From 75ff8ad4bc4c6df674a4a89fc7905d9092b634ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sven Augustin <sven.augustin@psi.ch>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 12:53:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added sleep before first is_moving() check

---
 slic/devices/general/smaract.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/slic/devices/general/smaract.py b/slic/devices/general/smaract.py
index cf4c4da5..5b6746db 100644
--- a/slic/devices/general/smaract.py
+++ b/slic/devices/general/smaract.py
@@ -70,10 +70,22 @@ class SmarActAxis(Adjustable):
 
     def _move(self, value, checktime=0.1):
         self.pvs.drive.put(value)
+        time.sleep(checktime)
         while self.is_moving():
             time.sleep(checktime)
 
     def is_moving(self):
+        """
+        0 : Stopped
+        1 : Stepping
+        2 : Scanning
+        3 : Holding
+        4 : Targeting
+        5 : Move Delay
+        6 : Calibrating
+        7 : Finding Ref
+        8 : Locked
+        """
         return self.pvs.status.get() != 0
 
     def stop(self):