void run()
{
ToConsole("Initialising hardware.");
exp.Initialise(parameters);
ToConsole("Acquiring data...");
int numberOfScans = 0;
while (es.Equals(ExperimentState.IsRunning) || es.Equals(ExperimentState.IsPaused))
{
//Tell UI to clear in preparation for new data.
Clients.All.clearPlot();
currentDataSet = new DataSet();
int i = 0, iterationsSinceLastDataUpdate = 0;
while (i < parameters.ScanParams.NumberOfPoints)
{
//This is to break out mid-scan
if (es.Equals(ExperimentState.IsRunning))
{
//Need to call this whether acquiring or not... (otherwise DDS command doesn't get sent)
currentDataSet.Add(exp.SetupAndAcquire(parameters.ScanParams.ScanParameterValues[i]));
i++;
iterationsSinceLastDataUpdate++;
//Only send to plot if acquisition happened.
if (parameters.ScanParams.AcquireDataDuringScan)
{
//Cheezy solution for real time plotting. Update roughly every 0.5 seconds. If I update too often, it crashes on UI side.
if (iterationsSinceLastDataUpdate * parameters.ScanParams.Sleep > 500)
{
//Push data down to the client like this.
Clients.All.pushLatestData(currentDataSet.GetSubset(i - iterationsSinceLastDataUpdate, i).ToJson());
iterationsSinceLastDataUpdate = 0;
}
}
}
else if (es.Equals(ExperimentState.IsPaused))
{
//Only send to plot if acquisition happened.
if (parameters.ScanParams.AcquireDataDuringScan)
{
//Plots any residual data points during pause, if there is anything to plot
if (iterationsSinceLastDataUpdate != 0)
{
Clients.All.pushLatestData(currentDataSet.GetSubset(i - iterationsSinceLastDataUpdate, i).ToJson());
iterationsSinceLastDataUpdate = 0;
}
}
Thread.Sleep(1000);
}
else
{
break; //Somebody pressed the stop button during a scan.
}
}
if (parameters.ScanParams.AcquireDataDuringScan)
{
dataArchive.Add(currentDataSet);
numberOfScans++;
//Push data down to the client like this.
Clients.All.pushLatestData(currentDataSet.GetSubset(i - iterationsSinceLastDataUpdate, i).ToJson());
}
if (parameters.ScanParams.StopOnEOS)
{
es = ExperimentState.IsFinishing;
}
}
ToConsole("Acquisition/Move complete.");
ToConsole("Disposing hardware classes...");
exp.Dispose();
ToConsole("Disposed.");
ToConsole("Setting ExperimentState to stopped and closing thread...");
es = ExperimentState.IsStopped;
}
