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classdef MyInstrument < dynamicprops
properties (SetAccess=protected, GetAccess=public)
name='';
interface='';
address='';
%Logical for whether gui is enabled
enable_gui=false;
%Contains the GUI handles
Gui;
%Contains the device object
Device;
%Input parser for class constructor
Parser;
%Contains a list of the commands available for the instrument as
%well as the default values and input requirements
CommandList;
%Parses commands using an inputParser object
CommandParser;
%Trace object for storing data
Trace=MyTrace();
end
properties (Constant=true)
% Default parameters for VISA connection
DEFAULT_INP_BUFF_SIZE = 1e7; % buffer size bytes
DEFAULT_OUT_BUFF_SIZE = 1e7; % buffer size bytes
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10; % Timeout in s
DEFAULT_VISA_BRAND = 'ni';
end
properties (Dependent=true)
command_names;
command_no;
end
events
NewData;
end
methods (Access=private)
function createParser(this)
p=inputParser();
addRequired(p,'interface',@ischar);
addRequired(p,'address',@ischar);
addParameter(p,'name','',@ischar);
addParameter(p,'gui','',@ischar);
addParameter(p,'visa_brand',this.DEFAULT_VISA_BRAND,@ischar);
this.Parser=p;
end
end
methods (Access=public)
function this=MyInstrument(interface, address, varargin)
createParser(this);
parse(this.Parser,interface,address,varargin{:});
%Loads parsed variables into class properties
this.name=this.Parser.Results.name;
this.interface=this.Parser.Results.interface;
this.address=this.Parser.Results.address;
this.enable_gui=~ismember('gui',this.Parser.UsingDefaults);
%If a gui input is given, load the gui
if this.enable_gui
%Loads the gui from the input gui string
this.Gui=guihandles(eval(this.Parser.Results.gui));
%Sets figure close function such that class will know when
%figure is closed
set(this.Gui.figure1, 'CloseRequestFcn',...
@(hObject,eventdata) closeFigure(this, hObject, ...
eventdata));
end
end
function delete(this)
%Removes close function from figure, prevents infinite loop
if this.enable_gui
set(this.Gui.figure1,'CloseRequestFcn','');
%Deletes the figure handles
structfun(@(x) delete(x), this.Gui);
%Removes the figure handle to prevent memory leaks
this.Gui=[];
end
%Closes the connection to the device
closeDevice(this);
%Deletes the device object
delete(this.Device);
clear('this.Device');
end
%Clears data from trace to save memory.
function clearData(this)
this.Trace.x=[];
this.Trace.y=[];
end
%Writes properties to device. Can take multiple inputs. With the
%option all, the function writes default to all the
%available writeable parameters.
function writeProperty(this, varargin)
%Parses the inputs using the CommandParser
parse(this.CommandParser, varargin{:});
% Finds writable commands to be included in the execution list
ind_w=structfun(@(x) x.write_flag, this.CommandList);
if this.CommandParser.Results.all
% If the 'all' is true, write all the commands
ind=ind_w;
else
% Check which commands were passed values
ind_val=cellfun(@(x)...
(~ismember(x, this.CommandParser.UsingDefaults)),...
this.command_names);
ind=ind_w&ind_val;
if any((~ind_w)&ind_val)
% Issue warnings for read-only commands
warning('The following commands are read only:');
disp(this.command_names((~ind_w)&ind_val));
end
end
exec=this.command_names(ind);
for i=1:length(exec)
%Creates the write command using the right string spec
write_command=[this.CommandList.(exec{i}).command,...
' %',this.CommandList.(exec{i}).str_spec];
%Gets the value to write to the device
this.(exec{i})=this.CommandParser.Results.(exec{i});
command=sprintf(write_command, this.(exec{i}));
%Sends command to device
fprintf(this.Device, command);
end
end
% Wrapper for writeProperty that opens and closes the device
function writePropertyHedged(this, varargin)
this.openDevice();
try
this.writeProperty(varargin{:});
catch
warning('Error while writing the properties:');
disp(varargin);
end
this.readProperty('all');
this.closeDevice();
end
function result=readProperty(this, varargin)
result = struct();
read_all_flag = any(strcmp('all',varargin));
if read_all_flag
% Read all the commands with read access
ind=structfun(@(x) x.read_flag, this.CommandList);
exec=this.command_names(ind);
else
ind_val=ismember(varargin,this.command_names);
varargin_val=varargin(ind_val);
if any(~ind_val)
% Issue warnings for commands not in the command_names
warning('The following are not valid commands:');
disp(varargin{~ind_val});
end
ind_r=cellfun(@(x) this.CommandList.(x).read_flag,...
varargin_val);
if any(~ind_r)
% Issue warnings for write-only commands
warning('The following commands are write only:');
disp(varargin_val{~ind_r});
end
exec=varargin_val(ind_r);
end
% Iterate over the commands list
for i=1:length(exec)
%Creates the correct read command
read_command=[this.CommandList.(exec{i}).command,'?'];
%Reads the property from the device and stores it in the
%correct place
res_str = query(this.Device,read_command);
if ismember('char',this.CommandList.(exec{i}).classes)
result.(exec{i})= res_str(1:(end-1));
else
result.(exec{i})= str2double(res_str);
end
%Assign the values to the MyInstrument properties
this.(exec{i})=result.(exec{i});
end
end
% Wrapper for readProperty that opens and closes the device
function result = readPropertyHedged(this, varargin)
this.openDevice();
try
result = this.readProperty(varargin{:});
catch
warning('Error while reading the properties:');
disp(varargin);
end
this.closeDevice();
end
%Connects to the device if it is not connected
function openDevice(this)
if ~isopen(this)
try
fopen(this.Device);
catch
% try to find and close all the devices with the same
% VISA resource name
try
instr_list=instrfind('RsrcName',this.Device.RsrcName);
fclose(instr_list);
fopen(this.Device);
warning('Multiple instrument objects of address %s exist',...
this.address);
catch
error('Could not open device')
end
end
end
end
%Closes the connection to the device
function closeDevice(this)
if isopen(this)
fclose(this.Device);
end
end
function configureDefaultVisa(this)
this.Device.OutputBufferSize = this.DEFAULT_OUT_BUFF_SIZE;
this.Device.InputBufferSize = this.DEFAULT_INP_BUFF_SIZE;
this.Device.Timeout = this.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
end
end
methods (Access=public)
%Triggers event for acquired data
function triggerNewData(this)
notify(this,'NewData')
end
%Checks if the connection to the device is open
function bool=isopen(this)
try
bool=strcmp(this.Device.Status, 'open');
catch
warning('Cannot verify device Status property');
bool=false;
end
end
%Adds a command to the CommandList
function addCommand(this, tag, command, varargin)
p=inputParser();
addRequired(p,'tag',@ischar);
addRequired(p,'command',@ischar);
addParameter(p,'default','placeholder');
addParameter(p,'classes','placeholder',@iscell);
addParameter(p,'attributes','placeholder',@iscell);
addParameter(p,'str_spec','d',@ischar);
addParameter(p,'access','rw',@ischar);
parse(p,tag,command,varargin{:});
%Adds the command to be sent to the device
this.CommandList.(tag).command=command;
this.CommandList.(tag).access=p.Results.access;
this.CommandList.(tag).write_flag=contains(p.Results.access,'w');
this.CommandList.(tag).read_flag=contains(p.Results.access,'r');
%Adds a default value and the attributes the inputs must have
%and creates a new property in the class
if this.CommandList.(tag).write_flag
% Adds the string specifier to the list. if the format
% specifier is not given explicitly, try to infer
if ismember('str_spec',p.UsingDefaults)
this.CommandList.(tag).str_spec=...
formatSpecFromAttributes(this,p.Results.classes...
,p.Results.attributes);
else
if isequal(p.Results.str_spec,'b')
% b is a non-system specifier to represent the
% logical type
this.CommandList.(tag).str_spec='i';
else
this.CommandList.(tag).str_spec=p.Results.str_spec;
end
end
% Adds the default value
this.CommandList.(tag).default=p.Results.default;
% Adds the attributes for the input to the command. If not
% given explicitly, infer from the format specifier
if ismember('classes',p.UsingDefaults)
[this.CommandList.(tag).classes,...
this.CommandList.(tag).attributes]=...
AttributesFromFormatSpec(this, p.Results.str_spec);
else
this.CommandList.(tag).classes=p.Results.classes;
this.CommandList.(tag).attributes=p.Results.attributes;
end
end
% Adds a property to the class corresponding to the tag
if ~isprop(this,tag)
addprop(this,tag);
end
this.(tag)=p.Results.default;
end
%Creates inputParser using the command list
function createCommandParser(this)
%Use input parser
%Requires input of the appropriate class
p=inputParser;
p.StructExpand=0;
%Flag for whether the command should initialize the device with
%defaults
addParameter(p, 'all',false,@islogical);
for i=1:length(this.command_names)
%Adds optional inputs for each command, with the
%appropriate default value from the command list and the
%required attributes for the command input.
tag=this.command_names{i};
addParameter(p, tag,...
this.CommandList.(tag).default,...
@(x) validateattributes(x,...
this.CommandList.(tag).classes,...
this.CommandList.(tag).attributes));
end
this.CommandParser=p;
end
function str_spec=formatSpecFromAttributes(~,classes,attributes)
if ismember('char',classes)
str_spec='s';
elseif ismember('logical',classes)||...
(ismember('numeric',classes)&&...
ismember('integer',attributes))
str_spec='i';
else
%assign default value, i.e. double
str_spec='d';
end
end
function [class,attribute]=AttributesFromFormatSpec(~, str_spec)
switch str_spec
case 'd'
class={'numeric'};
attribute={};
case 'i'
class={'numeric'};
attribute={'integer'};
case 's'
class={'char'};
attribute={};
case 'b'
class={'logical'};
attribute={};
otherwise
class={};
attribute={};
end
end
%Close figure callback simply calls delete function for class
function closeFigure(this,~,~)
delete(this);
end
end
% Get functions
methods
function command_names=get.command_names(this)
command_names=fieldnames(this.CommandList);
end
function command_no=get.command_no(this)
command_no=length(this.command_names);
end
end
end
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