MotorControl#

Installation (Server)#

  • Clone the project to user pi’s home folder (/home/pi)

    cd /home/pi
git clone git@github.com:QITI/MotorControl.git

  • Edit the configuration file config.json accroding to the hardware configuration.

  • Run the installation script.

    cd /home/pi/MotorControl/MotorControl
sudo bash install.sh

  • Check if the MotorControl server is running properly.

    sudo service MotorControl status

  • Compile the document

    cd docs/
make html

Installation (Client)#

One can install MotorControl package via setuptools:

python setup.py install

To install the package in develop mode instead, use:

python setup.py develop

Usage (Client)#

from MotorControl import MotorControlClient

client = MotorControlClient('motorcontrol.qiti:50051')
client.motor_run("four_rod_raman_1", 50)

One can also use the command line tool to control the step motors. The command is:

motor_run [url] [channel] [steps]

For example, the following command will have the four_rod_raman_1 step motor rotate 20 steps towards the negative direction.

motor_run motorcontrol.qiti:50051 four_rod_raman_1 -20