A Python package and GUI for activating DAQ channels in the Glasgow CDS system.
- replacement for
daqconfig - always keep a backup file
- allow a post-save command, which e.g. can commit the changed file to a repository
- quick acquisition of multiple channels via channel sets
- allows browsing of old files/old versions in the repository
- checks DAQ files for modifications before saving
- Python >= 2.7
- PyQT 4
- for archive browsing: pysvn (automatically disabled when this module is not available)
The env variable PYDAQCONFIG_CHAN_DIR must be set to the directory which
stores the DAQ .ini files.
The env variable PYDAQCONFIG_POST_SAVE_CMD can specify a command which will be
run after saving the .ini files. The full path to the changed files will be
given as command line arguments.
To be able to browse the archive of old channel settings, two more environmental
variables have to be set. PYDAQCONFIG_SVN_CHAN_DIR must be set to the full
path to the DAQ .ini files in the locally checked out SVN repository.
PYDAQCONFIG_SVN_CREDENTIALS must contain a username:password pair to be
used with this SVN repository.
To quickly acquire a larger number of channels, channel sets can be defined.
pyDAQConfig looks in PYDAQCONFIG_CHAN_DIR for files with the ending .set.
These files should contain a list of channels (full channel name, i.e.
X1:XYZ-SUBSYSTEM_CHANNEL_DQ). Lines beginning with # will be ignored. The button
Channel Sets... then calls up a dialog where all channel sets are listed.
Selecting a channel set and clicking Activate enables all channels in that set
and sets them to acquire data. Clicking Deactivate turns of data acquisition,
however it leaves the channel enabled so that data can be retrieved via e.g.
ligoDV.
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-- Sebastian Steinlechner, Sean Leavey, 2015