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rINSTCONTROL/Utility functions/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 nargin()==1
% Load instr_class, interface, address and other startup arguments
% from InstrumentList
InstrumentList = getLocalSettings('InstrumentList');
assert(isfield(InstrumentList, name), [name ' must be a field ' ...
'of InstrumentList.'])
assert(isfield(InstrumentList.(name), 'control_class'), ...
['InstrumentList entry ' name ...
' has no ''control_class'' field.'])
instr_class = InstrumentList.(name).control_class;
instr_args = {}; % instrument startup arguments
if isfield(InstrumentList.(name), 'interface')
instr_args = [instr_args, {'interface', ...
InstrumentList.(name).interface}];
end
if isfield(InstrumentList.(name), 'address')
instr_args = [instr_args, {'address', ...
InstrumentList.(name).address}];
end
% Make a list of optional name-value pairs. Put the options on the
% left-hand side of the list so that they could not overshadow
% 'interface' and 'address'
if isfield(InstrumentList.(name), 'StartupOpts')
Opts = InstrumentList.(name).StartupOpts;
instr_args = [struct2namevalue(Opts), instr_args];
end
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
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