Wrapper for NRAO's Valon_synth package for controlling the Valon 5007 Synthesizer. Allows console based control of the Valon 5007 unit from the ROACH control computer.

Requirements:

valon_synth and its dependencies

Usage:

$ valon [options] [freq]

If no frequency is provided, the current frequencies are read from the Valon Synth. This wrapper only supports one input frequency, and if both the -a and -b flags are used, the input frequency is applied to both.

Options:

• -h, --help show this help message and exit

• -a, --synth-a Use Synth A

• -b, --synth-b Use Synth B

• -t TTY, --tty=TTY Set Serial Port. Default is /dev/usbTTY0

• -v, --verbose Make the script verbose

• -f, --flash Write frequencies to non-volatile memory