Digital Switch

This device polls a DAQ digital input port and is used to notify the system that the state of the port has changed. Currently this is used by the Microscope device to determine when its objective lens has changed.

Configuration Options

Example configuration:

Switch:
    driver: 'DIOSwitch'
    channels:
        objective:
            device: 'DAQ'
            channel: '/Dev1/line12'  ## indicates the state of the objective switch
        PMT:
            device: 'DAQ'
            channel: '/Dev1/line6'   ## detects when PMT aperture is open
    interval: 300e-3  ## poll for changes every 300ms

Manager Interface

The Manager user interface for DIOSwitch devices simply displays the current state of each switch: