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zaber_motion.ascii
AlertEventAllAxesAxisAxisGroupAxisIdentityAxisSettingsAxisStorageAxisTypeConnectionConversionFactorDeviceDeviceIdentityDeviceIODeviceIOInfoDeviceSettingsDeviceStorageDigitalOutputActionGetAxisSettingGetAxisSettingResultGetAxisSettingTypedResultGetSettingGetSettingResultGetSettingTypedResultIoPortLabelIoPortTypeLockstepMeasurementSequenceMessageTypeOscilloscopeOscilloscopeCapturePropertiesOscilloscopeDataOscilloscopeDataSourceParamsetInfoPidTuningPvtPvtAxisDefinitionPvtAxisTypePvtBufferPvtBufferAxisUnitsPvtCallActionPvtCancelAllOutputsScheduleActionPvtCancelOutputScheduleActionPvtCsvDataPvtIoPvtModePvtPartialCsvDataPvtPartialPointPvtPartialSequenceItemPvtPointPvtSequencePvtSequenceItemPvtSetAllAnalogOutputsActionPvtSetAllDigitalOutputsActionPvtSetAnalogOutputActionPvtSetDigitalOutputActionResponseServoTunerServoTuningParamServoTuningParamsetSetStateAxisResponseSetStateDeviceResponseSettingConstantsSimpleTuningSimpleTuningParamDefinitionStreamStreamAxisDefinitionStreamAxisTypeStreamBufferStreamIoStreamModeStreamsTransportTriggerTriggerActionTriggerConditionTriggerEnabledStateTriggerOperationTriggersTriggerStateTypedSettingUnknownResponseEventWarningFlagsWarnings
zaber_motion.binary
BinarySettingsCommandCodeConnectionDeviceDeviceIdentityDeviceSettingsDeviceTypeErrorCodeMessageReplyCodeReplyOnlyEventUnknownResponseEvent
zaber_motion.exceptions
MotionLibExceptionBinaryCommandFailedExceptionDataCommandFailedExceptionDataCommandTooLongExceptionDataDeviceAddressConflictExceptionDataDeviceDbFailedExceptionDataDeviceDbInnerErrorGCodeExecutionExceptionDataGCodeSyntaxExceptionDataInvalidPacketExceptionDataInvalidPvtPointInvalidResponseExceptionDataMovementFailedExceptionDataMovementInterruptedExceptionDataOperationFailedExceptionDataPvtExecutionExceptionDataPvtMovementFailedExceptionDataPvtMovementInterruptedExceptionDataSetDeviceStateExceptionDataSetPeripheralStateExceptionDataStreamExecutionExceptionDataStreamMovementFailedExceptionDataStreamMovementInterruptedExceptionData
zaber_motion.gcode
AxisDefinitionAxisMappingAxisTransformationDeviceDefinitionOfflineTranslatorTranslateMessageTranslateResultTranslatorTranslatorConfig
zaber_motion.microscopy
AutofocusAutofocusStatusCameraTriggerFilterChangerIlluminatorIlluminatorChannelMicroscopeMicroscopeConfigObjectiveChangerThirdPartyComponentsWdiAutofocusProviderWdiAutofocusProviderStatus
zaber_motion.product
Ge1xGripperGe1xGripperDirectionGe1xGripperErrorGe1xGripperStateProcessProcessControllerProcessControllerModeProcessControllerSourceProcessControllerSourceSensor
zaber_motion
AxisAddressChannelAddressCyclicDirectionDeviceDbSourceDeviceDbSourceTypeDeviceDiscoveryResultDevicePortTypeFirmwareVersionLibraryLogOutputModeMeasurementNamedParameterRotationDirectionToolsUnitConversionDescriptorUnitsUnitTable
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API Reference v9.2.0

MessageTypeenum

Module: zaber_motion.ascii

Denotes type of the response message. For more information refer to: ASCII Protocol Manual.

To use this type, add from zaber_motion.ascii import MessageType to the top of your source code.

NameValueDescription
MessageType.REPLY0A direct response to a command sent to the device.
MessageType.INFO1An additional data message supplementing a reply.
MessageType.ALERT2An unsolicited message from the device reporting a status change.