PVSS and Python

[overeem]

Hi Folks,

I was wondering if there is some kind of Python interface to PVSS.

We wrote many C++ drivers and extension to PVSS over the last years but interfacing from Python to PVSS would be great too.
We can ofcourse wrap our C++ interface or parts of the PVSS C interface but if somebody has already done that it saves us a lot of effort.

Does someone know if there is a Python interface to PVSS?

Thanks.

Ruud.

[smass]

Hi Ruud,

As far as i know there is currently no wrapper for Phyton available, we only have one prototype for C# at the moment. You can find it in the Lab section, maybe you can get ideas from it how to do it with Phyton.

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Sebastian Massinger
WinCC OA Product Manager

[overeem]

Hi Sebastian,

Thanks for your answer, but the C# example in the Lab section is an example how to use C# code in the PVSS ctrl scripts. What I want to do is access the database from a Python script, so the other way around.

I guess the only solution I have is to write a Python wrapper for the C++ layers we wrote on top of the C-API of PVSS since there is no Pyhton wrapper for the C-API itself.

Thanks.

Ruud.

[Gertjan van Schijndel]

You could also use the xmlrpc interface as mentioned in the C# thread. But perhaps you could also use the oledb provider or the COM manager.

[overeem]

Hi Gertjan,

Is this also available under linux (RedHat).

Ruud.

[Gertjan van Schijndel]

Only the xmlrpc interface is available under linux.