FemtoDAQController Overview
The
skutils.FemtoDAQController.FemtoDAQController is a controller for
FemtoDAQ devices, able to control common operations on any FemtoDAQ device
such as starting and stopping data collection. FemtoDAQ devices include the
FemtoDAQ Vireo and FemtoDAQ kingfisher as found on
the skutek website.
The FemtoDAQController has generally two typs of methods: “Set” methods, which create POST HTTP requests and do not have a return value, and “Get” requests, which create GET HTTP requests and return a value.
The GET functions are of these types:
Ones that replicate their input and return a dict of the same names as the “set” functions. (getCoincidenceSettings)
Those that return an invidual value or list of values. These will have more definitive structures that are not dictionaries as their return values. (getTriggerXPosition)
And those that return a dictionary that is defined by the openapi spec of the FemtoDAQ device. (getRuntimeStatistics)
The functions that return raw dictionaries require consultantion with specific FemtoDAQ products, and the exact options can differ between each FemtoDAQ and skutils version.
Common functionality includes changing settings, starting and stopping the digitization of events. Live output is not available via Skutils excepting Streaming data back to your computer via UDP, however runtime statistics are queryable.
Attention
Not all updates of Skutils are perfectly compatible with all updates to FemtoDAQControllers, consult the FemtoDAQController page docs for more specific information, Skutils FemtoDAQControllers will ERROR on versions too old to use, or consult the FemtoDAQController file for a specific FemtoDAQ HAL compatible version.