Command Line Interface#

flicamera#

Command Line Interface for Finger Lakes Instrumentation cameras.

flicamera [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options

--cameras <cameras>#

Comma-separated list of camera names to connect.

-c, --config <config_path>#

Path to configuration file.

-s, --simulate#

Starts the camera system in simulation mode.

--simulation-profile <PROFILE>#

Profile to use for the simulation mode.

-v, --verbose#

Output extra information to stdout.

actor#

Start/stop the actor as a daemon.

flicamera actor [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options

-n, --actor-name <actor_name>#

The name of the actor. Defaults to flicamera.

-h, --host <host>#

The host on which the actor will run. Defaults to localhost.

-p, --port <port>#

Port on which to run the actor. Defaults to 19995.

restart#

Restart the daemon.

flicamera actor restart [OPTIONS]

start#

Start the daemon.

flicamera actor start [OPTIONS]

Options

--debug#

Do NOT detach and run in the background.

--log-file <log_file>#

Redirects stdout and stderr to a file (rotates logs). Ignored if –debug.

--pid_file <pid_file>#

PID file to keep track of the daemon execution.

status#

Report if the daemon is running.

flicamera actor status [OPTIONS]

stop#

Stop the daemon.

flicamera actor stop [OPTIONS]

expose#

Returns the status of the connected cameras.

flicamera expose [OPTIONS] [EXPTIME] [OUTFILE]

Options

--overwrite#

Overwrite existing images.

Arguments

EXPTIME#

Optional argument

OUTFILE#

Optional argument

status#

Returns the status of the connected cameras.

flicamera status [OPTIONS]