Trace - Traceability application for PLC based production line.

• Some Python coding experience
• Basic knowledge of python ctypes

• Python 2.7 or 3.4+ on any supported OS (even Windows!)
• virtualenv (or pyvenv if you are using Python 3.4)
• snap7 in version 1.3.0 or higher
• configured PLC controller.
• git

In order to build installer following packages needs to be installed (for windows): ActivePython 2.7.10 : wxPython3.0-win64-3.0.2.0-py27.exe

Below are step-by-step installation instructions:

Step 1: Clone the git repository

$ git clone https://bitbucket.org/wilkpio/hltrace.git
$ cd hltrace

Step 2: Create a virtual environment.

For Linux, OSX or any other platform that uses bash as command prompt (including Cygwin on Windows):

$ virtualenv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
(venv) $ pip install -r requirements.txt

For Windows users working on the standard command prompt:

> virtualenv venv
> venv\scripts\activate
(venv) > pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 3: Start the application:

(venv) $ python trace.py

Step 4: build windows installer (optional)

(venv) $ python setup.py bdist_msi

Starting with version 0.1.3 application can open URL with product details page.

In order to open product details in same tab please reconfigure your firefox:

• type "about:config" in firefox address bar
• set browser.link.open_newwindow property to value 1 more info on: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.link.open_newwindow http://superuser.com/questions/138298/force-firefox-to-open-pages-in-a-specific-tab-using-command-line