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% run instrument instance with gui and add it to the collector
function [Instr, GuiInstr] = runInstrumentWithGui(name, instr_class, interface, address, gui)
Collector=getCollector();
if ~ismember(name, Collector.running_instruments)
if nargin==1
% load parameters from InstrumentList
InstrumentList = getLocalSettings('InstrumentList');
if ~isfield(InstrumentList, name)
error('%s is not a field of InstrumentList',...
name);
end
if ~isfield(InstrumentList.(name), 'interface')
error(['InstrumentList entry ', name,...
' has no ''interface'' field']);
else
interface = InstrumentList.(name).interface;
end
if ~isfield(InstrumentList.(name), 'address')
error(['InstrumentList entry ', name,...
' has no ''address'' field']);
else
address = InstrumentList.(name).address;
end
if ~isfield(InstrumentList.(name), 'gui')
error(['InstrumentList entry ', name,...
' has no ''gui'' field']);
else
gui = InstrumentList.(name).gui;
end
if ~isfield(InstrumentList.(name), 'control_class')
error(['InstrumentList entry ', name,...
' has no ''control_class'' field']);
else
instr_class = InstrumentList.(name).control_class;
end
elseif nargin==5
% Case when all the arguments are supplied explicitly, do
% nothing
else
error(['Wrong number of input arguments. ',...
'Function can be called as f(name) or ',...
'f(name, instr_class, interface, address, gui)'])
end
Instr = feval(instr_class, interface, address, 'name', name);
addInstrument(Collector, Instr, 'name', name);
else
% If instrument is already present in the Collector, do not create
% a new object, but try taking the existing one.
disp([name,' is already running. Assign existing instrument ',...
'instead of running a new one.']);
try
Instr = Collector.InstrList.(name);
catch
% Return with empty results in the case of falure
warning('Could not assign instrument %s from Collector',name);
Instr = [];
GuiInstr =[];
return
end
end
% Next turn to gui
gui_name = ['Gui',name];
if ~isValidBaseVar(gui_name)
% If gui does not present in the base workspace, create it
GuiInstr = feval(gui, Instr);
if isprop(GuiInstr,'name')
GuiInstr.name = gui_name;
end
% Store gui handle in a global variable
assignin('base', GuiInstr.name, GuiInstr);
% Display instrument's name if given
fig_handle=findfigure(GuiInstr);
if ~isempty(fig_handle)
fig_handle.Name=char(name);
else
warning('No UIFigure found to assign the name')
end
else
% Otherwise return gui from base workspace
GuiInstr = evalin('base',['Gui',name]);
try
% bring app figure on top of other windows
Fig = findfigure(GuiInstr);
Fig.Visible = 'off';
Fig.Visible = 'on';
catch
end
end
end
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