From f9cee3f0e6c5cc4ff8e1857138aafa870129fd28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sven Augustin <sven.augustin@psi.ch>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 21:42:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] speed up: do not wait for Motor PVs to connect

---
 slic/devices/general/motor.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/slic/devices/general/motor.py b/slic/devices/general/motor.py
index 492a9d03..9ae2a444 100644
--- a/slic/devices/general/motor.py
+++ b/slic/devices/general/motor.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from types import SimpleNamespace
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import colorama
 
-from epics import Motor as EpicsMotor
+import epics
 
 from slic.core.adjustable import Adjustable, AdjustableError
 from slic.core.adjustable.convenience import SpecConvenienceProgress
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ from slic.utils.eco_components.aliases import Alias
 from slic.utils.rangebar import RangeBar
 
 
+
+class EpicsMotor(epics.Motor):
+
+    # speed up: used by Motor.get_pv() with connect=True, i.e., waiting for connection
+    def PV(self, attr, connect=False, **kw):
+        return super().PV(attr, connect=connect, **kw)
+
+
+
 POS_TYPES = {"dial", "raw", "user"}
 
 POS_TYPE_KWARGS = {