libgs.hardware.RotatorBase¶

class libgs.hardware.RotatorBase[source]¶

Base class for any rotator hardware interface

The following configuration parameters can be changed by any derived class in order to appropriately configure the rotator

Parameter	Description
STOWED_AZ	Azimuth to move antenna to when stowing
STOWED_EL	Elevation to move antenna to when stowing
BEAMWIDTH	Antenna beamwidth (used when calculating granularity of antenna movements)
MAX_AZ	Maximum allowed Azimuth
MIN_AZ	Minimum allowed Azimuth
MAX_EL	Maximum allowed Elevation
MIN_EL	Minimum allowed Elevation
SLEW_TIMEOUT	Max time to wait while waiting for slewing to complete

Methods

`azel_err`(az, el)
`azel_to_antenna_angles`(pdat[, cont_track_method])	From a table of az/el pointings, compute a new table that minimises the amount of movements while keeping the off-pointing within the antenna beamwidth
`get_azel`()
`get_azel_rate`()
`in_pos`([az, el])	Check if antenna is in position
`set_azel`(az, el, block)
`set_azel_rate`(az, el, block)
`stow`([block])	Stow antenna

Attributes

`BEAMWIDTH`	Antenna beamwidth
`MAX_AZ`	Maximum allowd azimuth command
`MAX_EL`	Maximum allowed elevation command
`MIN_AZ`	Minimum allowed azimuth command
`MIN_EL`	Minimum allowed elevation command
`SLEW_TIMEOUT`	Slewing Timeout (s)
`STOWED_AZ`	Stowed position
`STOWED_EL`
`az`
`azel`
`cmd_az`
`cmd_el`
`el`
`name`