python-step-series: A Python repository from Ponoor Experiments Inc

python-step-series

A Python library for OSC communication with the Ponoor Step-series devices.

Welcome to python-step-series, a Python library to stupidly simplify communication with ponoor's Step-series devices.

To get started, follow the simple example below and read the documentation to truly see what the Step-series devices have to offer.

Installation

There are multiple ways to install python-step-series. The easiest way is from PyPI:

pip install python-step-series

Or you can install from source. See the Contributing guide for more information on how to do that.

python-step-series requires Python >=3.7.

First-steps Example

from stepseries.commands import GetVersion, SetDestIP
from stepseries.step400 import STEP400
from stepseries.responses import OSCResponse, Version

def default_handler(message: OSCResponse) -> None:
    print("Message received:", message)

def version_handler(message: Version) -> None:
    print("Firmware:")
    print(" - Name:", message.firmware_name)
    print(" - Version:", message.firmware_version)
    print(" - Compiled:", message.compile_date)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Configurations that should be changed
    dip_switch_id = 0  # Should match what is set on the device
    local_ip_address = "10.1.21.56"  # The ip address of the device
    local_port = 50000
    server_address = "0.0.0.0"  # The address of the server; should always be 0.0.0.0 (the local machine)
    server_port = 50100

    # Create a device instance using the configurations above
    # This does two things: creates a communication interface and starts up an OSC endpoint for
    # the device to communicate with
    device = STEP400(dip_switch_id, local_ip_address, local_port, server_address, server_port)

    # Register a default handler for messages
    # Typically, these are used to log events and print to stdout
    # It is recommended to instead register 'filtered' handlers if
    # you want to parse the message (like the one below)
    device.on(None, default_handler)

    # Register a handler just for version info
    device.on(Version, version_handler)

    # Enable communication with the device
    device.set(SetDestIP())

    # Get the current version of the firmware
    version: Version = device.get(GetVersion())

Commands & Responses

python-step-series does its best to maintain a simple, yet intuitive API interface regardless of a developer's experience level. As an example, the library provides a template for each command in a nice dataclass object. So, instead of writing

device.set("/setBemfParam 2 1500 200 127 43")

which might be prone to typing errors like mispelling or putting a parameter in the wrong spot, you instead write

from stepseries.commands import SetBemfParam

device.set(
    SetBemfParam(
        motorID=2,
        INT_SPEED=1500,
        ST_SLP=200,
        FN_SLP_ACC=127,
        FN_SLP_DEC=43
    )
)

Also, the library will convert the response from the device into a usable dataclass object. For example, instead of a raw string response like

from stepseries.commands import GetBemfParam

resp = device.get(GetBemfParam(1))
print(resp)

>>> /bemfParam 1 1032 25 41 41

which you will then have to later interpolate, you will instead receive a response like

from stepseries.commands import GetBemfParam
from stepseries.responses import BemfParam

resp: BemfParam = device.get(GetBemfParam(1))
print(resp.INT_SPEED)
print(resp.FN_SLP_ACC)
print(resp)

>>> 1032
>>> 41
>>> BemfParam(motorID=1, INT_SPEED=1032, ST_SLP=25, FN_SLP_ACC=41, FN_SLP_DEC=41)

where all the interpolation has already been completed for you.

Making Changes & Contributing

Any ideas on how to improve this library are welcome. Please see the Contributing guide for a full run-down on how to contribute to this project as well as some tips for making sure your idea is added.

We thank you in-advance for your contributions.

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