ftsw500_interface_base

frog.hardware.plugins.spectrometer.ftsw500_interface_base

Provides a base class for interfacing with the FTSW500 program.

Classes

FTSW500Error

Bases: Exception

Indicates that an error occurred with an FTSW500 device.

FTSW500InterfaceBase()

Bases: SpectrometerBase

Base class providing an interface to the FTSW500 program.

Source code in frog/hardware/plugins/spectrometer/spectrometer_base.py

def __init__(self) -> None:
    """Create a new SpectrometerBase."""
    super().__init__()

    for command in (
        "connect",
        "start_measuring",
        "stop_measuring",
    ):
        self.subscribe(getattr(self, command), command)

Functions

connect()

Connect to the spectrometer.

Source code in frog/hardware/plugins/spectrometer/ftsw500_interface_base.py

def connect(self) -> None:
    """Connect to the spectrometer."""
    self.request_command("clickConnectButton")

request_command(command) abstractmethod

Request that FTSW500 run the specified command.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
command	str	Name of command to run	required

Source code in frog/hardware/plugins/spectrometer/ftsw500_interface_base.py

@abstractmethod
def request_command(self, command: str) -> None:
    """Request that FTSW500 run the specified command.

    Args:
        command: Name of command to run
    """

start_measuring()

Start a new measurement.

Source code in frog/hardware/plugins/spectrometer/ftsw500_interface_base.py

def start_measuring(self) -> None:
    """Start a new measurement."""
    self.request_command("clickStartAcquisitionButton")

stop_measuring()

Stop the current measurement.

Source code in frog/hardware/plugins/spectrometer/ftsw500_interface_base.py

def stop_measuring(self) -> None:
    """Stop the current measurement."""
    self.request_command("clickStopAcquisitionButton")