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zaber_motion.ascii
AccelTypeAlertEventAllAxesAxisAxisGroupAxisIdentityAxisSettingsAxisStorageAxisTypeConnectionConversionFactorDeviceDeviceIdentityDeviceIODeviceIOInfoDeviceSettingsDeviceStorageDigitalOutputActionGetAxisSettingGetAxisSettingResultGetAxisSettingTypedResultGetSettingGetSettingResultGetSettingTypedResultIoPortLabelIoPortTypeLockstepMeasurementSequenceMessageTypeOscilloscopeOscilloscopeCapturePropertiesOscilloscopeDataOscilloscopeDataSourceParamsetInfoPidTuningPvtPvtAxisDefinitionPvtAxisTypePvtBufferPvtBufferAxisUnitsPvtCallActionPvtCancelAllOutputsScheduleActionPvtCancelOutputScheduleActionPvtCsvDataPvtIoPvtModePvtPartialCsvDataPvtPartialPointPvtPartialSequenceItemPvtPointPvtSequencePvtSequenceItemPvtSetAllAnalogOutputsActionPvtSetAllDigitalOutputsActionPvtSetAnalogOutputActionPvtSetDigitalOutputActionResponseServoTunerServoTuningParamServoTuningParamsetSetStateAxisResponseSetStateDeviceResponseSettingConstantsSimpleTuningSimpleTuningParamDefinitionStreamStreamAxisDefinitionStreamAxisTypeStreamBufferStreamIoStreamModeStreamsTransportTriggerTriggerActionTriggerConditionTriggerEnabledStateTriggerOperationTriggersTriggerStateTypedSettingUnknownResponseEventWarningFlagsWarnings
zaber_motion.binary
BinarySettingsCommandCodeConnectionDeviceDeviceIdentityDeviceSettingsDeviceTypeErrorCodeMessageReplyCodeReplyOnlyEventUnknownResponseEvent
zaber_motion.exceptions
MotionLibExceptionBadCommandExceptionBadDataExceptionBinaryCommandFailedExceptionBinaryCommandFailedExceptionDataCommandFailedExceptionCommandFailedExceptionDataCommandPreemptedExceptionCommandTooLongExceptionCommandTooLongExceptionDataConnectionClosedExceptionConnectionFailedExceptionConversionFailedExceptionDeviceAddressConflictExceptionDeviceAddressConflictExceptionDataDeviceBusyExceptionDeviceDbFailedExceptionDeviceDbFailedExceptionDataDeviceDbInnerErrorDeviceDetectionFailedExceptionDeviceFailedExceptionDeviceNotIdentifiedExceptionDriverDisabledExceptionGCodeExecutionExceptionGCodeExecutionExceptionDataGCodeSyntaxExceptionGCodeSyntaxExceptionDataGe1xGripperMovementFailedExceptionIncompatibleSharedLibraryExceptionInternalErrorExceptionInvalidArgumentExceptionInvalidCsvDataExceptionInvalidDataExceptionInvalidOperationExceptionInvalidPacketExceptionInvalidPacketExceptionDataInvalidParkStateExceptionInvalidPvtPointInvalidRequestDataExceptionInvalidResponseExceptionInvalidResponseExceptionDataIoChannelOutOfRangeExceptionIoFailedExceptionLockstepEnabledExceptionLockstepNotEnabledExceptionMovementFailedExceptionMovementFailedExceptionDataMovementInterruptedExceptionMovementInterruptedExceptionDataNoDeviceFoundExceptionNotSupportedExceptionNoValueForKeyExceptionOperationFailedExceptionOperationFailedExceptionDataOsFailedExceptionOutOfRequestIdsExceptionPvtDiscontinuityExceptionPvtExecutionExceptionPvtExecutionExceptionDataPvtModeExceptionPvtMovementFailedExceptionPvtMovementFailedExceptionDataPvtMovementInterruptedExceptionPvtMovementInterruptedExceptionDataPvtSequenceGenerationFailedExceptionPvtSetupFailedExceptionRemoteModeExceptionRequestTimeoutExceptionSerialPortBusyExceptionSetDeviceStateExceptionDataSetDeviceStateFailedExceptionSetPeripheralStateExceptionDataSetPeripheralStateFailedExceptionStreamDiscontinuityExceptionStreamExecutionExceptionStreamExecutionExceptionDataStreamModeExceptionStreamMovementFailedExceptionStreamMovementFailedExceptionDataStreamMovementInterruptedExceptionStreamMovementInterruptedExceptionDataStreamSetupFailedExceptionTimeoutExceptionTransportAlreadyUsedExceptionUnknownRequestException
zaber_motion.gcode
AxisDefinitionAxisMappingAxisTransformationDeviceDefinitionOfflineTranslatorTranslateMessageTranslateResultTranslatorTranslatorConfig
zaber_motion.microscopy
AutofocusAutofocusStatusCameraTriggerFilterChangerIlluminatorIlluminatorChannelMicroscopeMicroscopeConfigObjectiveChangerThirdPartyComponentsWdiAutofocusProviderWdiAutofocusProviderStatus
zaber_motion.movement
DefaultMotionUnitsMoveable
zaber_motion.product
Ge1xGripperGe1xGripperDirectionGe1xGripperErrorGe1xGripperStateProcessProcessControllerProcessControllerModeProcessControllerSourceProcessControllerSourceSensor
zaber_motion
AxisAddressChannelAddressCyclicDirectionDeviceDbSourceDeviceDbSourceTypeDeviceDiscoveryResultDevicePortTypeFirmwareVersionLibraryLogOutputModeMeasurementMeasurementOrValueNamedParameterRotationDirectionSerialPortDetailsSerialPortUsbInfoToolsUnitConversionDescriptorUnitsUnitTable
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API Reference v10.1.0

Measurementdata class

Module: zaber_motion

Represents a numerical value with optional units specified.

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

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pProperties

Properties

p

value

measurement.value
float Value of the measurement.
p

unit

optional
measurement.unit
Optional[UnitsAndLiterals] Optional units of measure. If not set, most functions assume device native units as the default. Some contexts, such as the Movable class allow you to specify custom default units.