Remote Time Tagger with Python

Install

> pip install TimeTaggerRPC

Start the server on a PC with the Time Tagger connected.

> TimeTaggerRPC-server

Control Time Tagger remotely over the network.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from TimeTaggerRPC import client

with client.createProxy(host='localhost', port=23000) as TT:
   tagger = TT.createTimeTagger()
   tagger.setTestSignal(1, True)
   tagger.setTestSignal(2, True)

   hist = TT.Correlation(tagger, 1, 2, binwidth=5, n_bins=2000)
   hist.startFor(int(10e12), clear=True)

   x = hist.getIndex()
   while hist.isRunning():
      plt.pause(0.1)
      y = hist.getData()
      plt.cla()
      plt.plot(x, y)

   TT.freeTimeTagger(tagger)

Contents:

• Cookbook
  • Serving Time Tagger to multiple clients
  • Multithreading and proxy objects
  • Secure access using SSH port forwarding
• How does it work
  • Remote procedure calling
  • Initial setup
  • Minimal example
  • Creating the Time Tagger
  • Measurements and virtual channels
  • Actual implementation
• Changelog
  • v 0.0.6 - 2022-02-15
  • v 0.0.5 - 2022-01-03