zaber-device 1.3

Interface to Zaber motorized linear slides.

This Python package (zaber_device) creates a class named ZaberDevice, which contains an instance of serial_device2.SerialDevice and adds methods to it to interface to Zaber motorized linear slides.

Authors:

Peter Polidoro <[e-mail]>

License:

BSD

Example Usage:

dev = ZaberDevice() # Automatically finds device if one available
dev = ZaberDevice('/dev/ttyUSB0') # Linux
dev = ZaberDevice('/dev/tty.usbmodem262471') # Mac OS X
dev = ZaberDevice('COM3') # Windows
dev.get_actuator_count()
2
dev.get_position()
[130000, 160000]
dev.home()
dev.moving()
[True, True]
dev.moving()
[False, False]
dev.get_position()
[0, 0]
dev.move_relative(10000)
dev.get_position()
[10000, 10000]
dev.move_relative(10000,0)
dev.moving()
[True, False]
dev.get_position()
[20000, 10000]
dev.store_position(0)
dev.get_stored_position(0)
[20000, 10000]
dev.move_at_speed(1000)
dev.stop()
dev.get_position()
[61679, 51679]
dev.move_to_stored_position(0)
dev.get_position()
[20000, 10000]
devs = ZaberDevices()  # Automatically finds all available devices
devs.keys()
dev = devs[serial_number]
stage = ZaberStage() # Automatically finds devices if available
stage.get_aliases()
{123: [10, 11]}
serial_number = 123
alias = 10
stage.set_x_axis(serial_number,alias)
alias = 11
stage.set_y_axis(serial\number,alias)
stage.home()
stage.moving()
(True, True, None)
stage.moving()
(False, False, None)
stage.get_positions()
(0, 0, None)
stage.move_x_at_speed(1000)
stage.moving()
(True, False, None)
stage.get_positions()
(148140, 0, None)
stage.stop_x()
stage.moving()
(False, False, None)
stage.get_positions()
(245984, 0, None)
stage.move_y_relative(123456)
stage.moving()
(False, True, None)
stage.moving()
(False, False, None)
stage.get_positions()
(245984, 123456, None)
stage.move_x_absolute(200000)
stage.move_y_absolute(100000)
stage.moving()
(False, False, None)
stage.store_x_position(0)
stage.get_stored_x_position(0)
200000
stage.move_x_relative(10000)
stage.get_positions()
(210000, 100000, None)
stage.move_to_stored_x_position(0)
stage.get_positions()
(200000, 100000, None)