tango-simlib 0.4.0

Installation

Please Note

• tango-simlib is compatible with Python2.7 and Python>=3.5.

• Installation requires the TANGOBINARY prerequisites to be installed.

:: bash

sudo apt-get install -y –no-install-recommends $(grep -vE “^s*#” apt-build-requirements.txt | tr “n” “ “)

If you cannot install the PyTango package you will not be able to install tango-simlib. For more, documentation.

Installation from source, working directory where source is checked out

$ pythonX -m pip install . # Where 'x' is the version of Python

This package is available on PYPI, allowing

$ pip install tango-simlib

Documentation

Check out the documentation for more information. Download Manual: https://media.readthedocs.org/pdf/tango-simlib/latest/tango-simlib.pdf

0.4.0

• Added Python2.7 and Python>=3.5 Compatibility Pull Request 110.

• Formatted code with black

• Added some missing XMI parser types Pull Request 101.

0.3.0

• Support multiple device and control interfaces per server process (Enhancement)

  • Addressing issue raised in 56

• Adding a log when writing to the attributes

• Reduced the unnecessary logging of the TANGO device

• Handle non scalar value

  • Linked to the Pull Request 91

0.2.1

• Supporting more tango data types.

  • DevUChar

  • DevShort

  • DevUShort

  • DevLong64

  • DevULong64

  • DevState

  • DevEncoded

• Updating documentation. Addresses issue 79.

0.2.0

• Adding support to register and run a TANGO device using a file as a database.

• Initialising the model quantity values with the default values specified in the simulator data description files.

• Parsing simulator data description files in a pre-determined precendence order.

• Removing unmaintained python-devicetest dependency.

• Added a fandango json parser

  • This parser is used to process the TANGO device data file generated by the fandango library.

• Making use of the PyTango v9.2.2 feature to create dynamic commands.

0.1.6

• Force all unicode attributes in XMI files to byte strings.

0.1.5

• Updates to the SimDD

  • Added a new type of behaviour in the side-effect actions suite for long-running commands.

• Handle vector data type from pogo

• Populate tango-db with device properties

0.1.4

• Package release documentation

• Updated console script names

  • tango-simlib-tango-launcher -> tango-simlib-launcher

  • tango-simlib-tango-simulator-generator -> tango-simlib-generator

0.1.3

• DISH config files included in examples of device simulators

• JSON Schema for SimDD configuration file validation

0.1.2

• Modified the update method of the Model class to invoke the override pre-update and post-update method, respectively.

0.1.1

• Handle DevEnum data type TANGO attributes

• Handle Spectrum data format TANGO attributes