api_low.md

Low-Level API - driveboard.py

This module does all the serial communication. It knows the hardware protocol and provides a low-level API for talking to the hardware. It can perfectly well be used from the python CLI or in custom python scripts.

Example Usage

This example show how to run a job file.

import driveboard, time
driveboard.connect()
driveboard.jobfile("../library/lasersaur.dba")
while not driveboard.status()['ready']:
    time.sleep(1)
    print str(driveboard.status()['progress']*100) + '%'
    sys.stdout.write('.')
driveboard.close()

drivboard.py API

find_controller()
connect()
connected()
close()

flash()
build()
reset()
status()

homing()
feedrate(val)
intensity(val)
duration(val)
pixelwidth(val)
realtive()
absolute()
move(x, y, z)
rastermove(x, y, z)
rasterdata(data, start, end)
job(job)

pause()
unpause()
stop()
unstop()

air_on()
air_off()
aux_on()
aux_off()

pulse()

set_offset_table()
set_offset_custom()
def_offset_table(x, y, z)
def_offset_custom(x, y, z)
sel_offset_table()
sel_offset_custom()