Dish Leaf Node¶

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.dish_leaf_node.DishLeafNode(*args, **kwargs)¶

A Leaf control node for DishMaster.

Device Properties

DishMasterFQDN:	FQDN of Dish Master Device

Attributes

ActivityMessage:
	String providing information about the current activity in DishLeaf Node.
DishHealthState:
	Forwarded attribute to provide Dishleafnode Health State
DishPointingState:
	Forwarded attribute to provide Dishleafnode Pointing State

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.setoperatemode_command.SetOperateMode(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s SetOperateMode() command.

Invokes SetOperateMode command on DishMaster.

do()¶

Method to invoke SetOperateMode command on DishMaster.

Parameters:	argin – None
Returns:	None
Raises:	DevFailed If error occurs while invoking SetOperateMode command on DishMaster.

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.setstandbyfpmode_command.SetStandbyFPMode(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s SetStandbyFPMode() command.

Invokes SetStandbyFPMode command on DishMaster (Standby-Full power) mode.

do()¶

Method to Invoke SetStandbyFPMode on DishMaster.

Parameters:	argin – None
Returns:	None
Raises:	DevFailed If error occurs while invoking SetStandbyFPMode command on DishMaster.

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.setstandbylpmode_command.SetStandbyLPMode(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s SetStandbyLPMode() command.

Invokes SetStandbyLPMode (i.e. Low Power State) command on DishMaster.

do()¶

Method to invoke SetStandbyLPMode command on DishMaster.

Parameters:	argin – None

:return:None

Raises:	DevFailed If error occurs while invoking SetStandbyLPMode command on DishMaster.

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.setstowmode_command.SetStowMode(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s SetStowMode() command.

do()¶

Invokes SetStowMode command on DishMaster.

Parameters:	argin – None
Returns:	None
Raises:	DevFailed If error occurs while invoking SetStowMode command on DishMaster.

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.configure_command.Configure(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s Configure() command.

Configures the Dish by setting pointing coordinates for a given scan. This function accepts the input json and calculate pointing parameters of Dish- Azimuth and Elevation Angle. Calculated parameters are again converted to json and fed to the dish master.

do(argin)¶

Method to invoke Configure command on dish.

Parameters:

argin –

A String in a JSON format that includes pointing parameters of Dish- Azimuth and Elevation Angle.

Example: {“pointing”:{“target”:{“system”:”ICRS”,”name”:”Polaris Australis”,”RA”:”21:08:47.92”,”dec”:”-88:57:22.9”}}, “dish”:{“receiverBand”:”1”}}

Raises: DevFailed If error occurs while invoking ConfigureBand<> command on DishMaster or if the json string contains invalid data.

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.scan_command.Scan(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s Scan() command.

do(argin)¶

Invokes Scan command on DishMaster.

Parameters:	argin – timestamp
Raises:	DevFailed If error occurs while invoking Scan command on DishMaster.

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.endscan_command.EndScan(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s EndScan() command.

do(argin)¶

Invokes Endscan command on DishMaster.

Parameters:	argin – timestamp
Raises:	DevFailed If error occurs while invoking StopCapture command on DishMaster.

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.slew_command.Slew(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s SlewCommand() command.

Invokes Slew command on DishMaster to slew the dish towards the set pointing coordinates.

do(argin)¶

Method to invoke Slew command on Dish Master.

Parameters:	argin – list [0] = Azimuth, in degrees [1] = Elevation, in degrees
Raises:	DevFailed If error occurs while invoking Slew command on DishMaster.

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.startcapture_command.StartCapture(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s StartCapture() command.

do(argin)¶

Invokes StartCapture command on DishMaster on the set configured band.

Parameters:	argin – timestamp
Raises:	DevFailed If error occurs while invoking StartCapture command on DishMaster.

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.stopcapture_command.StopCapture(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s StopCapture() command.

do(argin)¶

Invokes StopCapture command on DishMaster on the set configured band.

Parameters:	argin – timestamp
Raises:	DevFailed If error occurs while invoking StopCapture command on DishMaster.

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.stoptrack_command.StopTrack(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s StopTrack() command.

do()¶

Invokes StopTrack command on the DishMaster.

Parameters:	argin – None
Returns:	None
Raises:	DevFailed If error occurs while invoking TrackStop command on DishMaster.

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.track_command.Track(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s Track() command.

do(argin)¶

Invokes Track command on the DishMaster.

Parameters:

argin –

DevString The elevation limit thread allows Dish to track a source till the observation capacity i.e. elevation limit of dish.

The tracking time thread allows dish to track a source for the prespecified Track Duration (provided elevation limit is not reached).

For Track command, argin to be provided is the Ra and Dec values in the following JSON format:

{“pointing”:{“target”:{“system”:”ICRS”,”name”:”Polaris Australis”,”RA”:”21:08:47.92”,”dec”:”-88:57:22.9”}}, “dish”:{“receiverBand”:”1”}}

Raises: DevFailed If error occurs while invoking Track command on DishMaster.

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.abort_command.Abort(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s Abort command.

do()¶

Invokes Abort command on the DishMaster.

Parameters:	argin – None
Returns:	None
Raises:	DevFailed If error occurs while invoking TrackStop command on DishMaster.

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.restart_command.Restart(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s Restart command.

Invokes Restart command on the DishMaster.

do()¶

Method to invoke Restart command on the DishMaster.

Parameters:	argin – None
Returns:	None
Raises:	DevFailed If error occurs while invoking StopCapture command on DishMaster.

class tmcprototype.dishleafnode.src.dishleafnode.obsreset_command.ObsReset(*args, **kwargs)¶

A class for DishLeafNode’s ObsReset command.

do()¶

Invokes ObsReset command on the DishMaster.

Parameters:	argin – None
Returns:	None
Raises:	DevFailed If error occurs while invoking StopCapture command on DishMaster.