pcdsdevices.interface.MvInterface

class pcdsdevices.interface.MvInterface(*args, **kwargs)

Interface layer to attach to a positioner for motion shortcuts.

Defines common shortcuts that the beamline scientists like for moving things on the command line. There is no need for these in a scripting environnment, but this is a safe space for implementing move features that would otherwise be disruptive to running scans and writing higher-level applications.

Methods

camonitor()

Shows a live-updating motor position in the terminal.

This will be the value that is returned by the position attribute.

This method ends cleanly at a ctrl+c or after a call to end_monitor_thread(), which may be useful when this is called in a background thread.

end_monitor_thread()

Stop a camonitor() or wm_update() that is running in another thread.

move(*args, **kwargs)

mv(position, timeout=None, wait=False, log=True)

Absolute move to a position.

Parameters:

• position – Desired end position.

• timeout (float, optional) – If provided, the mover will throw an error if motion takes longer than timeout to complete. If omitted, the mover’s default timeout will be use.

• wait (bool, optional) – If True, wait for motion completion before returning. Defaults to False.

• log (bool, optional) – If True, logs the move at INFO level.

post_elog_status()

Post device status to the primary elog, if possible.

screen()

Open a screen for controlling the device.

Default behavior is the typhos screen, but this method can be overridden for more specialized screens.

status() → str

Returns a str with the current pv values for the device.

wait(timeout=None)

wm()

Get the mover’s current positon (where motor).

wm_update()

Shows a live-updating motor position in the terminal.

This will be the value that is returned by the position attribute.

This method ends cleanly at a ctrl+c or after a call to end_monitor_thread(), which may be useful when this is called in a background thread.