Andor Tango device¶
This is the reference documentation of the Andor Tango device.
you can also find some useful information about prerequisite/installation/configuration/compilation in the Andor camera plugin section.
Properties¶
Property name |
Mandatory |
Default value |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
adc_speed |
No |
max. |
The adc/Horiz. speed pair |
baseline_clamp |
No |
Off |
Clamping for baseline threshold, ON or OFF |
camera_number |
No |
N/A |
The camera number, default is 0 |
cooler |
No |
Off |
Start/stop the cooling system of the camera mode |
config_path |
No |
N/A |
The configuration path, for linux default is /usr/local/etc/andor |
fast_ext_trigger |
No |
Off |
Fast external trigger mode, see Andor documentation for usage |
fan_mode |
No |
N/A |
FAN mode, FAN_ON_FULL/FAN_ON_LOW/FAN_OFF |
high_capacity |
No |
High_capacity |
Camera can run in two modes, HIGH_CAPACITY or HIGH_SENSITIVITY |
p_gain |
No |
max. |
The preamplifier gain [X1-Xn] (see detector spec.) |
shutter_level |
No |
High |
The shutter output level mode |
temperature_sp |
No |
N/A |
The temperature setpoint in Celsius |
vs_speed |
No |
fasten |
The vertical shift speed (see detector spec.) |
Attributes¶
Attribute name |
RW |
Type |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
adc_speed |
rw |
DevString |
The ADC and Horizontal shift speed, in ADCchannel/Freq.Mhz, check the documentatio for more help (*) |
baseline_clamp |
rw |
DevString |
|
cooler |
rw |
DevString |
|
cooling_status |
ro |
DevString |
The status of the cooling system, tell if the setpoint temperature is reached |
fan_mode |
rw |
DevString |
|
fast_ext_trigger |
rw |
DevString |
|
high_capacity |
rw |
DevString |
|
p_gain |
rw |
DevString |
The preamplifier gain from X1 to Xn (see detector spec.) (*) |
shutter_level |
rw |
DevString |
|
temperature |
ro |
DevShort |
The current sensor temperature in Celsius |
temperature_sp |
rw |
DevShort |
The temperature setpoint in Celsius |
timing |
ro |
Spectrum |
The exposure and latency times |
vs_speed |
rw |
DevString |
The vertical shift speed, in us/pixel (*) |
(*) Use the command getAttrStringValueList to get the list of the supported value for these attributes.
(**) These attributes can not be supported by some camera models and the return value will be set to UNSUPPORTED.
Commands¶
Command name |
Arg. in |
Arg. out |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Init |
DevVoid |
DevVoid |
Do not use |
State |
DevVoid |
DevLong |
Return the device state |
Status |
DevVoid |
DevString |
Return the device state as a string |
getAttrStringValueList |
DevString: Attribute name |
DevVarStringArray: String value list |
Return the authorized string value list for a given attribute name |