plico_interferometer

client of an interferometer controlled under the plico environment

How to use it

Server/client

Before using the client, it is necessary to start the server on the interferometer machine. On the client side, in order to use the interferometer, installation of the plico_interferometer package is required. The steps required for the startup are

• Have a Python working environment (no specific version is required, but preferably higher than 3)

• Install the Python library using the command pip install plico_interferometer

• Open a terminal and execute the following commands

import plico_interferometer
interf = plico_interferometer.interferometer(hostServer, portServer)

• Use standard command as interf.wavefront(n_images)

• For burst acquisition (implemented only for interferometers using WCF) use the command interf.burst_and_return_average(n_images, timeout).

  NOTE: in this case it is necessary to specify the timeout time (expressed in seconds) as the standard of 10s is usually not sufficient for the acquisition of more than a dozen images.

Direct connection with WCF 4D

To connect to 4Ds with WCF (such as the 6110), for which it is not strictly necessary to have a plico server because the 4D SW itself implements a server and responds to json requests, it is possible to follow this steps directly from the client

• Have a Python working environment (no specific version is required, but preferably higher than 3)

• Install the Python library using the command pip install plico_interferometer

• Open a terminal and execute the following commands

import plico_interferometer
interf = plico_interferometer.interferometer_4SightFocus_client(ip, port)

• Use standard command as interf.wavefront(n_images)

If you want to use the burst frame acquisition option you have to use the standard server/client structure: please refer to the previous paragraph.

plico_interferometer is an application to control motors under the plico environment.