added device config recovery from another config

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/qolab/hardware/basic.py b/qolab/hardware/basic.py
index 03d98c6..21e1e5d 100644
--- a/qolab/hardware/basic.py
+++ b/qolab/hardware/basic.py
@@ -65,6 +65,26 @@ class BasicInstrument:
         config['DeviceConfig'] = dconfig
         return config
 
+    def setConfig(self, cfg):
+        new_config = cfg.copy()
+        print('setting config')
+        device_config = new_config.pop('DeviceConfig')
+        self.config.update(new_config)
+        for p, v in device_config.items():
+            print(f'{p=} {v=}')
+            setter = f'set{p}'
+            if  hasattr(self, setter):
+                # we have something like setProperty
+                getattr(self, setter)(v) 
+                continue
+            if hasattr(self, p) or hasattr(type(self), p):
+                # we have attribute Property
+                setattr(self, p, v)
+                continue
+            print(f'warning: both {setter} and attribute {p} are missing, making attribute {p}')
+            self.deviceProperties.add(p)
+            setattr(self, p, v)
+
     def getHeader(self):
         header = yaml.dump(self.getConfig(), default_flow_style=False, sort_keys=False)
         header = header.split('\n')