added a small program that test the Medicina mount in order to track down the...

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#!/usr/bin/env python

# " $Id: testTracking.py,v 1.2 2011-06-03 18:02:49 a.orlati Exp $ "

# This is a python test program that loads the Mount with a table of time tagged program track points.

# in order to test the mount capabilities to manage such an operating mode.

# the generated tracking curve is a sine function for both axis.

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#Andrea Orlati(a.orlati@ira.inaf.it)   28/07/2015     Creation

import getopt, sys

import Acspy.Common.Err

import maciErrType

import maciErrTypeImpl

import ClientErrorsImpl

import ACSLog

from Acspy.Clients.SimpleClient import PySimpleClient

from Acspy.Common.TimeHelper import getTimeStamp

from Acspy.Common.EpochHelper import EpochHelper

from Acspy.Common.DurationHelper import DurationHelper

import string

import math

import time

def usage():

    print "testTracking [-h|--help] [-g|--gap=] [-n|--points=] [-a|--amplitude=] [-t|--period=] [-o|off=]"

    print ""

    print "[-h|--help]        displays this help"

    print "[-g|--gap=]        allows to give the gap, in second, between each cycle [default 300]"

    print "[-c|--cycles=]     allows to give how many cycles will be performed [default 50]"

def main():

    MAXSPEED=0.5

    try:

        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:],"hg:c:",["help","gap=","cycles="])

    except getopt.GetoptError, err:

        print str(err)

        usage()

        sys.exit(1)

    gap=300

    cycles=50

    for o, a in opts:

        if o in ("-h", "--help"):

            usage()

            sys.exit()

        elif o in ("-g", "--gap"):

            gap = string.atoi(a)

        elif o in ("-c", "--cycles"):

            cycles = string.atoi(a)

    #get the link to the mountcomponent

    simpleClient = PySimpleClient()

    compName=""

    compType = "IDL:alma/Antenna/MedicinaMount:1.0"

    try:

        component=simpleClient.getDefaultComponent(compType)

        compName=component._get_name()

    except Exception , ex:

        newEx = ClientErrorsImpl.CouldntAccessComponentExImpl( exception=ex, create=1 )

        newEx.setComponentName(compType)

        newEx.log(simpleClient.getLogger(),ACSLog.ACS_LOG_ERROR)

        sys.exit(1)  

    azimuth=175.0

    span=10.0

    elevation=55.0

    points=200

    step=span/points    

    gapS=1000000

    for index in range(cycles):

    	#get current time

    	ctime=getTimeStamp().value

    	ctH=EpochHelper(ctime)

    	print "current time: %02d:%02d:%02d.%06d\t" % (ctH.hour(),ctH.minute(),ctH.second(),ctH.microSecond())

    	for p in range(points):

    		x=azimuth+step*p

    		y=elevation

    		ctime=ctime+gapS*p

        	tH=EpochHelper(ctime)

        	print "%02d:%02d:%02d.%06d\t\t%lf\t%lf" % (tH.hour(),tH.minute(),tH.second(),tH.microSecond(),x,y)

        	try:

            	if (p==0):

                	component.programTrack(x,y,ctime,1)

            	else:

                	component.programTrack(x,y,ctime,0)

        	except Exception , ex:

            	newEx = ClientErrorsImpl.CouldntPerformActionExImpl( exception=ex, create=1 )

            	newEx.setAction("programTrack")

            	newEx.log(simpleClient.getLogger(),ACSLog.ACS_LOG_ERROR)

            	sys.exit(1)

      		time.sleep(gap)

    if not (compName==""):

        simpleClient.releaseComponent(compName)     

    simpleClient.disconnect()

if __name__=="__main__":

   main()

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