daemonize acquisition thread

cjbe · Apr 9, 2018 · 9fb4560 · 9fb4560
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commit 9fb4560
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/andorEmccd/andorEmccd.py b/andorEmccd/andorEmccd.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class AndorEmccd:
     is not acquiring"""
     dll = None
 
-    def __init__(self, leave_camera_warm=True, framebuffer_len=1000):
+    def __init__(self, leave_camera_warm=True, framebuffer_len=100):
         """Initialise the camera interface.
 
         leave_camera_warm: turn off the cooler when disconnecting from the
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def __init__(self, leave_camera_warm=True, framebuffer_len=1000):
         self._frame_call_list = []
 
         # Start image acquisition thread
-        t = threading.Thread(target=self._acquisition_thread)
+        t = threading.Thread(target=self._acquisition_thread, daemon=True)
         t.start()
 
     def __del__(self):