Release Notes

Version 0.3.0:

• Release Date: 2015-11-05

  • New RotaryMagnet class.
  • New Keithley6485 class.
  • New PylonCCDTriggered class.
  • Plotter now supports shrinking method to improve plot window appearance.
  • MarCCD now supports binning (changing the acquired image size).
  • New LinkamCI94 class.
  • Fix handling MarCCD delays.
  • Pseudo counter now does not crash if the user formula raises exception.
  • Pseudo motors now support setting the reference position and getting limits.
  • E5CK now supports programming ramps with the raw IOC table.
  • E5CK now has PID methods.
  • E5CK now has a method to check if the ramp is paused and to read the power.
  • New LakeShore331 class.
  • Plotter now supports updating the plot title.
  • Plotter now has a method to check if the window was closed.
  • Shutters used by MarCCD were moved to their own file and can be generally used.
  • Fixed invalid exception in the mesh function.
  • Motor class now has methods for performing homing.
  • Removed warning from Kepco BOP documentation, since it’s correctly working.
  • Fixes in motor set/use mode logic.
  • New Pilatus class.
  • Other minor bug fixes.

Version 0.2.1:

• Release Date: 2015-03-18

  • Scan and Mesh now support a Delay array as optional parameter.
  • New Pseudo-Counters class.
  • New PylonCCD class.
  • New library dependency - LMFit 0.8.3 or higher.
  • New fit function based on LMFit package.
  • New 1-D Total Variation Denoising function.
  • New Partial Write behaviour in scan through the setPartial Write configuration.
  • New interface for custom data output - FileWriter.
  • Default writer set to DefaultWriter - PyMCA/SPEC-like data output.
  • Pre and Post scan callbacks are available without the need to rewrite code from Py4Syn.
  • Scan now returns the fit data and fit results also.
  • PostPointCallback was never being called on Mesh and Timescan.
  • Positions and Indexes array in callbacks were never being cleaned.
  • Updates on MarCCD class.
  • KepcoBOP is now a IScannable.
  • Fix on scan YFIELD when no counters were present.
  • Fix on Plotter valid axes count.
  • Fix on Scan XField and YField when running on iPython.
  • Improvements on documentations.
  • General performance improvements.

Version 0.2.0:

• Release Date: 2014-11-19

  • Fixed some documentation issues.
  • Keithley now supports Time Preset when needed.
  • Fixed bug on scan and mesh when count time was not integer.

Version 0.1.9:

• Release Date: 2014-10-31

  • Fixed some documentation issues.
  • Added Release Notes to online documentation and PDF.
  • Added option to choose wether or not to Fit the Scan Data.
  • New format routine at Scan Module to print data using scientific format where needed.
  • Upgrade on Mythen class to work as a Countable Device.
  • Upgrade on Shutter class to select the if the operation is direct or inverse.
  • Adjusts on Counter module to accept arrays as return.
  • Adjusts on ICountable Interface to set Infinty as 32bits.
  • Added array support to plotter, improvements on performance.
  • Added RRBV and RVAL fields to Motor and PseudoMotor classes.
  • Removing unused prints at Plotter module.

Version 0.1.8:

• Release Date: 2014-10-21

  • Fixed scannable device position in scan, was getting the setpoint and not the real value.
  • Added Simulated Countable Device.
  • Now the plotter supports multiple plots in one windows and also axis overlay.
  • Improvements in Documentation.

Version 0.1.7:

• Release Date: 2014-10-11

  • Fixed error on ScanToFile, the columns count were not counting the user defined data fields. This could lead to a problem in the file analysis using PyMCA like tools.

Version 0.1.6:

• Release Date: 2014-10-11

  • Possibility to set the default plotter as a daemon process at Scan Module.
  • Variable time for each point and proper documentation.
  • Keithley6514 - OneMeasure field added allowing better precision with lower deadtime.
  • MANIFEST - removed dist folder.

Version 0.1.5:

• Release Date: 2014-10-07

  • Kepco BOP power supply class added.
  • Adjusts in scan callbacks.
  • Added user defined fields.
  • Moved timescan to the scan module.
  • Added the possibility to disable or enable counters.
  • Removed empty lines from motor functions.

Version 0.1.4:

• Release Date: 2014-09-26

  • New class CountablePV to provide ICountable functionality to any PV.
  • Added wait method to ICountable Interface that was missing.
  • Refactor in CanPerformMovementCalc from MotorClass
  • Fixed problem when FILENAME was equals to empty at Scan Module.
  • Adjusted ScanToFile header and separator to work with PyMCA and NewPlot.
  • Created Getter and Setter for all Global Variables.
  • Adjusted Fit Class to return the value of other statistics either if was not possible to fit the gaussian.
  • Sometimes the Scaler value returned was one before the last. Fixed with auto_monitor = False on S# pvs.
  • Improvements on Scan Documentation.
  • Added CountablePV documentation.

Version 0.1.3b:

• Release Date: 2014-09-22

  • Getters and Setters for Globals on scan module.
  • Added support for ICountable on Keithley.
  • Added the EPEL Repo step to Setup Documentation.
  • Updated the examples to change the callbacks in Scan Documentation.

Version 0.1.2b:

• Release Date: 2014-09-17

  • Fixed bug on Plotter.
  • Fixed bug on scan, when interrupted was not saving data correctly and was not able to calculate the elapsed time.

Version 0.1.1b:

• Release Date: 2014-09-16

  • Fixed bug in FitGauss, under a certain condition data was not returning.
  • Fixed bug in PseudoMotorClass, after moving mtrDB to py4syn __init__ PseudoMotor reference was not updated.
  • Improves in documentation.

Version 0.1.0b:

• Release Date: 2014-09-15

  • Beta Version Released