CLI tool to control Kikusui power supply

Introduction

$ pipenv shell
$ pipenv install
$ ./kikusui.py --ipaddr 192.168.11.101 id
KIKUSUI,PMX35-3A,ZH000859,IFC01.52.0011 IOC01.10.0070

Configuration

A configuration file is first searched in the current directory, then searched in the application configuration directory if not found. This is because you might want to override your default configuration with the one in the current directory.

The application configuration directory is OS dependent.

For Linux

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/kikusui/kikusui.yml.

For Mac OS X

~/Library/Application Support/kikusui/kikusui.yml

For Windows 10

C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\kikusui\kikusui.yml

Note: The name of the configuration file has been changed from config.yml to kikusui.yml.

IP Address

If you have IP address specified in kikusui.yml, you don’t need --ipaddr option when you invoke the command.

ip: 192.168.11.101

Commands

Global Options

$ ./kikusui.py --help
Usage: kikusui.py [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --ipaddr TEXT  IP address to connect to.
  -h, --help     Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  current
  id
  measure
  ocp
  output
  ovp
  voltage

id

$ ./kikusui.py id
KIKUSUI,PMX35-3A,ZH000859,IFC01.52.0011 IOC01.10.0070

The command id prints “Manufacturer”, “Model”, “Serial”, “Firmware version”.

measure

$ ./kikusui.py measure
out no
voltage -0.001 V / 12.0 V / 25.0 V
current 0.0 A / 1.0 A / 3.3 A

The command measure prints the current settings and measured values.

out

Power output status. yes when power is on, no otherwise.

voltage

The voltages: measured / currently set / over voltage protection

current

The currents: measured / currently set / over current protection

current

$ ./kikusui.py current
$ ./kikusui.py current -t setting
$ ./kikusui.py current -t measure
$ ./kikusui.py current -t ocp

The command current prints a current value set, measured, or set for ocp. The default value is setting.

The command also takes option --less-than with a value.

./kikusui.py current -t measure --less-than 1.0

With this option, the command compares the given value against the acquired value, return exit code 0 when the acquired value is less than the given value, or 1 otherwise.

Howto

Monitor voltage and current continuously

watch ./kikusui.py measure

There is a python clone called pywatch if you are on non Linux system.