3.2. How to Start

Various ways are possible in order to start modules from PyMoDAQ. In all cases after installation of the package (using pip or setup.py, see Installation) all the modules will be installed within the site-packages folder of python.

3.2.1. From command line tool:

Open a command line and activate your environment (if you’re using anaconda, miniconda, venv…):

3.2.1.1. Load installed scripts

During its installation, a few scripts have been installed within you environment directory, this means you can start PyMoDAQ’s main functionalities directly writing in your console either:

dashboard
daq_scan
daq_logger
daq_viewer
daq_move
h5browser
plugin_manager

3.2.1.2. Execute a given python file

If you knwow where, within PyMoDAQ directories, is the python file you want to run you can enter for instance:

python -m pymodaq.dashboard
python -m pymodaq.extensions.daq_scan
python -m pymodaq.extensions.daq_logger
python -m pymodaq.control_modules.daq_viewer
python -m pymodaq.control_modules.daq_move
python -m pymodaq.extensions.h5browser
python -m pymodaq_plugin_manager.manager

for PyMoDAQ’s main modules. The -m option tells python to look within its site-packages folder (where you’ve just installed pymodaq) In fact if one of PyMoDAQ’s file (xxx.py) as an entry point (a if __name__='__main__:' statement at the end of the file), you can run it by calling python over it…

3.2.2. Create windows’s shortcuts:

See Creating shortcuts on Windows !