#!/usr/bin/env python from adafruit_motor import stepper from adafruit_motorkit import MotorKit from time import sleep from thread2 import Thread import sys nb_step = int(sys.argv[1]) orientation = str(sys.argv[2]) toogler = str(sys.argv[3]) #Execute a python cmd with the previous defined variables from php kit = MotorKit() stage = kit.stepper1 stage.release() def focus(steps,orientation): #0.25mm/step #31um/microsteps stage.release() if orientation == 'up': for i in range(steps): stage.onestep(direction=stepper.FORWARD, style=stepper.MICROSTEP) sleep(0.001) if orientation == 'down': for i in range(steps): stage.onestep(direction=stepper.BACKWARD, style=stepper.MICROSTEP) sleep(0.001) stage.release() focus_thread = Thread(target = focus, name = 'focus_thread', args =(nb_step, orientation) ) if toogler == "ON": focus_thread.start() focus_thread.isAlive() if toogler == "OFF": focus_thread.terminate() focus_thread.join() focus_thread.isAlive() stage.release()