Hello,
Is there a way to query the LDE in NS mode to get the column ints, doubles, or strings? Additionally, query the column name of the row number?
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ZPL "GET" Commands for the LDE in NS Mode
Best answer by MichaelH
Hi Keith,
The $COMMENT() only works for sequential surfaces in the LDE; it does not work for non-sequential objects in the NSC. To get the non-sequential comment, you need to use a combination of NPRO() and $BUFFER(). Assuming you're in pure non-sequential mode (where the NSC Surface = 1), the code to get an object's comment is:
obj = 1
temp = NPRO(1, obj, 1, 0)
nsc_comment$ = $BUFFER()
PRINT nsc_comment$
Found it. I was trying to use it to name detectors, but didn’t realize the “i” parameter was the surface number
$COMMENT(i)
Where “i” is the surface number. My detectors were at the bottom of the LDE so I just had to add a constant to get the correct surface in a for loop
$COMMENT(i+27)
Still not working though, but this is how you “get” comment line.
path$ = $PATHNAME() + "\"
lensFilename$ = $FILENAME()
lengthFilename = SLEN(lensFilename$)
shortenFilename$ = $LEFTSTRING(lensFilename$, lengthFilename-3)
cfgFilename$ = path$ + shortenFilename$ + "CFG"
! Calculate number of detectors in the system
numObj = NOBJ(1)
FOR obj = 1, numObj, 1
FORMAT 1 INT
surf = 27 + obj
PRINT surf
NM$ = $COMMENT(surf)
A$ = path$ + NM$ + ".BMP"
! B$ = path$ + "DetData_" + $STR(obj) + ".TXT"
type = NPRO(1, obj, 0, 0)
type$ = $BUFFER()
! Check if the object type is a detector. If yes, continue
IF (type$ $== "NSC_DETE")
! Update the settings with the detector number
MODIFYSETTINGS cfgFilename$, DVW_DETECTOR, obj
! With the new settings, open a window and take an image of what is there
OPENANALYSISWINDOW DVR
winVal = WINN()
EXPORTBMP winVal, A$
CLOSEWINDOW winVal
! Additionally, save the detector data as a text file
! GETTEXTFILE B$, DVR
ENDIF
NEXTI am using the code from one of the macros that are pre-built in Zemax, but just trying to get the name of the detector image file changed. However, the COMMENT line does not return anything. I feel like this should not be this hard, but I can't figure out what Zemax is doing. Can someone point me in the right direction? The PRINT statement generates this.
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+2Hi Keith,
The $COMMENT() only works for sequential surfaces in the LDE; it does not work for non-sequential objects in the NSC. To get the non-sequential comment, you need to use a combination of NPRO() and $BUFFER(). Assuming you're in pure non-sequential mode (where the NSC Surface = 1), the code to get an object's comment is:
obj = 1
temp = NPRO(1, obj, 1, 0)
nsc_comment$ = $BUFFER()
PRINT nsc_comment$
~Michael
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