pyCATS

This library provides a python communication layer with the CATS server.

In addition, two applications are provided: A Tango DS and a Qt application based on the tango layer.

Tango Device Server

The core of the server is an internal thread that updates the status dictionary based on a fast polling on the CATS registers and push change events for the tango attributes..

To run the server you need to define 4 device properties:

host: CATS system hostname
port_monitor: socket port to monitor the CATS system
port_operate: socket port to operate the CATS system
update_freq_ms: time in ms to update the TangoDS status from the monitor socket.

Cats monitor

This is a graphical application in PyQt5 which monitors the tango attributes from the Tango DS.

Cats/Isara compatibility

PyCATS device server now support ISARA Model (Vicente Rey / July 2017) ISARA accepts a new tool: number 5 for tool parameter is "double gripper"

sample addresses

   CATS: lid, sample_no
       sample_no is regarding that lid
       (for example for 3rd sample in 2nd puck of a 3puck lid with 10 samples each
               sample_no is 23 )

   ISARA:  puck, sample_no
       there is only one big lid in ISARA model
          puck number is given instead of lid number
          sample number is number of sample in that puck

some new syntax for ISARA:

   toolcal is always zero for ISARA. For commands using it the value provided is ignored

   back(tool) - ISARA
   back(tool, toolcal)  - CATS

   soak(tool) - ISARA
   soak(tool, lid)  - CATS

commands CATS only

   - transfer()
   - rd_position()
   - rd_load()
   - goto_well()
   - adjust()
   - collect()
   - focus()
   - expose()
   - setplateangle()