Andor Tango device

This is the reference documentation of the Andor Tango device.

you can also find some useful information about prerequisite/installation/configuration/compilation in the Andor camera plugin section.

Properties

Property name

Mandatory

Default value

Description

adc_speed

No

max.

The adc/Horiz. speed pair

baseline_clamp

No

Off

Clamping for baseline threshold, ON or OFF

camera_number

No

N/A

The camera number, default is 0

cooler

No

Off

Start/stop the cooling system of the camera mode

config_path

No

N/A

The configuration path, for linux default is /usr/local/etc/andor

fast_ext_trigger

No

Off

Fast external trigger mode, see Andor documentation for usage

fan_mode

No

N/A

FAN mode, FAN_ON_FULL/FAN_ON_LOW/FAN_OFF

high_capacity

No

High_capacity

Camera can run in two modes, HIGH_CAPACITY or HIGH_SENSITIVITY

p_gain

No

max.

The preamplifier gain [X1-Xn] (see detector spec.)

shutter_level

No

High

The shutter output level mode

temperature_sp

No

N/A

The temperature setpoint in Celsius

vs_speed

No

fasten

The vertical shift speed (see detector spec.)

Attributes

Attribute name

RW

Type

Description

adc_speed

rw

DevString

The ADC and Horizontal shift speed, in ADCchannel/Freq.Mhz, check the documentatio for more help (*)

baseline_clamp

rw

DevString

The baseline clamping for threshold: (**)
  • ON

  • OFF

cooler

rw

DevString

Start/stop the cooling system of the camera mode:
  • ON, the cooler is started

  • OFF, the cooler is stopped

cooling_status

ro

DevString

The status of the cooling system, tell if the setpoint temperature is reached

fan_mode

rw

DevString

The FAN mode for extra-cooling: (**)
  • FAN_OFF

  • FAN_ON_FULL

  • FAN_ON_LOW

fast_ext_trigger

rw

DevString

Fast external trigger mode, see Andor documentation for usage Mode are:
  • ON, fast mode, the camera will not wait until the a keep clean cycle has been completed before accepting the next trigger

  • OFF, slow mode

high_capacity

rw

DevString

Off/On the High Capacity mode: (**)
  • HIGH_CAPACITY

  • HIGH_SENSITIVITY

p_gain

rw

DevString

The preamplifier gain from X1 to Xn (see detector spec.) (*)

shutter_level

rw

DevString

The shutter output level mode:
  • LOW”, output TTL low signal to open shutter

  • HIGH, output TTL high signal to open shutter

temperature

ro

DevShort

The current sensor temperature in Celsius

temperature_sp

rw

DevShort

The temperature setpoint in Celsius

timing

ro

Spectrum

The exposure and latency times

vs_speed

rw

DevString

The vertical shift speed, in us/pixel (*)

(*) Use the command getAttrStringValueList to get the list of the supported value for these attributes.

(**) These attributes can not be supported by some camera models and the return value will be set to UNSUPPORTED.

Commands

Command name

Arg. in

Arg. out

Description

Init

DevVoid

DevVoid

Do not use

State

DevVoid

DevLong

Return the device state

Status

DevVoid

DevString

Return the device state as a string

getAttrStringValueList

DevString: Attribute name

DevVarStringArray: String value list

Return the authorized string value list for a given attribute name