libgs.hardware.GS232B¶

class libgs.hardware.GS232B(url_or_dev, name=None, serial_conf={}, **kwargs)[source]¶

This Rotator class implements a subset of the Yaesu GS232-B protocol.

It can be used directly to control rotators either directly connected via USB or serial port as a local tty or remotely over the ethernet. The initialiser url_or_dev is used to specify how to connect.

See https://pythonhosted.org/pyserial/url_handlers.html for the syntax.

Available configuration parameters are all of RotatorBase as well as the following additional parameters:

STALE_TIME, SERIAL_PORT_TIMEOUT, ROT_SETTLETIME_GET, ROT_SETTLETIME_SET, SET_DT, GET_DT, SET_REGULARLY

See attribute help for details about these.

Parameters:	url_or_dev – URL or device of serial port (TTY) serial_conf – Dictionary representing serial port configuration (see See https://pythonhosted.org/pyserial/url_handlers.html ) **kwargs – Any available configuration parameter (see above)

Methods

`get_azel`()	Get current az, el pointing
`set_azel`(az, el[, block])	Set new az, el pointing
`start`()
`stop`()

Attributes

`GET_DT`	Time delay to wait between consecutive attempts to get position (if smaller than _POLL_DT (default 0.1), _POLL_DT will win)
`ROT_SETTLETIME_GET`	Delay after getting position from rotator
`ROT_SETTLETIME_SET`	Delay after setting position from rotator
`SERIAL_PORT_TIMEOUT`	Timeout delay waiting for serial port comms
`SET_DT`	Time interval to wait before re-issuing a position command
`SET_REGULARLY`	Whether to continuously issue set commands to rotators, or only on request.
`STALE_TIME`	Time before azel reading is considered stale

Inherited from base class

`azel_err`(az, el)	Returns the error in degrees between the current pointing and a specified az/el
`azel_to_antenna_angles`(pdat[, cont_track_method])	From a table of az/el pointings, compute a new table that minimises the amount of movements while keeping the off-pointing within the antenna beamwidth
`in_pos`([az, el])	Check if antenna is in position.
`stow`([block])	Stow antenna
`BEAMWIDTH`
`MAX_AZ`
`MAX_EL`
`MIN_AZ`
`MIN_EL`
`SLEW_TIMEOUT`
`STOWED_AZ`
`STOWED_EL`
`az`	Return / Set current azimuth
`azel`	Return / Set current (azimuth, elevation).
`cmd_az`	Return / Set commanded azimuth
`cmd_el`	Return / Set commanded elevation
`el`	Return / Set current elevation
`name`	Property for getting/setting the radio name.