Using the Python libraries

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[edit] Building the Python Bindings

See Building LLA but run ./configure --enable-python-libs

Note that you have to install Swig in order to build the python bindings (sudo apt-get install swig)

There is also a forgotten data in lla/python/Makefile : you have to add -I../include to the value of DEFAULT_INCLUDES at the line 70.

At the end of the installation, you should run ldconfig as root in order to use the python bindings.

[edit] Interesting Classes

LlaClient
the main connection class
dmxBuffer
represents a list of DMX channel values
LlaClientObserver
base class to handle events
LlaPlugin
represents a Plugin
LlaDevice
represents a Device

[edit] Sending DMX

A simple example to send DMX: 

from lla import *
import sys

con = LlaClient()
if con.start():
  sys.exit()

universe = 0

# create a dmxBuffer for the channel values
DMX_LEN = 512
dmx = dmxBuffer(DMX_LEN)
for i in range(0, DMX_LEN):
  dmx[i] = i

con.send_dmx(universe, dmx, DMX_LEN)

[edit] Receiving DMX

Receiving is slightly harder, we need to setup an Observer object to handle the events:

THIS ISN'T WORKING YET [simonn] 

from lla import *
import sys

class Observer(LlaClientObserver):
  """ Handle the events """
  def new_dmx(self, uni, length, data):
    """ Called with new dmx buffer """
    return 0


# create a new LlaClient
con = LlaClient()

# create an observer object and register
ob = Observer()
con.set_observer(ob)

if con.start():
  sys.exit()

con.register_uni(1, LlaClient.REGISTER)

while True:
  con.fd_action(1)
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