Fixed some bugs in value conversionwq!

common.py

@@ -6,32 +6,6 @@ import yaml
 from caproto.sync.client import read, write
 from caproto import CaprotoTimeoutError, ChannelType
 
-FTYPE_TO_TYPE = {
-    ChannelType.STRING: str,
-    ChannelType.INT: int,
-    ChannelType.FLOAT: float,
-    ChannelType.ENUM: int,
-    ChannelType.CHAR: bytes,
-    ChannelType.LONG: int,
-    ChannelType.DOUBLE: float,
-
-    ChannelType.TIME_STRING: str,
-    ChannelType.TIME_INT: int,
-    ChannelType.TIME_FLOAT: float,
-    ChannelType.TIME_ENUM: int,
-    ChannelType.TIME_CHAR: bytes,
-    ChannelType.TIME_LONG: int,
-    ChannelType.TIME_DOUBLE: float,
-
-    ChannelType.CTRL_STRING: str,
-    ChannelType.CTRL_INT: int,
-    ChannelType.CTRL_FLOAT: float,
-    ChannelType.CTRL_ENUM: int,
-    ChannelType.CTRL_CHAR: bytes,
-    ChannelType.CTRL_LONG: int,
-    ChannelType.CTRL_DOUBLE: float,
-}
-
 
 def read_config():
     root_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
@@ -88,7 +62,7 @@ class Motor:
         self.write('.' + self.fields[fieldname], value)
 
     def read(self, suffix, as_string=False):
-        response = read(self.pv + suffix).data
+        response = read(self.pv + suffix)
         return self._convert_value(response, as_string)
 
     def _convert_value(self, response, as_string=False):
@@ -101,13 +75,11 @@ class Motor:
             value = response.data[0]
             if isinstance(value, bytes):
                 return value.decode()
-
             # If an empty string is returned, the data has a single entry
             # (the NULL terminator)
             if as_string:
                 return bytes(response.data).rstrip(b'\x00').decode(
                     encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore')
-
             return value
 
         # Strings are read with their NULL terminator, hence it needs to be