From 8484d83a2abd525feb3d5a5caa4e2f13c1dcc76d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leolab Cavity CAD PC <quantuminfo.leolab@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:13:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] periodic SPCM measurements in labscript are working with
these configurations
---
FastComtecMCS8A/blacs_workers.py | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/FastComtecMCS8A/blacs_workers.py b/FastComtecMCS8A/blacs_workers.py
index d22c004..61a5473 100644
--- a/FastComtecMCS8A/blacs_workers.py
+++ b/FastComtecMCS8A/blacs_workers.py
@@ -18,24 +18,31 @@ import numpy as np
class MCS8AWorker(Worker):
def init(self):
- self.data_path_tmp = "C:\\mcs8x64\\MCS8A_measurement.tmp.mpa"
+ self.base_dir = "C:/mcs8x64/"
+ self.data_mame_tmp = "CHN2_tmp"
+ self.data_path_tmp = self.base_dir + self.data_mame_tmp + ".dat"
self.device = fastcomtec_api.FastComTec()
print("Connected...")
- print("Status: ", self.device.get_acq_status())
+ # print("Status: ", self.device.get_acq_status())
# load (default) config
if not os.path.realpath(self.config_path) == self.config_path.replace("/","\\"):
self.config_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + "\\" + self.config_path
-
- self.device.load_config(self.config_path)
-
+ print("test123")
+ # self.device.load_config(self.config_path)
+ print(f"Data file path: {self.data_mame_tmp}")
+ # self.device._send_dll_command(f"mpaname={self.data_path_tmp}") # mpa might be slow
+ self.device._send_dll_command("MC_B")
+ self.device._send_dll_command(f"datname={self.data_mame_tmp}")
+ self.device._send_dll_command("fmt=dat")
self.smart_cache = {}
print('init completed')
def transition_to_buffered(self, device_name, h5_file, initial_values, fresh):
+
self.h5file = h5_file # save for 'transition_to_manual'
-
+ """
with h5py.File(h5_file,'r') as f:
command_group = f[f"devices/{self.device_name}/commands"]
for command in command_group.attrs:
@@ -44,14 +51,19 @@ class MCS8AWorker(Worker):
self.smart_cache[command] = command_group.attrs[command]
if command_group.attrs[command] is not None:
command = f"{command}={command_group.attrs[command]}"
+ print(f"sending: {command}")
self.device._send_dll_command(command)
print(f"Programmed command '{command}'")
-
+ """
try:
- os.remove(self.data_path_tmp)
+ os.remove(self.base_dir + self.data_mame_tmp + ".mp")
except FileNotFoundError:
pass
- self.device.erase_measruement()
+
+ # self.device.erase_measruement()
+ # self.device._send_dll_command("bitshift=11")
+ ran = 256
+ self.device._send_dll_command(f"range={ran}")
self.device.start_measurement()
return {}
@@ -60,12 +72,15 @@ class MCS8AWorker(Worker):
# load data and write to file
# .... TODO
-
+ self.device._send_dll_command("savedat")
with h5py.File(self.h5file, 'r+') as f:
group = f.require_group(f"data/{self.device_name}/")
# save photon counts
- data = np.random.randint(0,2,size=1000) # testing
+ # data = np.random.randint(0,2,size=1000) # testing
+ # data = np.loadtxt(self.data_path_tmp)
+ data = np.fromfile(self.data_path_tmp, dtype=np.uint32)
+ print(data.sum())
group.create_dataset("photon_counts", compression = config.compression, data=data) # maybe save as binary dtype
# save parameters
--
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