Zaber Motion Control Code

Installation

Install python if you have not already. Additionally, install these libraries.

# install the library (only needs to be done once)
py -3 -m pip install --user zaber-motion
py -3 -m pip install pySerial

Next, clone this repository into a suitable location.

git clone https://github.com/Alice-Xiong/magnet_mapper_control.git {name of folder}

How to Run

Install the graphical launcher to view the serial port and establish connections.

Run main.py as following:

• Open command terminal in the directory where you loaded these files
• The following command opens a user menu to change the profile and run the mapper. You can also open the 'config.json' file to change configs directly.

py -3 main.py -c {config_filename} -p {profile_name}

Make sure to check device manager and change your serial ports to the ones used by Zaber and Arduino.

Code Documentation

The following GitHub Pages site contains documentation to all classes in this project.

https://alice-xiong.github.io/magnet_mapper_control/

The project final report is also linked in the documentation webpage.

Further Reading

Documentation Links:

Zaber Developer Portal