Monitor¶

Description

class tpg_256a_pressure_monitor.Monitor.Monitor(device: tpg_256a_pressure_monitor.TPG_256A.TPG_256A, name: str = 'Monitor Thread', database_flag: bool = False, database_config_file: str = None, terminal_flag: bool = False, table_name: str = 'pressure')[source]¶

Manages a background thread which logs data from the TPG-256A device.

Attributes

`Monitor.column_list`	`List` of data labels to save.
`Monitor.database_flag`	Database usage `flag`.
`Monitor.db`	`Database` object.
`Monitor.device`	`TPG-256 A` handler.
`Monitor.run_flag`	`Flag` to signal the thread to stop.
`Monitor.table_name`	Name of the PostgreSQL table where data will be saved.
`Monitor.terminal_flag`	Terminal output `flag`.

Methods

`Monitor.__init__`	Initializes the `Monitor` object.
`Monitor.prepare_database`	Ensures the `database` is ready to accept data from the TPG-256A `device`.
`Monitor.print_string`	Prints the retrieved data to the terminal.
`Monitor.run`	Monitoring method start upon object creation.
`Monitor.save_to_database`	Saves the latest pressure data to the PostgreSQL `database`.
`Monitor.stop`	Clears the `run_flag` to signal the background thread to stop.