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 at start", dt


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

#to configure measuring parameters:

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

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

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

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

caputq ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:AveragingTime",  0.1)

dt = datetime.now()
print "datetime.now after 5 puts", dt

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

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

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

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

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

caputq ("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 after 5+6 puts", dt



caputq ("X12SA-OP-BPM6:Acquire", "Acquire")

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

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