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mcleu / PyAPT

**DEPRECATED** Controlling Thorlabs APT using Python code using APT.dll and APT.lib, bypassing the activex controls
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Triggering #7

Closed bulls54 closed 7 years ago

bulls54 commented 7 years ago

This wrapper is great! Thanks for taking the time to do this.

I have one concern though. In my project, I am using a NI-DAQ to scan over a target. My plan is to use this motor control to move the target while I scan. Therefore, I need some sort of trigger. I saw the command MOT_SET_TRIGGER in the manual. I tried to load this command and noticed that it was not in the PyAPT.py file. So i figured I could add it and that did not work either. I opened up the APT.lib and the command was not even in the the .lib file.

Is there something I am missing here? I figured that the APT files would have all the command from the Thorlabs APT Controllers manual. If this is not possible, do you have any suggestions on how I can sync the start of the motor with the start of the scanning?

Thanks again for making this and I hope to hear from you soon!

mcleu commented 7 years ago

I would check with Thorlabs to see if they have a newer/more recent dll.

An alternative (that I would not recommend) would be to implement your own (it's just serial communication with the motor)

mcleu commented 7 years ago

@bulls54 Please let me know if you have any questions or updates, otherwise I will close the Issue. Did Thorlabs provide a new DLL. If so, can you please push it to this repo?