Merge pull request #29 from petebachant/command

Add `acsc.command` function
petebachant · Nov 13, 2024 · 1ae8eb5 · 1ae8eb5
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diff --git a/acspy/__init__.py b/acspy/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """A package for working with ACS motion controllers in Python."""
 
-__version__ = "0.0.7"
+__version__ = "0.0.8"
diff --git a/acspy/acsc.py b/acspy/acsc.py
@@ -795,6 +795,14 @@ def setOutput(hcomm, port: int, bit: int, val: int, wait=SYNCHRONOUS):
     call_acsc(acs.acsc_SetOutput, hcomm, port, bit, val, wait)
 
 
+def command(hcomm, command: str, wait=SYNCHRONOUS):
+    """Send a command to the ACS controller."""
+    cmd_with_return = (command + "\r").encode()
+    cmd_len = len(cmd_with_return)
+    cmd_buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(cmd_with_return)
+    return call_acsc(acs.acsc_Command, hcomm, cmd_buffer, cmd_len, wait)
+
+
 def call_acsc(func, *args, **kwargs):
     """Wraps ACS library to handle errors."""
     rv = func(*args, **kwargs)