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API Reference v9.2.0

AxisStorageclass

Module: zaber_motion.ascii

Class providing access to axis storage. Requires at least Firmware 7.30.

The following example illustrates how you can obtain an instance of this type:

from zaber_motion.ascii import Connection

connection = Connection.open_serial_port('COM3')
device = connection.get_device(1)
axis = device.get_axis(1)
axis_storage = axis.storage

Index

mMethods

Methods

m

erase_key()

async available
axis_storage.erase_key(key)
Erases the axis value stored at the provided key.
Arguments
NameTypeDescription
keystrKey to erase.
Return Value
bool A boolean indicating if the key existed.
m

get_bool()

async available
axis_storage.get_bool(key)
Gets the value at the provided key interpreted as a boolean.
Arguments
NameTypeDescription
keystrKey to get the value at.
Return Value
bool Stored value.
m

get_number()

async available
axis_storage.get_number(key)
Gets the value at the provided key interpreted as a number.
Arguments
NameTypeDescription
keystrKey to get the value at.
Return Value
float Stored value.
m

get_string()

async available
axis_storage.get_string(key, decode = False)
Gets the axis value stored with the provided key.
Arguments
NameTypeDescription
keystrKey to read the value of.
decodeboolWhether the stored value should be decoded. Only use this when reading values set by storage.set with "encode" true.
Return Value
str Stored value.
m

key_exists()

async available
axis_storage.key_exists(key)
Determines whether a given key exists in axis storage.
Arguments
NameTypeDescription
keystrKey which existence to determine.
Return Value
bool True indicating that the key exists, false otherwise.
m

list_keys()

async available
axis_storage.list_keys(prefix = None)
Lists the axis storage keys matching a given prefix. Omit the prefix to list all the keys.
Arguments
NameTypeDescription
prefixOptional[str]Optional key prefix.
Return Value
List[str] Storage keys matching the given prefix.
m

set_bool()

async available
axis_storage.set_bool(key, value)
Sets the value at the provided key to the provided boolean.
Arguments
NameTypeDescription
keystrKey to set the value at.
valueboolValue to set.
m

set_number()

async available
axis_storage.set_number(key, value)
Sets the value at the provided key to the provided number.
Arguments
NameTypeDescription
keystrKey to set the value at.
valuefloatValue to set.
m

set_string()

async available
axis_storage.set_string(key, value, encode = False)
Sets the axis value stored at the provided key.
Arguments
NameTypeDescription
keystrKey to set the value at.
valuestrValue to set.
encodeboolWhether the stored value should be base64 encoded before being stored. This makes the string unreadable to humans using the ASCII protocol, however, values stored this way can be of any length and use non-ASCII and protocol reserved characters.