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runInstrument.m
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runInstrument.m
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			% Create instrument instance and add it to the collector

			function Instr = runInstrument(name, instr_class, varargin)

			% Get the unique instance of Collector
			Collector = MyCollector.instance();

			% Check if the instrument is already running
			if ismember(name, Collector.running_instruments)

			% 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. Assigning the existing ', ...
			'object instead of running a new one.']);

			try
			Instr = Collector.InstrList.(name);
			catch
			error('Could not assign instrument %s from Collector',name);
			end

			return
			end

			% Create a new instrument object
			if ~exist('instr_class', 'var')

			% Load instr_class, interface, address and other startup arguments
			% from InstrumentList
			InstrumentList = getLocalSettings('InstrumentList');

			ind = ([InstrumentList.name]==name);

			assert(any(ind), [name ' must correspond to an entry in ' ...
			'InstrumentList.'])

			InstrEntry = InstrumentList(ind);

			if length(InstrEntry) > 1

			% Multiple entries found
			warning(['Multiple InstrumentList entries found with ' ...
			'name ' name]);
			InstrEntry = InstrEntry(1);
			end

			instr_class = InstrEntry.control_class;

			assert(~isempty(instr_class), ['Control class is not specified '...
			'for ' name]);

			instr_args = struct2namevalue(InstrEntry.StartupOpts);
			else

			% Case when all the arguments are supplied explicitly
			instr_args = varargin;
			end

			% Create an instrument instance and store it in Collector
			Instr = feval(instr_class, instr_args{:});
			addInstrument(Collector, name, Instr);

			try

			% Open communication. Typically instrument commands will re-open
			% the communication object if it is closed, but keepeing it open
			% speeds communication up.
			if ismethod(Instr, 'openComm')
			openComm(Instr);
			end

			% Send identification request to the instrument
			if ismethod(Instr, 'sync')
			sync(Instr);
			end

			% Send identification request to the instrument
			if ismethod(Instr, 'idn')
			idn(Instr);
			end
			catch ME
			warning(['Could not start communication with ' name ...
			'. Error: ' ME.message]);
			end
			end

rINSTCONTROL/Utility functions/runInstrument.m8c8159998f87confint-fix

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rINSTCONTROL/Utility functions/runInstrument.m
8c8159998f87confint-fix

runInstrument.m
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