# {py:mod}`ophyd_async.epics.core`

```{py:module} ophyd_async.epics.core
```

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core
:allowtitles:
```

## Package Contents

### Classes

````{list-table}
:class: autosummary longtable
:align: left

* - {py:obj}`PviDeviceConnector <ophyd_async.epics.core._pvi_connector.PviDeviceConnector>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._pvi_connector.PviDeviceConnector
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`EpicsDeviceConnector <ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.EpicsDeviceConnector>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.EpicsDeviceConnector
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`PvSuffix <ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.PvSuffix>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.PvSuffix
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`EpicsDevice <ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_device.EpicsDevice>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_device.EpicsDevice
    :summary:
    ```
````

### Functions

````{list-table}
:class: autosummary longtable
:align: left

* - {py:obj}`epics_signal_r <ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_r>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_r
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`epics_signal_rw <ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_rw>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_rw
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`epics_signal_rw_rbv <ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_rw_rbv>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_rw_rbv
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`epics_signal_w <ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_w>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_w
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`epics_signal_x <ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_x>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_x
    :summary:
    ```
````

### API

`````{py:class} PviDeviceConnector(prefix: str = '', error_hint: str = '')
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._pvi_connector.PviDeviceConnector

Bases: {py:obj}`ophyd_async.core.DeviceConnector`

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._pvi_connector.PviDeviceConnector
```

````{py:attribute} mock_device_vector_len
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._pvi_connector.PviDeviceConnector.mock_device_vector_len
:type: int
:value: >
   2

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._pvi_connector.PviDeviceConnector.mock_device_vector_len
```

````

````{py:method} create_children_from_annotations(device: ~ophyd_async.core.Device)
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._pvi_connector.PviDeviceConnector.create_children_from_annotations

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._pvi_connector.PviDeviceConnector.create_children_from_annotations
```

````

````{py:method} connect_mock(device: ~ophyd_async.core.Device, mock: ~ophyd_async.core._utils.LazyMock)
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._pvi_connector.PviDeviceConnector.connect_mock
:async:

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._pvi_connector.PviDeviceConnector.connect_mock
```

````

````{py:method} connect_real(device: ~ophyd_async.core.Device, timeout: float, force_reconnect: bool) -> None
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._pvi_connector.PviDeviceConnector.connect_real
:async:

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._pvi_connector.PviDeviceConnector.connect_real
```

````

`````

`````{py:class} EpicsDeviceConnector(prefix: str)
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.EpicsDeviceConnector

Bases: {py:obj}`ophyd_async.core.DeviceConnector`

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.EpicsDeviceConnector
```

````{py:method} create_children_from_annotations(device: ~ophyd_async.core.Device)
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.EpicsDeviceConnector.create_children_from_annotations

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.EpicsDeviceConnector.create_children_from_annotations
```

````

`````

`````{py:class} PvSuffix
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.PvSuffix

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.PvSuffix
```

````{py:attribute} read_suffix
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.PvSuffix.read_suffix
:type: str
:value: >
   None

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.PvSuffix.read_suffix
```

````

````{py:attribute} write_suffix
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.PvSuffix.write_suffix
:type: str | None
:value: >
   None

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.PvSuffix.write_suffix
```

````

````{py:method} rbv(write_suffix: str, rbv_suffix: str = '_RBV') -> ~ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.PvSuffix
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.PvSuffix.rbv
:classmethod:

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_connector.PvSuffix.rbv
```

````

`````

````{py:class} EpicsDevice(prefix: str, with_pvi: bool = False, name: str = '')
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_device.EpicsDevice

Bases: {py:obj}`ophyd_async.core.Device`

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._epics_device.EpicsDevice
```

````

````{py:function} epics_signal_r(datatype: type[~ophyd_async.core.SignalDatatypeT], read_pv: str, name: str = '', timeout: float = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) -> ~ophyd_async.core.SignalR[~ophyd_async.core.SignalDatatypeT]
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_r

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_r
```
````

````{py:function} epics_signal_rw(datatype: type[~ophyd_async.core.SignalDatatypeT], read_pv: str, write_pv: str | None = None, name: str = '', timeout: float = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) -> ~ophyd_async.core.SignalRW[~ophyd_async.core.SignalDatatypeT]
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_rw

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_rw
```
````

````{py:function} epics_signal_rw_rbv(datatype: type[~ophyd_async.core.SignalDatatypeT], write_pv: str, read_suffix: str = '_RBV', name: str = '', timeout: float = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) -> ~ophyd_async.core.SignalRW[~ophyd_async.core.SignalDatatypeT]
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_rw_rbv

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_rw_rbv
```
````

````{py:function} epics_signal_w(datatype: type[~ophyd_async.core.SignalDatatypeT], write_pv: str, name: str = '', timeout: float = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) -> ~ophyd_async.core.SignalW[~ophyd_async.core.SignalDatatypeT]
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_w

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_w
```
````

````{py:function} epics_signal_x(write_pv: str, name: str = '', timeout: float = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) -> ~ophyd_async.core.SignalX
:canonical: ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_x

```{autodoc2-docstring} ophyd_async.epics.core._signal.epics_signal_x
```
````