Using Python to Automate MAS - Revision history

Dvw at 01:01, 31 August 2016

2016-08-31T01:01:12Z

Dvw at 23:18, 30 August 2016

2016-08-30T23:18:33Z

Dvw at 17:21, 10 September 2014

2014-09-10T17:21:06Z

Mhasse: /* Compilation and installation */

2012-03-13T00:37:13Z

‎Compilation and installation

Mhasse: /* Unpacking rectangle mode data */

2012-03-13T00:33:36Z

‎Unpacking rectangle mode data

Mhasse: /* The new MCE control module - pymce */

2012-03-13T00:32:55Z

‎The new MCE control module - pymce

Mhasse at 00:31, 13 March 2012

2012-03-13T00:31:16Z

142.103.235.58 at 01:47, 2 April 2009

2009-04-02T01:47:35Z

142.103.235.58: /* Getting Started with Python */

2009-04-02T01:47:14Z

‎Getting Started with Python

142.103.235.44: /* Getting Started with Python */

2008-07-29T21:44:53Z

‎Getting Started with Python

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	When you do read the header (data_only=False), the data is returned as a tuple with all the headers in the first returned value and all the frame data in the second tuple element.		When you do read the header (data_only=False), the data is returned as a tuple with all the headers in the first returned value and all the frame data in the second tuple element.

−	[[Category:~~Software~~]]	+	[[Category:MAS]]
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	When you do read the header (data_only=False), the data is returned as a tuple with all the headers in the first returned value and all the frame data in the second tuple element.		When you do read the header (data_only=False), the data is returned as a tuple with all the headers in the first returned value and all the frame data in the second tuple element.
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		+	[[Category:Software]]

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 The syntax for 'read' and 'write' are the same as the old mce.py:
-  mce.write('cc', 'led', 7)
+  mce.write('cc', '{{param||led}}', 7)
-  fw_rev = mce.read('cc', 'fw_rev')
+  fw_rev = mce.read('cc', '{{param||fw_rev}}')
 == Reading MCE frames ==

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 The pymce module has basic functionality (equivalent to mce.py) starting with mas/trunk:r616.  Higher-level functionality will probably be added in the future.
-To install, go to the python/mcelib directory and run:
+To install, from the MAS directory run:
   make
   sudo make install

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   d = mce.read_data(100, row_col=True)
   print d.data.shape
-   (2, 1, 128000)
+   (2, 1, 12800)
 Now the data array dimensions are [row,column,time].

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 = The new MCE control module - pymce =
-The pymce module is the latest attempt to allow MCE control from python.  Access to frame data is accomplished more efficiently (writing directly into numpy arrays) and the data reading functions are able to decode the [[data_mode]] and [[rectangle mode]] configuration to provide the same level of data interpretation that is found in [[mce_data.py]].
+The pymce module is the latest attempt to allow MCE control from python.  Access to frame data is accomplished more efficiently (writing directly into numpy arrays) and the data reading functions are able to decode the [[data_mode]] and [[Rectangle Mode Data | rectangle mode]] configuration to provide the same level of data interpretation that is found in [[mce_data.py]].
 == Compilation and installation ==
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 == Unpacking rectangle mode data ==
-When running with non-trivial [[rectangle mode]] packing, the physical detector arrangement can be obtained by passing "extract=True" to the read_data call.  For example, if we are reading out 2 detectors into frames of size 256, then we would get:
+When running with non-trivial  [[Rectangle Mode Data | rectangle mode]] packing, the physical detector arrangement can be obtained by passing "extract=True" to the read_data call.  For example, if we are reading out 2 detectors into frames of size 256, then we would get:
   d = mce.read_data(100, extract=True)
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   fj = d.extract('fj')
   fb = d.extract('fb_filt')
 = The old MCE library - mce.py =

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-= The MCE library - mce.py =
+= The new MCE control module - pymce =
 Basic python access to the C language "mce_interface" library is provided by a swig wrapper.  This produces mce_library.py.  Higher level support is then exposed by mce.py, which exposes basic MCE objects.
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 When you do read the header (data_only=False), the data is returned as a tuple with all the headers in the first returned value and all the frame data in the second tuple element.

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 Basic python access to the C language "mce_interface" library is provided by a swig wrapper.  This produces mce_library.py.  Higher level support is then exposed by mce.py, which exposes basic MCE objects.
-== Basic reading and writing ==
+== Basic commanding ==
 Note that mce.read and mce.write expect '''lists''' as arguments, and return lists by default, even for single-item parameters.

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-== Getting Started with Python ==
+= The MCE library - mce.py =
 To install the Emacs template file for python, type the following:
   sudo apt-get install python-mode
-Here is a sample starter script for the MCE:
+Here is another way to command the MCE from python (discouraged...):
   mce@mce-ubc-2:~$ python
   Python 2.4.3 (#2, Mar  7 2008, 01:58:20)
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 When creating a python script, for the script to be executable, you must put the following line of code at the top:
   #!/bin/python
 And you must change the permissions of the file to the following:

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	And you must change the permissions of the file to the following:		And you must change the permissions of the file to the following:
	chmod a+x <python_script_name>		chmod a+x <python_script_name>
		+
		+	In Emacs, to get high-lighting, type
		+	<alt>+<x>
		+	python-mode