navigate.model.device_startup_functions.start_stage
- navigate.model.device_startup_functions.start_stage(microscope_name, device_connection, configuration, id=0, is_synthetic=False, plugin_devices={})
Initializes the Stage class. Proper stage types include PI, MP285, Thorlabs, MCL, ASI, GalvoNIStage, and SyntheticStage.
- 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) – ID of the stage
is_synthetic (bool) – Run synthetic version of hardware?
plugin_devices (dict) – Dictionary of plugin devices
- Returns:
Stage – Stage class.
- Return type:
class
Examples
>>> start_stage(microscope_name, device_connection, configuration, id=0, is_synthetic=False)