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zaber_motion.ascii
AlertEventAllAxesAxisAxisGroupAxisIdentityAxisSettingsAxisStorageAxisTypeConnectionConversionFactorDeviceDeviceIdentityDeviceIODeviceIOInfoDeviceSettingsDeviceStorageDigitalOutputActionGetAxisSettingGetAxisSettingResultGetSettingGetSettingResultIoPortLabelIoPortTypeLockstepMeasurementSequenceMessageTypeOscilloscopeOscilloscopeCapturePropertiesOscilloscopeDataOscilloscopeDataSourceParamsetInfoPidTuningPvtPvtAxisDefinitionPvtAxisTypePvtBufferPvtCallActionPvtCancelAllOutputsScheduleActionPvtCancelOutputScheduleActionPvtCsvDataPvtIoPvtModePvtPartialCsvDataPvtPartialPointPvtPartialSequenceItemPvtPointPvtSequencePvtSequenceItemPvtSetAllAnalogOutputsActionPvtSetAllDigitalOutputsActionPvtSetAnalogOutputActionPvtSetDigitalOutputActionResponseServoTunerServoTuningParamServoTuningParamsetSetStateAxisResponseSetStateDeviceResponseSettingConstantsSimpleTuningSimpleTuningParamDefinitionStreamStreamAxisDefinitionStreamAxisTypeStreamBufferStreamIoStreamModeStreamsTransportTriggerTriggerActionTriggerConditionTriggerEnabledStateTriggerOperationTriggersTriggerStateUnknownResponseEventWarningFlagsWarnings
zaber_motion.binary
BinarySettingsCommandCodeConnectionDeviceDeviceIdentityDeviceSettingsDeviceTypeErrorCodeMessageReplyCodeReplyOnlyEventUnknownResponseEvent
zaber_motion.exceptions
MotionLibExceptionBinaryCommandFailedExceptionDataCommandFailedExceptionDataCommandTooLongExceptionDataDeviceAddressConflictExceptionDataDeviceDbFailedExceptionDataDeviceDbInnerErrorGCodeExecutionExceptionDataGCodeSyntaxExceptionDataInvalidPacketExceptionDataInvalidPvtPointInvalidResponseExceptionDataMovementFailedExceptionDataMovementInterruptedExceptionDataOperationFailedExceptionDataPvtExecutionExceptionDataPvtMovementFailedExceptionDataPvtMovementInterruptedExceptionDataSetDeviceStateExceptionDataSetPeripheralStateExceptionDataStreamExecutionExceptionDataStreamMovementFailedExceptionDataStreamMovementInterruptedExceptionData
zaber_motion.gcode
AxisDefinitionAxisMappingAxisTransformationDeviceDefinitionOfflineTranslatorTranslateMessageTranslateResultTranslatorTranslatorConfig
zaber_motion.microscopy
AutofocusAutofocusStatusCameraTriggerFilterChangerIlluminatorIlluminatorChannelMicroscopeMicroscopeConfigObjectiveChangerThirdPartyComponentsWdiAutofocusProviderWdiAutofocusProviderStatus
zaber_motion.product
ProcessProcessControllerProcessControllerModeProcessControllerSourceProcessControllerSourceSensor
zaber_motion
AxisAddressChannelAddressCyclicDirectionDeviceDbSourceDeviceDbSourceTypeDeviceDiscoveryResultDevicePortTypeFirmwareVersionLibraryLogOutputModeMeasurementNamedParameterRotationDirectionToolsUnitConversionDescriptorUnitsUnitTable
SupportBinary Protocol (Legacy)
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API Reference v9.0.0

DeviceTypeenum

Module: zaber_motion.binary

Denotes type of an device and units it accepts.

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

NameValueDescription
DeviceType.UNKNOWN0Device type could not be determined.
DeviceType.LINEAR1A linear device that accepts length units for position.
DeviceType.ROTARY2A rotary device that accepts angle units for position.
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