Allow for setting the synth trigger mode.

Right now, only the 'rf enable' mode is correctly programmed by labscript
directly (via DDS.gates).

Author: dihm

labscript_devices/Windfreak/blacs_tabs.py

@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ def initialise_workers(self):
 
         conn_obj = self.settings['connection_table'].find_by_name(self.device_name).properties
         self.com_port = conn_obj.get('com_port',None)
+        self.trigger_mode = conn_obj.get('trigger_mode','disabled')
 
         self.create_worker('main_worker',self.device_worker_class,{'com_port':self.com_port,
-                                                                   'allowed_chans':self.allowed_chans})
+                                                                   'allowed_chans':self.allowed_chans,
+                                                                   'trigger_mode':self.trigger_mode})
 
         self.primary_worker = 'main_worker'

labscript_devices/Windfreak/blacs_workers.py

@@ -24,14 +24,34 @@ def init(self):
         self.smart_cache = {'STATIC_DATA':None}
         self.subchnls = ['freq','amp','phase']
 
+        Worker.init(self)
+
         # connect to synth
         self.synth = windfreak.SynthHD(self.com_port)
-
-        Worker.init(self)
+        self.valid_modes = self.synth.trigger_modes
+        # set trigger mode from connection_table_properties
+        self.set_trigger_mode(self.trigger_mode)
 
         # populate smart chache
         self.smart_cache['STATIC_DATA'] = self.check_remote_values()
 
+    def set_trigger_mode(self,mode):
+        """Sets the synth trigger mode.
+        
+        Provides basic error checking to confirm setting is valid.
+
+        Args:
+            mode (str): Trigger mode to set.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If `mode` is not a valid setting for the device.
+        """
+
+        if mode in self.valid_modes:
+            self.synth.trigger_mode = mode
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f'{mode} not in {self.valid_modes}')
+
     def check_remote_values(self):
 
         results = {}

labscript_devices/Windfreak/labscript_devices.py

@@ -80,12 +80,14 @@ class WindfreakSynth(Device):
             'amp_res',
             'phase_limits',
             'phase_res',
+            'trigger_mode',
         ]
     })
-    def __init__(self, name, com_port="", **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, name, com_port="", trigger_mode='disabled', **kwargs):
 
         Device.__init__(self, name, None, com_port, **kwargs)
         self.BLACS_connection = com_port
+        self.trigger_mode = trigger_mode
 
     def add_device(self, device):
         Device.add_device(self, device)