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+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from collections import defaultdict
+import enum
+import time as ttime
+import numpy as np
+
+from bec_lib import bec_logger
+
+logger = bec_logger.logger
+
+
+class SimulatedDataException(Exception):
+    """Exception raised when there is an issue with the simulated data."""
+
+
+class SimulationType(str, enum.Enum):
+    """Type of simulation to steer simulated data."""
+
+    CONSTANT = "constant"
+    GAUSSIAN = "gauss"
+
+
+class NoiseType(str, enum.Enum):
+    """Type of noise to add to simulated data."""
+
+    NONE = "none"
+    UNIFORM = "uniform"
+    POISSON = "poisson"
+
+
+class SimulatedDataBase:
+    USER_ACCESS = [
+        "get_sim_params",
+        "set_sim_params",
+        "get_sim_type",
+        "set_sim_type",
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, parent=None, device_manager=None, **kwargs) -> None:
+        self.parent = parent
+        self.sim_state = defaultdict(lambda: {})
+        self._all_params = defaultdict(lambda: {})
+        self.device_manager = device_manager
+        self._simulation_type = None
+        self.init_paramaters(**kwargs)
+        self._active_params = self._all_params.get(self._simulation_type, None)
+
+    def init_paramaters(self, **kwargs):
+        """Initialize the parameters for the Simulated Data
+
+        This methods should be implemented by the subclass.
+
+        It should set the default parameters for:
+        - self._params (dict used for e.g. computation of gaussian)
+        - self._simulation_type (SimulationType, e.g. 'constant', 'gauss').
+        - self._noise (NoiseType, e.g. 'none', 'uniform', 'poisson')
+
+        It sets the default parameters for the simulated data,
+        in self._params that are required for the simulation of for instance
+        the siumulation type gaussian.
+        """
+
+    def get_sim_params(self) -> dict:
+        """Return the parameters self._params of the simulation."""
+        return self._active_params
+
+    def set_sim_params(self, params: dict) -> None:
+        """Set the parameters self._params of the simulation."""
+        for k, v in params.items():
+            try:
+                self._active_params[k] = v
+            except KeyError:
+                # TODO propagate msg to client!
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"Could not set {k} to {v} in {self._active_params}.KeyError raised. Ignoring."
+                )
+
+    def get_sim_type(self) -> SimulationType:
+        """Return the simulation type of the simulation.
+
+        Returns:
+            SimulationType: Type of simulation (e.g. "constant" or "gauss).
+        """
+        return self._simulation_type
+
+    def set_sim_type(self, simulation_type: SimulationType) -> None:
+        """Set the simulation type of the simulation."""
+        try:
+            self._simulation_type = SimulationType(simulation_type)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise SimulatedDataException(
+                f"Could not set simulation type to {simulation_type}. Valid options are 'constant'"
+                " and 'gauss'"
+            )
+        self._active_params = self._all_params.get(self._simulation_type, None)
+
+    def _compute_sim_state(self, signal_name: str) -> None:
+        """Update the simulated state of the device.
+
+        If no computation is relevant, ignore this method.
+        Otherwise implement it in the subclass.
+        """
+
+    def update_sim_state(self, signal_name: str, value: any) -> None:
+        """Update the simulated state of the device.
+
+        Args:
+            signal_name (str): Name of the signal to update.
+        """
+        self.sim_state[signal_name]["value"] = value
+        self.sim_state[signal_name]["timestamp"] = ttime.time()
+
+
+class SimulatedDataMonitor(SimulatedDataBase):
+    """Simulated data for a monitor."""
+
+    def init_paramaters(self, **kwargs):
+        """Initialize the parameters for the Simulated Data
+
+        Ref_motor is the motor that is used to compute the gaussian.
+        Amp is the amplitude of the gaussian.
+        Cen is the center of the gaussian.
+        Sig is the sigma of the gaussian.
+        Noise is the type of noise to add to the signal. Be aware that poisson noise will round the value to an integer-like values.
+        Noise multiplier is the multiplier of the noise, only relevant for uniform noise.
+        """
+        self._all_params = {
+            SimulationType.CONSTANT: {
+                "amp": 100,
+                "noise": NoiseType.POISSON,
+                "noise_multiplier": 0.1,
+            },
+            SimulationType.GAUSSIAN: {
+                "ref_motor": "samx",
+                "amp": 100,
+                "cen": 0,
+                "sig": 1,
+                "noise": NoiseType.NONE,
+                "noise_multiplier": 0.1,
+            },
+        }
+
+        if self.parent.init_sim_params:
+            sim_type = self.parent.init_sim_params.pop("sym_type", SimulationType.CONSTANT)
+            for v in self._all_params.values():
+                for k in v.keys():
+                    if k in self.parent.init_sim_params:
+                        v[k] = self.parent.init_sim_params[k]
+        else:
+            sim_type = SimulationType.CONSTANT
+        self.set_sim_type(sim_type)
+
+    def _compute_sim_state(self, signal_name: str) -> None:
+        """Update the simulated state of the device.
+
+        Args:
+            signal_name (str): Name of the signal to update.
+            sim_type (SimulationType, optional): Type of simulation to steer simulated data. Defaults to SimulationType.CONSTANT.
+        """
+        if self.get_sim_type() == SimulationType.CONSTANT:
+            value = self._compute_constant()
+        elif self.get_sim_type() == SimulationType.GAUSSIAN:
+            value = self._compute_gaussian()
+
+        self.update_sim_state(signal_name, value)
+
+    def _compute_constant(self) -> float:
+        """Compute a random value."""
+        v = self._active_params["amp"]
+        if self._active_params["noise"] == NoiseType.POISSON:
+            v = np.random.poisson(np.round(v), 1)[0]
+        elif self._active_params["noise"] == NoiseType.UNIFORM:
+            v += np.random.uniform(-1, 1) * self._active_params["noise_multiplier"]
+        elif self._active_params["noise"] == NoiseType.NONE:
+            v = self._active_params["amp"]
+        else:
+            # TODO Propagate msg to client!
+            logger.warning(
+                f"Unknown noise type {self._active_params['noise']}. Please choose from 'poisson',"
+                " 'uniform' or 'none'. Returning 0."
+            )
+            return 0
+        return v
+
+    def _compute_gaussian(self) -> float:
+        """Compute a gaussian value.
+
+        Based on the parameters in self._params, a value of a gaussian distributed
+        is computed with respected to the motor position of ref_motor.
+
+        If computation fails, it returns 0.
+        """
+
+        params = self._active_params
+        try:
+            motor_pos = self.device_manager.devices[params["ref_motor"]].obj.read()[
+                params["ref_motor"]
+            ]["value"]
+            v = params["amp"] * np.exp(
+                -((motor_pos - params["cen"]) ** 2) / (2 * params["sig"] ** 2)
+            )
+            if params["noise"] == NoiseType.POISSON:
+                v = np.random.poisson(np.round(v), 1)[0]
+            elif params["noise"] == NoiseType.UNIFORM:
+                v += np.random.uniform(-1, 1) * params["noise_multiplier"]
+            return v
+        except SimulatedDataException as exc:
+            # TODO Propagate msg to client!
+            logger.warning(
+                f"Could not compute gaussian for {params['ref_motor']} with {exc} raised."
+                "Returning 0 instead."
+            )
+            return 0
+
+
+class SimulatedDataCamera(SimulatedDataBase):
+    """Simulated data for a 2D camera."""
+
+    def init_paramaters(self, **kwargs):
+        """Initialize the parameters for the simulated camera data"""
+        self._all_params = {
+            SimulationType.CONSTANT: {
+                "amp": 100,
+                "noise": NoiseType.POISSON,
+                "noise_multiplier": 0.1,
+            },
+            SimulationType.GAUSSIAN: {
+                "amp": 100,
+                "cen": np.array([50, 50]),
+                "cov": np.array([[10, 0], [0, 10]]),
+                "noise": NoiseType.NONE,
+                "noise_multiplier": 0.1,
+            },
+        }
+
+        if self.parent.init_sim_params:
+            sim_type = self.parent.init_sim_params.pop("sym_type", SimulationType.CONSTANT)
+            for v in self._all_params.values():
+                for k in v.keys():
+                    if k in self.parent.init_sim_params:
+                        v[k] = self.parent.init_sim_params[k]
+        else:
+            sim_type = SimulationType.CONSTANT
+        self.set_sim_type(sim_type)
+
+    def _compute_sim_state(self, signal_name: str) -> None:
+        """Update the simulated state of the device.
+
+        Args:
+            signal_name (str): Name of the signal to update.
+            sim_type (SimulationType, optional): Type of simulation to steer simulated data. Defaults to SimulationType.CONSTANT.
+        """
+        if self.get_sim_type() == SimulationType.CONSTANT:
+            value = self._compute_constant()
+        elif self.get_sim_type() == SimulationType.GAUSSIAN:
+            value = self._compute_gaussian()
+
+        self.update_sim_state(signal_name, value)
+
+    def _compute_constant(self) -> float:
+        """Compute a random value."""
+        # tuple with shape
+        shape = self.sim_state[self.parent.image_shape.name]["value"]
+        v = self._active_params["amp"] * np.ones(shape, dtype=np.uint16)
+        if self._active_params["noise"] == NoiseType.POISSON:
+            v = np.random.poisson(np.round(v), v.shape)
+            return v
+        elif self._active_params["noise"] == NoiseType.UNIFORM:
+            multiplier = self._active_params["noise_multiplier"]
+            v += np.random.randint(-multiplier, multiplier, v.shape)
+            return v
+        elif self._active_params["noise"] == NoiseType.NONE:
+            return v
+        else:
+            # TODO Propagate msg to client!
+            logger.warning(
+                f"Unknown noise type {self._active_params['noise']}. Please choose from 'poisson',"
+                " 'uniform' or 'none'. Returning 0."
+            )
+            return 0
+
+    def _compute_multivariate_gaussian(self, pos: np.ndarray, cen: np.ndarray, cov: np.ndarray):
+        """Return the multivariate Gaussian distribution on array pos."""
+
+        dim = cen.shape[0]
+        cov_det = np.linalg.det(cov)
+        cov_inv = np.linalg.inv(cov)
+        N = np.sqrt((2 * np.pi) ** dim * cov_det)
+        # This einsum call calculates (x-mu)T.Sigma-1.(x-mu) in a vectorized
+        # way across all the input variables.
+        fac = np.einsum("...k,kl,...l->...", pos - cen, cov_inv, pos - cen)
+
+        return np.exp(-fac / 2) / N
+
+    def _compute_gaussian(self) -> float:
+        """Compute a gaussian value.
+
+        Based on the parameters in self._params, a value of a gaussian distributed
+        is computed with respected to the motor position of ref_motor.
+
+        If computation fails, it returns 0.
+        """
+
+        params = self._active_params
+        shape = self.sim_state[self.parent.image_shape.name]["value"]
+        try:
+            X, Y = np.meshgrid(
+                np.linspace(0, shape[0] - 1, shape[0]),
+                np.linspace(0, shape[1] - 1, shape[1]),
+            )
+            pos = np.empty((*X.shape, 2))
+            pos[:, :, 0] = X
+            pos[:, :, 1] = Y
+
+            v = self._compute_multivariate_gaussian(pos=pos, cen=params["cen"], cov=params["cov"])
+            # divide by max(v) to ensure that maximum is params["amp"]
+            v *= params["amp"] / np.max(v)
+
+            # TODO add dependency from motor position -> #transmission factor, sigmoidal form from 0 to 1 as a function of motor pos
+            # motor_pos = self.device_manager.devices[params["ref_motor"]].obj.read()[
+            #     params["ref_motor"]
+            # ]["value"]
+
+            if params["noise"] == NoiseType.POISSON:
+                v = np.random.poisson(np.round(v), v.shape)
+                return v
+            elif params["noise"] == NoiseType.UNIFORM:
+                multiplier = params["noise_multiplier"]
+                v += np.random.uniform(-multiplier, multiplier, v.shape)
+                return v
+        except SimulatedDataException as exc:
+            # TODO Propagate msg to client!
+            logger.warning(
+                f"Could not compute gaussian for {params['ref_motor']} with {exc} raised."
+                "Returning 0 instead."
+            )
+            return 0