Access the MacroServer Environment from Python

The following example demonstrates how the MacroServer environment is transferred to a local dictionary. The contents of the dictionary is printed. Notice that during the printout the keys are enclosed in '|' in order to detect any leading and trailing blank space.

The dictionary is changed and transferred back to the MacroServer.

 
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import PyTango
from taurus.core.util.codecs import CodecFactory

ms=PyTango.DeviceProxy("haso107d1:10000/p09/macroserver/haso107d1.01")

#
# Read environment
#
value = ms.Environment

value = CodecFactory().getCodec('pickle').decode(value)

dct = value[1]['new']

for key in list(dct.keys()):
    #
    # ScanHistory produces much output
    #
    if key == 'ScanHistory':
        continue
    print( "---- |%s| %s " % (key, dct[key]))

#
# Change environment. For ex. 'ScanDir'
#
dct['ScanDir'] = "/home/someUser/temp"
new_value = dict(new=dct)
new_value = CodecFactory().getCodec('pickle').encode((”, new_value))
#
# update the macroserver
#
ms.write_attribute('Environment', new_value)