DBUS/Python support?

[KhazAkar]

Hi!
Is there any plan to roll-out support for D-bus interface to be able to more easily communicate with CANdevStudio instance, in a similar way that's made between CANoe and Python, using COM objects on Windows? It would help with automation of some tests using CANdevStudio

[rkollataj]

Hi @KhazAkar,
For scripting inside of CANdevStudio I was thinking about JavaScript language as QML that is in-built in Qt is based on it. The work on that is almost completed in #216. I was experimenting with embedding Python inside CANdevStudio, but there were certain limitations on this (e.g. one interpreter per whole application).

As I understand you would like to go one step further and communicate with CANdevStudio from the outside. There is a possibility to create component that runs D-BUS service inside of CANdevStudio and communicates with internal components. It's not on my roadmap though. I don't have enough time to work on it sorry. I can support if someone wants to do this.

[rkollataj]

If you would like to write some scripts for testing purposes in Python you may also consider using https://python-can.readthedocs.io. It seems to support wide range of different hardware interfaces.