From 44a4dfc81890f28e4a3ab5388de0b55e005d95f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gac-x12sa <gac-x12sa@x12sa-cons-01.psi.ch>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 17:02:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add comments to mark devices as deprecated

---
 csaxs_bec/device_configs/frontend.yaml | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/csaxs_bec/device_configs/frontend.yaml b/csaxs_bec/device_configs/frontend.yaml
index be8936f..5b86b5a 100644
--- a/csaxs_bec/device_configs/frontend.yaml
+++ b/csaxs_bec/device_configs/frontend.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ sl1yt:
   - cSAXS
   - frontend
 
+
+#####################################
+#### XBPM ###########################
+#####################################
+
+# Note: The following device may not be relevant anymore 
+# and can be fully replaced by the combined device "xbpm1", see below
+
 xbpm1c1: 
   description: 'XBPM1 (frontend) current 1'
   deviceClass: ophyd.EpicsSignalRO
@@ -137,6 +145,10 @@ xbpm1c4:
   readOnly: true
   softwareTrigger: false
 
+############################################
+######### End of xbpm sub devices ##########
+############################################
+
 xbpm1:
   description: 'XBPM1 (frontend)'
   deviceClass: csaxs_bec.devices.epics.xbpms.BPMDevice