Installing pyUVVIS

There is no installation routine / setup file yet. In order to use pyUVVIS, first make sure that all the prerequisites are met. Then download and unpack the zip archive and execute the main file pyUVVIS.py using python.

I have tested/developed this program using Python 2.7, mainly due to the availability of wxPython at that time. However, it should also run under Python 3 (maybe with some fixes to the print-syntax).

Prerequisites:

For the GUI to run, make sure you have the following installed:

• wxPython
• Numpy

For an OceanOptics-based spectrometer, install

• python-seabreeze (<https://github.com/ap–/python-seabreeze>)

For a uc480-based spectrometer, also install

• Thorlabs’ uc480 library (<http://www.thorlabs.com>).

Note

At the time of writing, I have been using the old uc480 library, also on linux. Meanwhile there is a new library called ThorCam, but I have not yet had time to integrate it.

Camera Selection:

The program looks for uc480 and OceanOptics devices at startup. If both are found, it will prompt a dialog to choose which one to use. If none are found, it starts anyway and provides a randomly generated signal for testing purposes.

Currently, only the first connected uc480 or OceanOptics spectrometer can be used.