polychemprint3.tools.laser6W module¶
Implements the Tool base class for Danny’s arduino-uno controlled 6W LASER.
First created on Wed Feb 12 2020
Revised: 12/02/2020
Author: Bijal Patel
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class
polychemprint3.tools.laser6W.
laser6W
(name='BlueLASER6W', units='percent', devAddress='/dev/ttyACM1', baudRate=115200, commsTimeOut=0.001, __verbose__=1, **kwargs)¶ Bases:
polychemprint3.utility.serialDeviceSpec.serialDeviceSpec
,polychemprint3.tools.toolSpec.toolSpec
Implements the Tool base class for Danny’s 6W LASER.
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activate
()¶ Makes required connections and returns status bool.
Returns: True if ready to use False if not ready Return type: bool
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checkIfSerialConnectParamsSet
()¶ Goes through connection parameters and sees if all are set.
Returns: True if all parameters are set, false if any unset Return type: bool
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deactivate
()¶ Closes communication and returns status bool.
Returns: True if deactivated False if not deactivated Return type: bool
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disengage
()¶ Toggles Dispense off.
Returns: - [1, “Dispense Off”]
- [0, “Error (Dispense already off”])
- [-1, ‘Failed engaging dispense ‘ + inst.__str__()]
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engage
()¶ Toggles Dispense on.
Returns: - [1, “Dispense On”]
- [0, “Error (Dispense Already On”])
- [-1, ‘Failed engaging dispense ‘ + inst.__str__()]
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getState
()¶ Returns active state of tool.
ParametersnoneReturns[1, “Tool On”][0, “Tool Off”][-1, “Error: Tool activation state cannot be determined + Error]
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handShakeSerial
()¶ Perform communications handshake with Tool.
Returns: - [1, “Handshake Successful”]
- [0, ‘Handshake Failed, Received (+ message received’]) – if unexpected input received
- [-1, “Error (Handshake with Tool Failed + error text”])
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loadLogSelf
(jsonString)¶ loads json log back into dict.
Parameters: jsonString (String) – json string to be loaded back in
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readTime
()¶ Reads in from serial device until timeout.
Returns: - [1, inp String of all text read in, empty string if nothing]
- [0, ‘Read failed + Error’ if exception caught]
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setValue
(value)¶ Set Laser PWM value in percent 1-100.
Parameters: value (String) – New value of pressure out of 100 Returns: - [output of writeSerialCommand]
- [-1, “Error (value could not be set for LASER + error text”])
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startSerial
()¶ Creates and connects pySerial device.
Returns: - [1, “Connected Succesfully to Serial Device”]
- [0, ‘Not all connection parameters set’]
- [-1, “Error (Could not connect to serial device: + error text”])
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stopSerial
()¶ Terminates communication.
Returns: - [1, “Terminated successfully”]
- [-1, “Error (Tool could not be stopped + error text”])
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writeLogSelf
()¶ Generates json string containing dict to be written to log file.
Returns: logJson – log in json string format Return type: String
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