als.bcs

Extract data and metadata from text data files that were created by the Beamline Controls System (BCS) at the Advanced Light Source (ALS)

Purpose

Facilitate the extraction of header information and scan input variables from common BCS data file formats, such as:

• Time Scan
• Single Motor Scan
• Trajectory Scan

bcs.find module

Find BCS data files that match provided criteria (date, scan type, scan nmuber, etc.) within their native directory structure.

bcs.data module

Read scan output information and data from selected BCS data files.

bcs.scan module

Find and read scan input information BCS Trajectory Scan data files.

bcs.ingest module

Read header information from selected BCS data files.

Installation

Using pip

# PyPI
python -m pip install als.bcs

# -- OR --

# Local copy of the project repository
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt -e .

# -- OR --

# Local tarball, uses static version file generated during build
python -m pip install als.bcs-0.2.0.tar.gz

Copyright Notice

als.bcs: Extract metadata from text data files that were created by the Beamline Controls System (BCS) at the Advanced Light Source (ALS), Copyright (c) 2022, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy). All rights reserved.

If you have questions about your rights to use or distribute this software, please contact Berkeley Lab's Intellectual Property Office at [email protected].

NOTICE. This Software was developed under funding from the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Government consequently retains certain rights. As such, the U.S. Government has been granted for itself and others acting on its behalf a paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license in the Software to reproduce, distribute copies to the public, prepare derivative works, and perform publicly and display publicly, and to permit other to do so.