#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# A MAD lookalike co command for TOPSI
# All arguments are optional. The current values will be used if not
# specified
# Dr. Mark Koennecke, November 1999
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
proc SplitReply { text } {
     set l [split $text =]
     return [lindex $l 1]
}
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
proc co { {mode  NULL } { preset NULL } } {
     starttime [sicstime]
#----- deal with mode
     set mode2 [string toupper $mode]
     set mode3 [string trim $mode2]
     set mc    [string index $mode2 0]
     if { [string compare $mc T] == 0 } {
       counter setMode Timer
     } elseif { [string compare $mc M] == 0 } {
       counter setMode Monitor
     }
#------ deal with preset
     if { [string compare $preset NULL] != 0 } {
       set pre $preset
     } else {
       set pre [SplitReply [counter getpreset]]
     }
#------ count
     set ret [catch {counter count $pre} msg]
     if { $ret != 0 } {
       error [format "Counting ended with error: %s" $msg]
     } else {
        set cts [SplitReply [counter getcounts]]
     }
     return $cts
}