From ba96fc365856c7302086fa2cdec7f4bfd00d1727 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sven Augustin <sven.augustin@psi.ch>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 00:42:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] changed units PV readout to not read in constructors

---
 slic/core/adjustable/pvenumadjustable.py | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/slic/core/adjustable/pvenumadjustable.py b/slic/core/adjustable/pvenumadjustable.py
index a9657ec7d..fbdd5965f 100644
--- a/slic/core/adjustable/pvenumadjustable.py
+++ b/slic/core/adjustable/pvenumadjustable.py
@@ -5,17 +5,28 @@ from .adjustable import Adjustable
 
 class PVEnumAdjustable(Adjustable):
 
-    def __init__(self, pvname, ID=None, name=None, internal=False):
+    def __init__(self, pvname, ID=None, name=None, units=None, internal=False):
         self.pvname = pvname
         self.pv = pv = PV(pvname)
 
         ID = ID or pvname
-        units = pv.units
         super().__init__(ID, name=name, units=units, internal=internal)
 
         self.states = Enum(pv.enum_strs)
 
 
+    @property
+    def units(self):
+        units = self._units
+        if units is not None:
+            return units
+        return self.pvs.readback.units
+
+    @units.setter
+    def units(self, value):
+        self._units = value
+
+
     def get_current_value(self, as_number=False):
         as_string = not as_number
         return self.pv.get(as_string=as_string)