#all caputs

import datetime
import time

from datetime import datetime

#ticks = time.time()
#print "Number of ticks since 12:00am, January 1, 1970:", ticks

dt = datetime.now()
print "datetime.now", dt


#caput ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:Acquire", "Stop") #stops the acquisition
pico_amp_6.stop()
dt = datetime.now()
print "stopping", dt

#to configure measuring parameters:

caput ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:AcquireMode" ,"Continuous")

caput ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:Range", "+- 2.5 nA" ) #(or bigger with beam )

caput ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:Geometry", "Square")

caput ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:ValuesPerRead", 1)

caput ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:AveragingTime",  0.1)
dt = datetime.now()
print "datetime.now", dt

caput ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:NumChannels", "4")

caput ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:ReadFormat", "Binary")

#caput ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:TriggerMode", "Ext. trig.") #if it should wait for the HW Trigger

caput ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:TriggerMode", "Free run" ) #without HW Trigger

caput ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:Resolution", "16 bits" )

caput ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:TS:TSAveragingTime",  0.0001536) #for acq. 6.5 kHz"

#time.sleep(1.0)
pico_amp_6.start()
dt = datetime.now()
print "datetime.now", dt

#ticks = time.time()
#print "Number of ticks since 12:00am, January 1, 1970:", ticks