#!/usr/bin/env python
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# ALMA - Atacama Large Millimiter Array
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# @(#) $Id: acspyexmplMountClient.py,v 1.5 2003/10/10 16:16:45 dfugate Exp $

from acspy.clients.simpleClient import PySimpleClient

simpleClient = PySimpleClient([])  #Make an instance of the PySimpleClient

try:
    mount  = simpleClient.getComponent("MOUNT2_LOOP")  #Get the Mount device

    actAzProperty = mount._get_actAz()         #Get the actAz property
    (azm, compl) = actAzProperty.get_sync()  #Get the current value of the property
    print "MOUNT actual azimuth: ", azm     
    
except Exception, e:
    print "Sorry, maybe there was no MOUNT object"
    print "The exception was:", e