TngTool

Everything that the TngTool can do can be done by some other application. However, the intention in writing this piece of software was to create a special interface to our Tango/Sardana environment with the following features:

• It gives an overview of the available motors, including position, software limits, limit switch states, module type and device name.
• Motors can be aligned by optimizing a signal.
• Attributes and properties can be inspected and changed.
• Encoder related features are supported, including homing and closing the loop.
• Attributes, commands and properties of all kinds of device can be accessed.
• Configuration and log files can be accessed.
• MacroServer variables and features can be accessed.

The TngTool looks at devices defined in /online_dir/online.xml (and optionally in the pool).