Pilatus Tango device¶

This is the reference documentation of the Pilatus Tango device.

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

Properties¶

This camera device has no property.

Property name	Mandatory	Default value	Description
host_name	No	localhost	Pilatus computer hostname
host_port	No	41234	Pilatus camserver port number
config_file	No	/home/det/ p2_det/config/ cam_data/ camera.def	Configuration file path, read to get pilatus version (2 or 3) and the camera size (height and width)
tmpfs_path	No	/lima_data	Path to the temporary file-system where camserver will store the images

Attributes¶

Attribute name	RW	Type	Description
threshold_gain	rw	DevString	The detector threshold gain (LOW,MID,HIGH,ULTRA HIGH,AUTO)
fill_mode	rw	DevString	The gap fill mode (ON,OFF)
threshold	rw	DevLong	The threshold level of detector in eV
energy_threshold	rw	DevFloat	The energy threshold in keV (set the gain and the threshold)
trigger_delay	rw	DevDouble	The start exposure delay after the hard trigger
nb_exposure_per_frame	rw	DevLong	The number of exposure/frame to set an accumulation of frames
temperature_humidity	ro	DevFloat array	List of both constants, a detector can have multiple sensors
sensor_channels	ro	DevShort array	List of sens channels (refer to Dectris documentation)
max_frame_rate	ro	DevLong	The maximum frame rate the detector can achieve, it can can according to the suppored HW ROI
readout_time	ro	DevDouble	The detector readout time in second

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