diff --git a/docs/src/pyexamples.rst b/docs/src/pyexamples.rst
index cff5caf34..df7964ea5 100755
--- a/docs/src/pyexamples.rst
+++ b/docs/src/pyexamples.rst
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ But lets start looking at the at the manual way:
 
     #Start the measurement
     t0 = time.time()
-    d.start_receiver()
-    d.start_detector()
+    d.startDetector()
+    d.startReceiver()
 
     #Wait for the detector to be ready or do other important stuff
     time.sleep(t*n)
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ But lets start looking at the at the manual way:
 
     #Stop the receiver after we got the frames
     #Detector is already idle so we don't need to stop it
-    d.stop_receiver()
+    d.stopReceiver()
 
     lost = d.frames_caught - n
     print(f'{n} frames of {t}s took {time.time()-t0:{.3}}s with {lost} frames lost ')
diff --git a/python/slsdet/detector.py b/python/slsdet/detector.py
index 3fa91f927..d33dd5129 100755
--- a/python/slsdet/detector.py
+++ b/python/slsdet/detector.py
@@ -240,6 +240,22 @@ class Detector(CppDetectorApi):
     def delayl(self):
         return ut.reduce_time(self.getDelayAfterTriggerLeft())
 
+    def start(self):
+        """Start detector"""
+        self.startDetector()
+
+    def rx_start(self):
+        """Start receiver"""
+        self.startReceiver()
+
+    def rx_stop(self):
+        """Stop receiver"""
+        self.stopReceiver()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """Stop detector"""
+        self.stopDetector()
+
     # Time
     @property
     def rx_framescaught(self):