Stages and filter wheels¶

Stages and filter wheels are controlled by apps derived from the stdMotionStage implementation, meaning they share some common properties and options.

filterWheelCtrl¶

filterWheelCtrl controls an MCBL 3006S based filter wheel for MagAO-X. As of Dec, 2018, there are 6 such wheels in MagAO-X. This program communicates with the MCBL 3006S controller via USB. It monitors the position and motion status of the wheel, and via INDI accepts commands to home and change wheel position.

Options¶

Long	Config-File	Type	D e s c r i p t i o n
`--power.device`	power.device	string	D e v i c e c o n t r o l l i n g p o w e r f o r t h i s a p p ’ s d e v i c e ( I N D I n a m e ) .
`--power.outlet`	power.outlet	string	O u t l e t ( o r c h a n n e l ) o n d e v i c e f o r t h i s a p p ’ s d e v i c e ( I N D I n a m e ) .
`--power.element`	power.element	string	I N D I e l e m e n t n a m e . D e f a u l t i s “ s t a t e ” , o n l y n e e d t o s p e c i f y i f d i f f e r e n t .
`--usb.idVendor`	usb.idVendor	string	U S B v e n d o r i d , 4 d i g i t s
`--usb.idProduct`	usb.idProduct	string	U S B p r o d u c t i d , 4 d i g i t s
`--usb.serial`	usb.serial	string	U S B s e r i a l n u m b e r
`--usb.baud`	usb.baud	real	U S B t t y b a u d r a t e ( i . e . 9 6 0 0 )
`--timeouts.write`	timeouts.write	int	T h e t i m e o u t f o r w r i t i n g t o t h e d e v i c e [ m s e c ] . D e f a u l t = 1 0 0 0
`--timeouts.read`	timeouts.read	int	T h e t i m e o u t f o r r e a d i n g t h e d e v i c e [ m s e c ] . D e f a u l t = 1 0 0 0
`-- motor.acceleration`	motor.acceleration	real	T h e m o t o r a c c e l e r a t i o n p a r a m e t e r . D e f a u l t = 1 0 0 0 .
`--motor.speed`	motor.speeed	real	T h e m o t o r s p e e d p a r a m e t e r . D e f a u l t = 1 0 0 0 .
`- -motor.circleSteps`	motor.circleSteps	long	T h e n u m b e r o f s t e p s i n 1 r e v o l u t i o n .
`` –motor.homeOffset``	motor.homeOffset	long	T h e h o m i n g o f f s e t i n m o t o r c o u n t s .
`- -motor.powerOnHome`	motor.powerOnHome	bool	I f t r u e , h o m e a t s t a r t u p / p o w e r - o n . D e f a u l t = f a l s e .
`--filters.names`	filters.names	vector of strings	T h e n a m e s o f t h e f i l t e r s .
`- -filters.positions`	filters.positions	vector of doubles	T h e p o s i t i o n s o f t h e f i l t e r s . I f o m i t t e d o r 0 t h e n o r d e r i s u s e d .