toptica-lasersdk get()?

awallin

Hi, somewhat offtopic, but I am hoping someone here has used the toptica-lasersdk python library.

I am trying to read the 'io:fine-1' parameter with the python SDK.
Following the example from here https://toptica.github.io/python-lasersdk/examples.html#asynchronous-api-example
(communications and getting serial-number etc. works to the device)

I am trying to read the parameter with
result = client.get('io:fine-1', float)

but this gives me an error:

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/toptica/lasersdk/decop.py", line 190, in decode_value
raise DecopValueError(result, float)
toptica.lasersdk.decop.DecopValueError: Failed to convert '(-0.0028926016624332466)' to type '<class 'float'>'

thanks for any help/suggestions,
Anders

rjo

TOPTICA should be happy to support their products.
If you are in fact using the lasersdk-artiq wrapper (it looks like you are not), then it would be "float".

awallin

This was resolved, the parameter to ask for is "io:fine-1:value-act"

what are the benefits of using the lasersdk-artiq wrapper?