Welcome to tcs_lib’s documentation!

tcs_lib provides some functionalities to simply or proxy the interaction with the HET Telescope Control System (TCS)

This documentation is also available on het-tcs-lib.readthedocs.io.

Installation

• Installation
  • Instructions
  • Dependances
  • Development

tcs_event - ZeroMQ based listener

This module is the core of tcs_lib.

It is a ZeroMQ based listener that wait for the next TCS event, composed of a header and a payload (a dictionary) and returns it.

• tcs_event – ZMQ based listener of TCS events
  • Examples

Mock TCS events

In order to test tcs_event and code using it, some TCS event is needed. Having your own telescope might not be ideal. Therefore we provide a ZeroMQ server, tcs_lib.zmq_server.ZMQServer, that can stream TCS like events, and two event generators, tcs_lib.zmq_server.TCSMockEvent and tcs_lib.zmq_server.TCSDBReplay, that can be plugged into the server. They are also conveniently packaged and exposed via the tcs_replay executable described in Stream TCS events.

• Stream TCS events
• server – ZMQ based server

TCS proxy

• tcs_proxy – Proxy to the TCS modules
  • Implementation

Other modules

• errors – Error defintions
• string_helpers – String/Byte helper functionalities

Contribution guide

• Contribute to tcs_lib
  • How To
  • Coding style
  • Testing
  • Documentation

About

• LICENSE
• Authors
• tcs_lib release notes
• Changelog
• TODO

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page