Ubuntu 22.04
Python 3.10.6
Make a file config.py following config.py.example to setup configuration for different sites.
Make a file schedule.py following schedule.py.example to setup configuration for different sites.
Install Ubuntu 22.04 with erase disk and wipe out old operating system (Windows)
Also set Restore on AC/Power Loss to Power On in the BIOS
sudo apt install xrdp
check status:
sudo systemctl status xrdp
If it is not running you might need to turn off Ubuntu's native RDP (which is less convenient than xrdp). Log out and test RDP
sudo apt install openssh-server
check status:
sudo systemctl status ssh
sudo adduser airglow dialout
sudo apt install libhidapi-hidraw0
sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-laser-shutter.rules
Then write the following into the file KERNEL=="hidraw*", SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", MODE="0666"
Then reboot
ls -l /dev/ to verify the permission for hidraw0, it should be crw-rw-rw-
Install Raspberry Pi OS 32-bit
Switch from DHCPCD to NetworkManager
Enable SSH and Serial Port in Configuration
sudo apt install xrdp
sudo adduser airglowrdp
RDP to RPi need to be from a different user airglowrdp and not the default one airglow
Delete the command that use serial0 on RPi:
sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt
and ONLY delete console=serial0,115200, keep the rest of the line unchanged
Download Andor SDK2.104.30064.0
Extract tar -xvf andor- then sudo ./install_andor
Andor SDK also require libusb:
sudo apt-get install g++
sudo apt-get install libusb-dev
Test sdk by make an example and try running it
After successful installation of Andor SDK, libandor.so should appear in /usr/local/lib/. This is the shared library that we can use to call the SDK functions in Python with ctypes.
sudo apt-get update
Install Python 3.10.6
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
Clone this repo into home dir ~/airglow/airglow-controller
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
sudo apt-get install build-essential python3-dev
cd into components/andor_wrapper/andorsdk_wrapper and python3 setup.py build_ext -i to build the python module
Now you can import to python components/andorsdk_wrapper/andorsdk
Use lsusb to view the vendorId and productId of the connected laser shutter, vendorId:productId, for example 0461:0030. Write in config file as 0x0461 and 0x0030.
Remember to set the udev rule for laser shutter (written above)
python3 connection_test.py to test all the components
crontab -l
Should update for actual text direction. Meanwhile here is a picture.
Unneccessarily hard to setup for some reason. Could look into replacing it with other less complex alternative
If you want to use a different gmail account or don't have a working gmailcredential.json file, follows https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/use-gmail-api-in-python to Enable Gmail API. Then download gmailcredential.json file and specify the path in config['gmailCred'].
Run connection_test.py to check if gmail works, go to the verification link if neccessary.
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