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liblta 3.1.1
A python API to send commands to the LTA (Low-Threshold Acquisition) board.
Requires Python: >=3.7

libLTA v3.1
===========

This library provides a python API to send commands to the LTA board. For example:

```python3
from liblta import pyLTA

# Initialize the object
lta = pyLTA()

# Connect to the board
lta.connect('myLTA', host_ip='192.168.133.100', 
              board_ip='192.168.133.7', board_port=2001)

# Request telemetry values
lta.send('get telemetry all')
```

Features
--------

- All-in-one: does not require a 'daemon' to communicate with board.
- Sequencer is saved with a hashed name so that it can be recovered at any 
time.
- Binary file decoder also implemented in Python (and is efficient!).
- Decoding can be made offline (all image metadata is saved).
- No CFITSIO or ROOT needed!
- [Legacy] Compatible with LTA daemon
(https://github.com/sensei-skipper/ltaDaemon_public).


Installation
------------

### Pre-requisites

These packages are required for `libLTA` to work. Most of the times their
installation is as easy as running:  
`python3 -m pip install [package]`  
or:  
`conda install [package]` if you are a `conda` user.
- [`numpy`](https://numpy.org/install/)
- [`pandas`](https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/getting_started/install.html)
- [`astropy`](https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/install.html#installing-astropy)

### Installing libLTA

First, clone this repo to your machine:  
```
git clone https://gitlab.com/nicolaseavalos/liblta.git
```

Then install this library in your current Python environment:  
```
cd liblta
python3 -m pip install -e .
```

The `-e` flag makes the installation editable, so to update the library to a newer version you can just `cd` to the repo and `git pull`.

Usage
-----

Please refer to the [basic usage](./examples/basic_usage.py) file for an example of the most commonly used functions. Complete documentation can be found [here](https://nicolaseavalos.gitlab.io/liblta).

License
-------

This project is licensed under the MIT license.