Software for the MAGIC Active Mirror Control (AMC).

AMC-Test Software

The simple python program amc_test.py can be used to send individual commands to the AMC system. It sends hexadecimal commands to the AMC controller board (AMContr_R3).

Caution: The firmware version 6 (2.1.6) is required on the AMC controller!

Examples

Send the standard command ("center" = 0x07) over the standard serial port /dev/ttyS0 to the standard AMC controller (with address 0x65) and select the standard stepper motor driver card (0).

./amc_test.py

Send the standard command ("center" = 0x07) over the serial port /dev/ttyS1 to the AMC controller with address 40 and select the stepper motor driver card 1.

./amc_test.py -d /dev/ttyS1 -a 40 -b 1

Move relative in X direction:

./amc_test.py -c move_rel_x 100

./amc_test.py -c move_rel_x -100

./amc_test.py -d /dev/ttyS1 -a 40 -b 1 -c move_rel_x 0x1234

Move relative in Y direction:

./amc_test.py -c move_rel_y 100

./amc_test.py -c move_rel_y -100

./amc_test.py -d /dev/ttyS1 -a 40 -b 1 -c move_rel_y 0x1234

Move relative in X and in Y direction:

./amc_test.py -c move_rel_xy 100 -200

Move absolute in X and in Y direction:

./amc_test.py -c move_abs 1000 -2000

Stop moving:

./amc_test.py -c stop

Show detailed status:

./amc_test.py -v 3 -c status

Send the raw command 0x07 = "center" over the serial port /dev/ttyS1 with host computer ID 0xf7 to the AMC controller with address 0x65 (101) and select stepper motor driver 0. Produce verbose output.

./amc_test.py -d /dev/ttyS1 -a 0x65 -b 0 -i 0xf7 -v 3 -c raw 0x7