UI to control a Lakeshore 336 temperature controller.
Install from Github via
pip install git+https://github.com/HammerSeb/LS336Control.git
Use as module via
python -m ls336
This opens a UI window which automatically connects to the next available Lakeshore LS336 controller.
The program is hard coded to use LS336's output 1.
The program automatically creates a log file in hdf5 format named "ls336_log_TIMESTAMP.hdf5" when the live view is started the first time (Start-Button). The save directory can be specified via the button "Set Log Directory".
The Live view values (Sample/Tip temperature, heater power) are logged with every live View update. Update time can be changed to values between 1s and 3600s. The data sets are stored in the groups "T_sample", "T_tip" and "P_heater" each containing two data sets "time" and "data", storing the time stamps in epoch time and the respective value.
Every time the temperature set point, the heater range or the PID values are changed, a log entry is generated in the groups "T_set_point", "Heater_mode" and "PID_values". Time stamps are stored in epoch time.
If you need to connect to a specific LS336 controller, for example if you have more than one controller connected, adapt the connect_ls336 function of the local_instrument class in lib.ls_interface. This function uses the Model336 class to initialize the connection with the controller. Specific parameters can be set to connect to a specific com port. See lakeshore package documentation for details.
To change the controller heater output, change the HEATER_CHANNEL variable in the main() function is ui.ls336ui python file.