kPyQt

You should consider using use the kPyQt module to streamline interactions with KTL keywords. The sphinx documentation for the module is here, including a working example similar to the complete example below:

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https://www2.keck.hawaii.edu/software/kPyQt/examples.html

Old Method:

Monitoring a keyword

Support we want to connect the monitoring of a keyword to a status text field.

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