SFELPHOTON-1337: SwissMX split/ cleanup/move repositories

illumination.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ all   = 0xff
 
 class IlluminationControl(object):
 
-  def __init__(self,hostname: str="129.129.221.92",port: int=1003):
+  def __init__(self,hostname: str="129.129.221.71",port: int=1003):
     if hostname is None: #simulated mode
       self._sim={'stat':0}
       _log.info('simulated mode:{}'.format(self._sim))
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ class IlluminationControl(object):
     # connect to XT-PICO
     self._socket=s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
     s.settimeout(1)
-    s.connect((self._hostname,  self._port))
+    try:
+      s.connect((self._hostname, self._port))
+    except socket.timeout as e:
+      _log.error(f"{e} can't connect to: {self._hostname}:{self._port}")
 
   def disconnect(self):
     try: