Installing EVA ICS without the Internet connection

Installing EVA ICS on a production machine without the Internet connection is tricky is pretty easy, but Python virtual environment should be manually prepared. Another option is to mirror pypi.org repository, but it requires about 120GB of disk space and isn’t recommended, unless used for another company needs.

In this article we will explain how to install EVA ICS on Debian / Ubuntu machine in the offline mode.

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Extended unit state in PHIs. Playing with LEDs

New Driver API v5 in EVA ICS 3.2.2 brings important improvement: now Physical Interface modules can support extended unit state (status + value). To test and demonstrate this feature, we’ve made PHIs for 2 popular LED controllers: Philips HUE and Nanoleaf. Everyone likes playing with LEDs, even industrial guys )

Both PHIs can be found at EVA ICS website and downloaded to Universal Controller instance.

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