nLCplotSSH

Automated generation of pump plots after each measurement for Thermo easy-nLCs (tested with easy-nLC 1000) via SSH connection.

Requirements

1. Install Python 3.8 depending on your Windows version (32/64bit). Note: Add Python to Windows PATH variable.
2. Open command prompt (cmd.exe) or Windows PowerShell and install the following Python packages via pip:

pip install paramiko seaborn matplotlib pandas numpy

Setup

1. Clone this repo or copy nLCplotSSH.py (f.e. to C:\nLCplotSSH\)

2. Create a dedicated output folder for the plots (f.e. D:\nLC_plots\)

3. Open Windows Task Scheduler and click on Create Basic Task...
   

4. Select When a specific event is logged
   

5. Setup the logging event
   

6. Select Start a program
   

7. Browse the path to nLCplotSSH.py`` and add the arguments -ip "IP.ADRESS.OF.NLC" -o "D:\nLC_plots"
   

8. Check Open the Properties dialog for this task when I click Finish and press Finish
   

9. In the General tab of the Properties dialog check Hidden and Select Windows 7 in Configure for:
   

10. In the Settings tab select 1 hour at Stop the task if it runs longer than:
    

11. Press Ok. Plots will be automatically generated after each measurement.

Optional arguments

argument          default value           description
-ip / --ip        "172.16.0.105"          easy-nLC IP address
-u  / --user      "hplc"                  User name for SSH connection
-p  / --password  "hplc"                  Password for SSH connection
-lp / --log_path  "/home/admin/batchLog"  Log path in easy-nLC filesystem
-o  / --out       "E:\_nLCplotsSSH"       Path for plot output