Newport Picomotor

This service controls a Newport Picomotor Motion Controller. The following Newport Picomotors have been tested and used with catkit2 so far:

• Model 8742 (comes with a USB Flash Drive that contains communication drivers and software necessary for operating the controller,

see page 42 of the user manual)

Configuration

picomotor1:
    service_type: newport_picomotor
    simulated_service_type: newport_picomotor_sim
    interface: newport_picomotor
    requires_safety: false

    ip_address: 000.000.000.000
    max_step: 2147483647
    timeout: 60
    atol: 1
    daisy: 0  # use this when daisy chaining multiple picomotor controllers
    axes:
        x: 1
        y: 2
        z: 3
    sleep_per_step: 0.0005  # sleep time (s) between every step
    sleep_base: 0.1  # base sleep time (s) for every move command

Properties

None.

Commands

None.

Datastreams

{axis_name}_command: A movement command along the axis corresponding to axis_name (where axis_name can be x, y, or z). The axis names are defined by the config file.

{axis_name}_current_position: The current position of the picomotor along the axis corresponding to axis_name (where axis_name can be x, y, or z). The axis names are defined by the config file.