Toptica FemtoFErb 1560 Laser¶
Driver for Tobtica FemtoFiber Lasers.
The femtofiber drivers, which among other things make the usb connection appear as a serial port, must be installed (available from http://www.toptica.com/products/ultrafast_fiber_lasers/femtofiber_smart/femtosecond_erbium_fiber_laser_1560_nm_femtoferb)
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class
instrumental.drivers.lasers.femto_ferb.
FemtoFiber
¶ A femtoFiber laser.
Lasers can only be accessed by their serial port address.
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close
()¶ Closes the connection to the laser.
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is_control_on
()¶ Returns the status of the hardware input control.
Hardware input control must be on in order for the laser to be controlled by usb connection.
Returns: message – If True, hardware input conrol is on. Return type: bool
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is_on
()¶ Indicates if the laser is on (True) or off (False).
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set_control
(control)¶ Sets the status of the hardware input control.
Hardware input control must be on in order for the laser to be controlled by usb connection.
Parameters: control (bool) – If True, hardware input conrol is turned on. Returns: error – Zero is returned if the hardware input control status was set correctly. Otherwise, the error string returned by the laser is returned. Return type: int or str
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