README FILE

eddsctrl_client
Benoit Dubois

CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
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* Introduction
* Requirements
* Installation

INTRODUCTION
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A client for EDdsCtrl Server. The client provides UI to dialog with DDS controller server.
Two clients availables:
- an IHM constituted of an alphanumeric screen and some switchs (edds_client_panel),
- a GUI developped in Qt (work in progress)

REQUIREMENTS
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A Linux system with a Debian distribution (not tested with others distribs).
The program requires the folowing packages:
 * Python 3.x (Normally already installed on a Debian system)
          $ [sudo] apt install python3
 * PyQt4 library
          $ [sudo] apt install python3-pyqt4

INSTALLATION
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1. Install the Python binding
1.1 Untar the package archive
          $ tar xvzf eddsctrl_client-x.x.tar.gz
1.2 Enter in the newly created directory
          $ cd eddsctrl_client-x.x
1.3 Then install package
          $ [sudo] python setup.py install