
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static
get_serial_number
(device)[source]¶ Decode (if needed) and return the ICS device serial string
Parameters: device – ics device Returns: ics device serial string Return type: str
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send
(msg, timeout=0)[source]¶ Transmit a message to the CAN bus.
Parameters: Raises: can.CanError – if the message could not be sent