pySIM is a SIM card management tool and is used in Web UI for NiPC Management to write SIM cards.

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Requirements for running pySIM

Hardware:

A SIM card reader compatible with PC/SC transport
SIM cards. Types supported: FakeMagicSim, SuperSim, MagicSim, GrcardSim, SysmoSIM-GR1, SysmoSIM-GR2, SysmoUSIM-GR1.

Software:

Note! You need the development packages for pcsc-lite and python. The package names depend on your distribution.

Untar the source distribution.

From a terminal with root privileges, type the following:

/usr/bin/python setup.py build_ext install

This will build pyscard and install it in the site-packages directory of your python distribution, e.g. /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/smartcard.

Install pySIM from git

In /usr/src put pySIM from git:

This is the default path set to run the pySIM script.

Now you can write SIMs from NiPC interface, from Write SIM button:

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