Getting Started#

Start here if you’re new to instrumentserver. These pages take you from installation to a running Server and your first parameter call, then explain how the pieces work together.

Read them in order for a complete introduction:

  1. Installation sets up instrumentserver and checks that its command line tools are available.

  2. Quickstart starts a Server, creates a dummy instrument, and controls it from a separate Python session.

  3. How it works introduces Servers, Clients, Proxy Instruments, Blueprints, and Broadcasts.

Legacy overview

The older Instrumentserver Overview is still available because it covers some Server networking, Parameter Manager, and configuration topics that the new guides don’t cover yet. It has not been re-verified and may be out of date.