yaqd-acton

yaq daemons for Acton Research Corporation instruments

This package contains the following daemon(s):

acton-sp2300i notes

This daemon has been tested and designed on a SP-2358 unit. There is a motorized slit on the front side entrance, and the exit mirror is movable. It's primary turret has a mirror and two gratings. The daemon was written with the intent of being usable on all sp23xx systems, but it has not been tested. Feedback and/or bugfixes are appreciated!
This daemon is designed for the RS232 port. sp2300i models can be controlled via their onboard USB or RS232 port, but the USB port has different response behavior (consult the manual) which has not currently been addressed.
The identifiers of the gratings occupying each turret are retrieved from the spectrometer memory (?GRATINGS). If gratings are changed, be sure to register changes by changing the on board grating info (see the manual for full instructions).
The daemon moves to set wavelengths at max speed (i.e. GOTO command). It does not currently support constant speed scanning (i.e. NM and >NM commands).