START / RUN

Syntax

START or RUN

Description

Starts the acquisition. Both forms are identical. The data stream begins on port 55151 towards the board's owner (see DEST), and the row counter of the data stream restarts at 0.

SETUP must have been done first.

Response

OK START

Errors

Reply	Condition
ERR START running	Acquisition is already running.
ERR START not_setup	SETUP has not been done (or was invalidated).

Example

start.py

from hmcls_udp import Board

board = Board("192.168.1.11")
try:
    board.request("START")
except RuntimeError as err:          # e.g. "START not_setup"
    print("cannot start:", err)