Example connection table and labscript experiment script for RemoteBLACS and IMAQdxCamera

Author: rpanderson

labscript_profile/default_profile/userlib/labscriptlib/example_apparatus/connection_table_IMAQdx_remote.py

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+from labscript import start, stop, add_time_marker, Trigger, RemoteBLACS
+from labscript_devices.DummyPseudoclock.labscript_devices import DummyPseudoclock
+from labscript_devices.DummyIntermediateDevice import DummyIntermediateDevice
+from labscript_devices.IMAQdxCamera.labscript_devices import IMAQdxCamera
+
+# Use a virtual ('dummy') device for the psuedoclock
+DummyPseudoclock(name='pseudoclock')
+
+# An output of this DummyPseudoclock is its 'clockline' attribute, which we use
+# to trigger children devices
+DummyIntermediateDevice(name='intermediate_device', parent_device=pseudoclock.clockline)
+
+# Instantiate a labscript.Trigger instance used to trigger the camera exposure
+# This will be specified as the camera's parent device later
+Trigger(
+    name='camera_trigger', parent_device=intermediate_device, connection='port0/line0'
+)
+
+# On the host specified below, start the RemoteBLACS server by running the following:
+# $ python - m labscript_utils.remote
+RemoteBLACS(name='test_remote', host='localhost')
+
+# We then initiate an IMAQdxCamera using this RemoteBLACS instance
+# using mock=True to bypass any attempts to commmunicate with an
+# actual camera, and generate fake data at the end of the shot
+IMAQdxCamera(
+    name='camera',
+    parent_device=camera_trigger,
+    connection='trigger',
+    serial_number=0xDEADBEEF,
+    worker=test_remote,
+    mock=True,
+)
+
+# Begin issuing labscript primitives
+# start() elicits the commencement of the shot
+start()
+
+# Stop the experiment shot with stop()
+stop(1.0)

labscript_profile/default_profile/userlib/labscriptlib/example_apparatus/example_IMAQdx_remote.py

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+from labscript import start, stop, add_time_marker, Trigger, RemoteBLACS
+from labscript_devices.DummyPseudoclock.labscript_devices import DummyPseudoclock
+from labscript_devices.DummyIntermediateDevice import DummyIntermediateDevice
+from labscript_devices.IMAQdxCamera.labscript_devices import IMAQdxCamera
+
+# Use a virtual ('dummy') device for the psuedoclock
+DummyPseudoclock(name='pseudoclock')
+
+# An output of this DummyPseudoclock is its 'clockline' attribute, which we use
+# to trigger children devices
+DummyIntermediateDevice(name='intermediate_device', parent_device=pseudoclock.clockline)
+
+# Instantiate a labscript.Trigger instance used to trigger the camera exposure
+# This will be specified as the camera's parent device later
+Trigger(
+    name='camera_trigger', parent_device=intermediate_device, connection='port0/line0'
+)
+
+# On the host specified below, start the RemoteBLACS server by running the following:
+# $ python - m labscript_utils.remote
+RemoteBLACS(name='test_remote', host='localhost')
+
+# We then initiate an IMAQdxCamera using this RemoteBLACS instance
+# using mock=True to bypass any attempts to commmunicate with an
+# actual camera, and generate fake data at the end of the shot
+IMAQdxCamera(
+    name='camera',
+    parent_device=camera_trigger,
+    connection='trigger',
+    serial_number=0xDEADBEEF,
+    worker=test_remote,
+    mock=True,
+)
+
+# Begin issuing labscript primitives
+# A timing variable t is used for convenience
+# start() elicits the commencement of the shot
+t = 0
+add_time_marker(t, "Start", verbose=True)
+start()
+
+t += 1
+add_time_marker(t, "Exposure: 'before' image", verbose=True)
+camera.expose(t, name='comparison', frametype='before', trigger_duration=0.2)
+
+t += 0.5
+add_time_marker(t, "Exposure: 'after' image", verbose=True)
+camera.expose(t, name='comparison', frametype='after', trigger_duration=0.2)
+
+t += 0.5
+stop(t)