navigate.model.device_startup_functions.start_filter_wheel
- navigate.model.device_startup_functions.start_filter_wheel(microscope_name, device_connection, configuration, id=0, is_synthetic=False, plugin_devices={})
Initializes the filter wheel class on a dedicated thread.
Initializes the filter wheel: SutterFilterWheel, ASI, and SyntheticFilterWheel.
- Parameters:
microscope_name (str) – Name of microscope in configuration
device_connection (object) – Hardware device to connect to
configuration (multiprocesing.managers.DictProxy) – Global configuration of the microscope
id (int) – Index of filter_wheel in the configuration dictionary
is_synthetic (bool) – Run synthetic version of hardware?
plugin_devices (dict) – Dictionary of plugin devices
- Returns:
FilterWheel – FilterWheel class.
- Return type:
class
Examples
>>> start_filter_wheel(microscope_name, device_connection, configuration, is_synthetic=False)