Andor3 Tango device

This is the reference documentation of the Andor3 Tango device.

you can also find some useful information about prerequisite/installation/configuration/compilation in the Andor3 camera plugin section.

Properties

Property name

Mandatory

Default value

Description

config_path

Yes

N/A

The configuration path, for linux default is /usr/local/etc/andor/bitflow

camera_number

Yes

N/A

The camera number range is [0-N]

adc_gain

No

N/A

The ADC gain setting, see attribute for possible values

adc_rate

No

N/A

The ADC readout rate, see the attribute for possible values

temperature_sp

No

N/A

The sensor temperature set-point

cooler

No

N/A

To start/stop the cooler, values ON or OFF

Attributes

Attribute name

RW

Type

Description

adc_gain

rw

DevString

ADC/Gain pair settings :
  • B11_HI-GAIN

  • B11_LOW_GAIN

  • B16_LH_GAIN

adc_rate

rw

DevString

The ADC rate:
  • MHZ10

  • MHZ100

  • MHZ200

  • MHZ280

electronic_shutter_mode

rw

DevString

The electronic shutter:
  • GLOBAL

  • ROLLING

cooler

rw

DevString

Start/stop the cooling system of the camera mode:
  • ON, the cooler is started

  • OFF, the cooler is stopped

cooling_status

ro

DevString

The status of the cooling system, tell if the setpoint temperature is reached

fan_mode

rw

DevString

The FAN mode for extra-cooling:
  • OFF

  • LOW

  • HIGH

frame_rate

ro

DevDouble

The current frame rate, depends of exposure and latency time

max_frame_rate_transfer

ro

DevSouble

The rate transfer of the camera interface card, can be lower than the camera frame rate

readout_time

ro

DevDouble

The readout time of the camera sensor

overlap

rw

DevString

To enable or disable the overlap mode:
  • ON

  • OFF

spurious_noise_filter

rw

DevString

To enable or disable the spurious noise filter mode:
  • ON

  • OFF

temperature

ro

DevShort

The current sensor temperature in Celsius

temperature_sp

rw

DevShort

The temperature setpoint in Celsius

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