A lightwight python control module for MCD USB Hubs

"USB Hub 2.0 6-Port, Switchable"

This python module controls the switches of usb hub. This very first release supports only a basic functionality such as enable and disable a port. The control interface would support much more functionality.

For more details on the hub see: https://www.mcd-elektronik.com/products/conline-control-systems/usb-hub-20-6-port-switchable.html

How to use this module

The usage of the python module is shown in the very basic ./examples/example.py

Installation

From PyPI

Download and install the latest package:

pip3 install mcd_usb_hub_ctrl

From the sources:

python the first time

Install the python interpreter

On windows download the actual python interpreter from python.org. Do not use the automatic windows installer to install python. On Linux install python with the package manager of your os.

Create a virtual python environment

This has only to be done once to create the virtual environment

python3 -m venv .venv

Init the python virtual environment

This is needed every time you open the shell

On linux systems

source .venv/bin/activate

On windows systems

.venv\Scripts\activate

Get the required packages to be up and running

This has only to be done once to use the lib

pip install -r requirements.txt

And for dev purposes some additional packages:

pip install -r requirements_dev.txt

Build the whl-file

Then finally as soon as you have installed all dependencies, run make build to compile the wheels file and install it with pip.

make build

pip install ./build/mcd_usb_hub_ctrl-<version>-none-any.whl