devices.dummy:dummy

Dummy device for testing.

Usage

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devices.dummy:dummy(
    adapter,
    **kwargs,
)

Upon initialization the device starts a socket server which processes queries received via this network socket. The server is hosted on the loopback interface (localhost) and uses a high TCP/IP port number.

Parameters

adapter: str

Local VISA TCPIP socket address, e.g. “TCPIP::localhost::10007::SOCKET”.

**kwargs: dict

Optionally starting values for the fake measurement parameters can be given as entries to the keyword arguments dictionary. Parameters match the data types defined in cmd_list:

• p1 through p7 Parameters with types matching command list definitions

Methods

Name	Description
close()	Close the device server.
configure()	Configure the dummy device.
trigger()	Simulate device triggering.

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close()

Close the device server.

Usage

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close()

Stops the local server and closes the adapter connection.

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configure()

Configure the dummy device.

Usage

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configure(**kwargs)

Fake configure function to demonstrate configuration upon initialization.

Parameters

**kwargs: dict

Configuration parameters to set.

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trigger()

Simulate device triggering.

Usage

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trigger()

Fake trigger function which allows to show the trigger functionality in the dummy system files, but actually has no real impact on the device.