Hamamatsu Tango device

This is the reference documentation of the Hamamatsu Tango device.

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

Properties

Property name

Mandatory

Default value

Description

camera_number

No

0

The camera number, default is 0

frame_buffer_size

No

10

The DCAM frame buffer size used during the acquisition (see dcambuf_alloc)

readout_speed

No

normal

The readout speed, normal/slow (if supported by the camera model)

Attributes

Attribute name

RW

Type

Description

frame_rate

ro

DevDouble

The last computed frame per second (the value is computed every 100 frames only)

lost_frames

ro

DevLong

Number of frames lost during the current or last acquisition

readout_speed

rw

DevString

The readout speed, normal/slow (*)
  • SLOW

  • NORMAL

sensor_temperature

ro

DevDouble

Sensor temperature (if supported by the camera model)

(*) Use the command getAttrStringValueList to get the list of the supported value for these attributes.

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