I would like to request the following sequencer features if you find the ideas as sensible as I do:
- A "Reload File" button
- Support for patterns in ODBSET, e.g.:
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ODBSET "/Path/value[1,3,5]", 1 -
ODBSET "/Path/value[1-5,7-9]", 1 - Arbitrary combinations of the above
- Support for variable substitution:
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SET GOODCHANNELS, "1-5,7,9"; ODBSET "/Path/value[$GOODCHANNELS]", 1 -
SET BADCHANNELS, "6,8"; ODBSET "/Path/value[!$BADCHANNELS]", 1 -
ODBSET "/Path/value[0-100, except $BADCHANNELS]", 1
To add some context: I am using the sequencer for a voltage scan of several thousand channels. However, a few dozen of them have shorts, so I cannot simply set all demands to the voltage step. Currently, this is solved with a manually-created ODB file for each individual voltage step, but as you can imagine, this is quite difficult to maintain.
I also encountered a small annoyance in the current workflow of editing sequencer files in the browser:
- Load a file
- Double-click it to edit it, acknowledge the "To edit the sequence it must be opened in an editor tab" dialog
- A new tab opens
- Edit something, click "Start", acknowledge the "Save and start?" dialog (which pops up even if no changes are made)
- Run the script
- Double-click to make more changes -> another tab opens
After a while, many tabs with the same file are open. I understand this may be considered "user error", but perhaps the sequencer could avoid opening redundant tabs for the same file, or prompt before doing so?
Thanks for considering these suggestions! |