PySOEM is a Cython wrapper for the Simple Open EtherCAT Master Library (https://github.com/OpenEtherCATsociety/SOEM).

PySOEM enables basic system testing of EtherCAT slave devices with Python.

Features

• input process data read and output process data write
• SDO read and write
• EEPROM read and write

Todo

• FoE
• EoE

Beware that real-time applications need some special considerations.

• Python 3
• Cython (installed into your Python distribution)
• GCC (installed on your machine)
• Python scripts that use PySOEM must be executed under administrator privileges

• Python 3
• a 64-bit operating system
• WinPcap

python -m pip install pysoem

or

pip install pysoem

Consider using a virtualenv.

Please have a look at the examples on GitHub.

• Exposes ec_DCtime (dc_time) for DC synchronization

• Improvement on SDO Aborts

• SDO info read

• Readme update only

• Initial publication