From d768d84ea141f3d7eaa3348ce8322e0265abc241 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: l_samenv <l_samenv@samenv.psi.ch>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 10:16:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] check if configured item is available before setting

if neither a property nor a parameter exists for a given
configured item, just an attribute was created
---
 secop/modules.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/secop/modules.py b/secop/modules.py
index c3d1334..4a1d309 100644
--- a/secop/modules.py
+++ b/secop/modules.py
@@ -383,11 +383,12 @@ class Module(HasAccessibles):
             try:
                 # this checks also for the proper datatype
                 # note: this will NOT call write_* methods!
-                setattr(self, k, v)
+                if hasattr(self, k):
+                    setattr(self, k, v)
+                    cfgdict.pop(k)
             except (ValueError, TypeError):
                 # self.log.exception(formatExtendedStack())
                 errors.append('module %s, parameter %s: %s' % (self.name, k, e))
-            cfgdict.pop(k)
 
         # Modify units AFTER applying the cfgdict
         for k, v in self.parameters.items():