Newport MKS HXP Series - HXP Command Interface Examples; Python Script Example for HXP Commands

HXP Command Interface Manual
3.0 Examples
3.1 Python Script
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# No part of this file in any format, with or without modification
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# Description: This is a sample Python Script to illustrate how to
execute
# "query” commands.
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#Initialization Start The script within Initialization Start and
#Initialization End is needed for #properly
#Command Interface DLL for HXP #instrument. The user should copy this
code as
#is and specify correct paths here.
import sys
import time
#Command Interface DLL can be found here.
sys.path.append(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Newport\MotionControl\HXP\Bin')
# The CLR module provide functions for interacting with the underlying
# .NET runtime
import clr
# Add reference to assembly and import names from namespace (IronPython)
clr.AddReferenceToFile("Newport.HXP.CommandInterface.dll")
from CommandInterface HXP import *
import System
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# Instrument Initialization
# The key should have double slashes since
# (one of them is escape character)
address="192.168.33.3"
port=5001
# Create an HXP instance
hxp = HXP()
print '--------------- General data ---------------'
# Connect and open a socket
result = hxp.
OpenInstrument(address, port, 1000)
if result == 0 :
print 'Connection ', address, ":", port, " => Successful"
else:
print 'Connection ', address, ":", port, " => failure ", result
# Get controller revision information
result, response, errString = hxp.FirmwareVersionGet()
if result == 0 :
print 'Controller version: ', response
else:
print 'Error=>',errString
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