EPyQ is a cross-platform PC service tool for EPC Power power conversion modules. It is distributed for Windows and developed in Linux but has been run once on OSX (to the point of loading the GUI).
Primary communication is done over CANbus using pythoncan and Twisted.
The GUI is written in PyQt5.
Most of the interesting parts of the GUI are loaded from device configuration files including .ui Qt GUI files and PEAK PCAN .sym files for CANbus message definitions.
Instructions are for Python 3.7 but they should work with slight tweaks with 3.6.
- Install Python 3.7 32-bit
- Install Git
git clone https://github.com/altendky/stcd stgit submodule update --initpy boots.py ensure- Run with any recent Python, the proper Python version will be selected
- wait
- wait some more...
- ...
- Note the links provided for possibly needed system and driver extras.
- Try running
venv\Scripts\epyq. If you get errors, consider installing the linked extras.
If using with PEAK PCAN hardware, install the PEAK drivers.
Select the PCAN-Basic feature in the installer. The virtual and LIN features are not needed for this.
To launch EPyQ run venv\Scripts\epyq.exe.
To launch Qt Designer with the EPyQ plugins enabled run designer.bat.
EPyQ widgets should be visible at the bottom of the widget box on the left.
- Install Python 3.7
- Consider pyenv to get Python versions
- Install git
git clone https://github.com/altendky/stcd stgit submodule update --initpython boots.py ensure- Run with any recent Python, the proper Python version will be selected
- wait
- a bit more, but not nearly as much as Windows
- Try running
venv/bin/epyq - If it works, continue below regarding CAN bus setup
In Linux, EPyQ does not attempt to configure or bring up the socketcan links despite still showing the baud rates. Presently the user must set these up themselves prior to opening EPyQ since it detects on startup. As reference, the script below is used during development on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) with a PEAK PCAN USB adapter for a 500kbps bus.
#!/bin/bash
sudo modprobe -a can can_raw
for e in 0 1; do
sudo sh -c "echo $e > $(dirname $(sudo grep --files-with-matches --recursive --include=idVendor 0c72 /sys/bus/usb/devices/* | head -n 1))/authorized"
done
sudo ip link set can0 type can bitrate 500000 restart-ms 500
sudo ip link set can0 txqueuelen 1000
sudo ip link set can0 up