#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.stop()
#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)

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"

#caput ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:Acquire", "Acquire")

#caput ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:TS:TSAcquire", "Acquire")
time.sleep(1.0)
pico_amp.start()
dt = datetime.now()
print "datetime.now", dt

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