PilatusPixelDetector Tango C++ device

This is the reference documentation of the PilatusPixelDetector Tango C++ device.

You can also find some useful information about the camera models/prerequisite/installation/configuration/compilation in the PilatusPixelDetector camera plugin section.

Properties

Property name Default value Type Description
DetectorPort 6666 Long Detector port number of Camserver
DetectorIP 127.0.0.1 String Detector IP address of CamServer
DetectorCameraDefFileName NONE String Detector path of file containing informations about (model, size, pixeldepth, …).
UseReader True Boolean Enable/Disable monitoring of the directory receiving image files in order to read images provided by CamServer & to display image in the attribute image
ReaderTimeout 10000 ULong This is the elapsed time before declaring that is no available image returned by CamServer during the Acquisition. (in ms)

Attributes

Attribute name Read/Write Type Description
energy R/W Double Define a new energy (in eV).
threshold R/W Long Define a new threshold (in eV).
gain R/W String

Define the gain

Available Gain values:

  • LOW
  • MID
  • HIGH
  • UHIGH
imagePath R/W String

Define the image path of CamSever.

If the directory does not exist, it will be created by CamServer if it is possible according to permissions parameters.

A path relative to the current path is accepted by camServer.
fileName R/W String Image file pattern name.

Commands

Command name Arg. in Arg. out Description
Init Void Void Do not use
State Void Long Return the device state
Status Void String Return the device state as a string
SetEnergy Double Void Define Energy in eV.
SetThresholdAndGain LongStringArray Void Define Threshold (eV) and Gain (LOW, MID, HIGH, UHIGH).
SetMxSettings String Void

Set crystallographic parameters reported in the image header.

[param_name value] [param_name value] …

List of available param_name :

  • Wavelength
  • Energy_range
  • Detector_distance
  • Detector_Voffset
  • Beam_xy,
  • Beam_x
  • Beam_y
  • Flux
  • Filter_transmission
  • Start_angle
  • Angle_increment
  • Detector_2theta
  • Polarization
  • Alpha
  • Kappa
  • Phi
  • Phi_increment
  • Chi
  • Chi_increment
  • Oscillation_axis
  • N_oscillations
  • Start_position,
  • Position_increment
  • Shutter_time
  • CBF_template_file
SendAnyCommand String Void

Allow to send any command to Camserver.

See documentation of Pilatus/Camserver for more details of communication protocol .
GetTH Void DoubleArray Read temperature (of nb sensors) and humidity (of nb sensors) of the detector