ObsInterface Tango Device

Provides the Tango interface for a SKA device with an Observation State.

Properties

ObsInterface.LoggingLevelDefault

Default logging level at device startup.

Data type:: DevUShort
Default value:: 4

ObsInterface.LoggingTargetsDefault

Default logging targets at device startup.

Data type:: DevVarStringArray
Default value:: [‘tango::logger’]

Attributes

ObsInterface.State

The operational state of the device as enumeration.

Access:: READ
Data type:: DevState
Data format:: SCALAR

ObsInterface.Status

More detailed textual information about the device’s status.

Access:: READ
Data type:: DevString
Data format:: SCALAR

ObsInterface.adminMode

The Admin Mode of the device.

Set by a client to mark the device for science or only engineering.

Access:: READ_WRITE
Data type:: DevEnum
Data format:: SCALAR

ObsInterface.buildState

Read the Build State of the device.

Access:: READ
Data type:: DevString
Data format:: SCALAR

ObsInterface.commandedObsState

The last commanded stable Observation State of the device.

Initial value is EMPTY. The only stable states it can change to are EMPTY, IDLE, READY or ABORTED, following the start of any state transition command.

Access:: READ
Data type:: DevEnum
Data format:: SCALAR

ObsInterface.configurationDelayExpected

The expected configuration delay of the device in seconds.

Access:: READ
Data type:: DevUShort
Data format:: SCALAR
Unit:: seconds

ObsInterface.configurationProgress

The percentage configuration progress of the device.

Access:: READ
Data type:: DevUShort
Data format:: SCALAR
Unit:: %

ObsInterface.healthInfo

Read the Health Info of the device.

It provides an explanation for the currently reported Health State

Access:: READ
Data type:: DevString
Data format:: SPECTRUM
Max_dim_x:: 256

ObsInterface.healthState

Read the Health State of the device.

It interprets the current device condition and condition of all managed devices to set this.

Access:: READ
Data type:: DevEnum
Data format:: SCALAR

ObsInterface.loggingLevel

Read the logging level of the device.

Initialises to LoggingLevelDefault on startup. See LoggingLevel

Access:: READ_WRITE
Data type:: DevEnum
Data format:: SCALAR

ObsInterface.loggingTargets

Read the additional logging targets of the device.

Note that this excludes the handlers provided by the ska_ser_logging library defaults - initialises to LoggingTargetsDefault on startup.

Access:: READ_WRITE
Data type:: DevString
Data format:: SPECTRUM
Max_dim_x:: 4

ObsInterface.obsState

The Observation State of the device.

Access:: READ
Data type:: DevEnum
Data format:: SCALAR

ObsInterface.versionId

Read the Version Id of the device.

Access:: READ
Data type:: DevString
Data format:: SCALAR

Commands

ObsInterface.GetVersionInfo() → DevVarStringArray

Get the version information of the device.

Returns:: The device class name and its package information.

ObsInterface.Init() → DevVoid: Reinitialise the Tango device.