1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/eitControl.py b/eitControl.py
index d258ae4..acf42e6 100644
--- a/eitControl.py
+++ b/eitControl.py
@@ -297,6 +297,13 @@ class Experiment:
         if swp is None:
             swp = self.sweeper
         
+        # skip data update based on independent variable (rfGen) sweep direction 
+        sweep_direction = self.rfGenFunc.getSweepDirection(swp)
+        if sweep_direction < .5:
+            # sweep_direction is either 0 or 1
+            # we do no data collection on the backward stroke
+            return
+
         # global tic counter
         tic = self.sweeper.getCnt()
         self.data['tic'].append(tic)