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)

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

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