core.system.base:System

Define a measurement setup/system.

Usage

Source

core.system.base:System(name=None)

A system is defined by its Parameters (stored in parameters) and its devices (stored in devs). It provides functions to set, trigger and read the individual parameters, as well as set, query and reset functions to open and initialize the devices, query their configuration and return the system to a defined state.

Attributes

parameters: list

The parameters that make up the system.

columns: list

Column names extracted from the parameters.

units: list

Units extracted from the parameters.

dtypes: list

Dtypes extracted from the parameters.

default_values: list

Default values extracted from the parameters.

chunks: list

Chunk lengths extracted from the parameters.

devs: dict

The devices that belong to the system.

dcdata: dict

Telemetry according to the Dublin Core specification that can be used to generate header information, see VALID_META_KEYS.

system_config_params: dict

Custom device queries to read the configuration; keys match the device names in devs.

name: str or None

Optional instance name used by control GUIs and as the subsystem accessor for ordinary systems.