Graphical User Interface (GUI)ΒΆ

Autolab is provided with a user-friendly graphical interface based on the Device interface, that allows the user to interact even more easily with its instruments. It can be used only for local configurations (see local_config).

The GUI has three panels : a Control Panel that allows to see visually the architecture of a Device, and to interact with an instrument through the Variables and Actions. The Monitoring Panel allows the user to monitor a Variable in time. The Scanning Panel allows the user to configure the scan of a parameter and the execution of a custom recipe for each value of the parameter.

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Control panel

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Monitoring panel

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Scanning panel

To start the GUI from a Python shell, call the function gui of the package:

>>> import autolab
>>> autolab.gui()

To start the GUI from an OS shell, call:

>>> autolab gui