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Module to send commands to an Arduino based on a time table.
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arduino-timetable

Module to send commands to an Arduino based on a time table.

Regarding Pyinstaller

As of September 2017 the Pyinstaller version on PyPi is not ready for Python 3.6 and / or multiprocessing. I stopped trying to use Pyinstaller for distribution. The experiment is still available in the pyinstaller branch.

Installation

As the only prerequisite, Python (at least version 3.6) must be installed. An added bonus points, if git is also available.

The installation should be performed in a python virtual environment. A virtual environment (short: venv) isolates your base python installation from the application and vice versa. This procedure is considered a standard procedure when working with python applications and scripts.

  1. Choose the desired installation path (e.g. a folder in your home directory)
  2. Create a python virtual environment with python3 -m venv venv-ardunio-timetable
  3. Activate the environment:
    • Posix: source venv-ardunio-timetable/bin/activate
    • Windows: venv-ardunio-timetable\Scripts\activate.bat
  4. Download the 'arduino-timetable' and unpack it or use git: git clone https://git.cpi.imtek.uni-freiburg.de/holgi/arduino-timetable.git
  5. Change to the new directory and install the software. I would recommend to install the software as a 'development version', so that changes can be made easily. Change to the folder where 'setup.py' is located and run pip install -e .

As of Version 0.1.0, this will also install one GUI-like application called 'magnetictrap'. It is located at the following paths:

  • Posix: <path to virtual environment>/bin/magnetictrap
  • Windows: <path to virtual environment>\Scripts\magnetictrap.exe

Don't move this file around. If you want to have a shortcut on the desktop or somewhere else, please create a shortcut, alias or symbolic link - whatever it is called on your system.

Updating

Find out if the installation was done using git:

  • Open a command line and activate the environment.
  • Change to the directory, where the 'setup.py' file of the package is located
  • Issue a git status command. If the result is something along the line fatal: Not a git repository, git was not used for the installation
  • Updating with git:
    • Issue a git pull origin command to update the package
  • Updating without git:
    • Delete the folder that contains the 'setup.py' file
    • Download the software again and unpack it
  • Change to the folder where 'setup.py' is located and run pip install -e . again to installe the applications
  • Good Luck