1 files changed, 41 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qolab/hardware/scope/__init__.py b/qolab/hardware/scope/__init__.py
index 46898ac..896fb61 100644
--- a/qolab/hardware/scope/__init__.py
+++ b/qolab/hardware/scope/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Created by Eugeniy E. Mikhailov 2021/11/29
 from qolab.hardware.scpi import SCPIinstr
 from qolab.data.trace import TraceSetSameX
 from qolab.file_utils import get_next_data_file
+import yaml
 
 class Scope:
 
@@ -13,6 +14,13 @@ class Scope:
         self.numberOfChannels = 0
         self.fname_prefix = 'scope'
         self.savepath = './scope'
+        # deviceProperties must have 'get' and preferably 'set' methods available,
+        # i.e. 'SampleRate' needs getSampleRate() and love to have setSampleRate(value)
+        # they will be used to obtain config and set device according to it
+        self.deviceProperties = ['SampleRate', 'TimePerDiv', 'TrigDelay', ];
+        # same is applied to channelProperties but we need setter/getter with channel number
+        # i.e.  VoltsPerDiv ->  getChanVoltsPerDiv(chNum) and setSampleRate(chNum, value)
+        self.channelProperties = ['VoltsPerDiv', 'Offset', ]
 
     def getTrace(self, chNum, availableNpnts=None, maxRequiredPoints=None):
         # Should work with minimal arguments list 
@@ -25,11 +33,43 @@ class Scope:
             allTraces.addTrace( self.getTrace(chNum, availableNpnts, maxRequiredPoints) )
         return( allTraces )
 
+    def getConfig(self):
+        config = {}
+        dconfig = {}
+        dconfig['id'] = self.idn
+        for p in self.deviceProperties:
+            getter = f'get{p}'
+            if  not hasattr(self, getter):
+                print(f'warning no getter for {p}, i.e. {getter} is missing')
+                continue
+            res = getattr(self, getter)() 
+            dconfig[p] = res
+        config['Device'] = dconfig
+        chconfig = {}
+        for chNum in range(1, self.numberOfChannels+1):
+            chNconfig = {}
+            for p in self.channelProperties:
+                getter = f'getChan{p}'
+                if  not hasattr(self, getter):
+                    print(f'warning no getter for {p}, i.e. {getter} is missing')
+                    continue
+                res = getattr(self, getter)(chNum) 
+                chNconfig[p] = res
+            chconfig[chNum] = chNconfig
+        config['Channels']=chconfig
+        return config
+
+    def getHeader(self):
+        header = yaml.dump(self.getConfig(), default_flow_style=False, sort_keys=False)
+        header = header.split('\n')
+        return header
+
+
     def save(self, fname=None, item_format='e', availableNpnts=None, maxRequiredPoints=None, extention='dat'):
         allTraces = self.getAllTraces(availableNpnts=availableNpnts, maxRequiredPoints=maxRequiredPoints)
         if fname is None:
             fname = get_next_data_file(self.fname_prefix, self.savepath, extention=extention)
-        allTraces.save(fname, item_format=item_format)
+        allTraces.save(fname, item_format=item_format, header=self.getHeader())
         return(fname)