# Guitastro Device Quickaudine library GUITAstro stands for General Use of Instruments and Telescopes in ASTROnomy. GuitAstro is a Python module that provides classes and methods to write easily Python scripts for astronomical observations. [GIT repository: https://gitlab.irap.omp.eu/guitastrolib/guitastro.git](https://gitlab.irap.omp.eu/guitastrolib/guitastro.git) Guitastro device Quickaudine complete Guitastro to provide access to Quickaudine camera drivers: [GIT repository: https://gitlab.irap.omp.eu/guitastrolib/guitastro_device_quickaudine.git](https://gitlab.irap.omp.eu/guitastrolib/guitastro_device_quickaudine.git) ## Few basic examples of use First example: To connect a Quickaudine controler and acquire an image: ``` import guitastro import guitastro_device_quickaudine dev = Device_Quickaudine("QUICKAUDINE", name="Quickaudine") dev.open(True) dev.commandstring("camera SET exptime 0.1") dev.commandstring("camera DO ACQ START") while True: timer = dev.commandstring(camera GET timer) if timer == -1: break time.sleep(1) ima = dev.component('camera').ima ima.save("my_image.fit") ``` ## Guitastro functionalities GuitAstro device Quickaudine wraps the driver functions dispatched into the classes: - **Device_Quickaudine**: Manage device Quickaudine drivers. This class inheritate from the classes Component* of Guitastro. As a consequece, it is needed to install Guitastro before using Guitastro Quickaudine. Moreover, this class imports internally a Python wrapper to use the needed libraries. You need to compile the python wrapper *wrapper_quickaudine*: ``` $ cd guitastro_device_quickaudine/src/wrapper_quickaudine $ python setup.py build_ext --inplace ``` A complete documentation can be generated from .rst files in the folder doc/doc_rst ## Support and contact The main author is alain.klotz@irap.omp.eu