FakeISISEventDAE v1¶

from threading import Thread
import time

def startFakeDAE():
    # This will generate 2000 events roughly every 20ms, so about 50,000 events/sec
    # They will be randomly shared across the 100 spectra
    # and have a time of flight between 10,000 and 20,000
    try:
        FakeISISEventDAE(NPeriods=1,NSpectra=100,Rate=20,NEvents=1000)
    except RuntimeError:
        pass

def captureLive():
    ConfigService.setFacility("TEST_LIVE")

    # start a Live data listener updating every second, that rebins the data
    # and replaces the results each time with those of the last second.
    StartLiveData(Instrument='ISIS_Event', OutputWorkspace='wsOut', UpdateEvery=1,
                  ProcessingAlgorithm='Rebin', ProcessingProperties='Params=10000,1000,20000;PreserveEvents=1',
                  AccumulationMethod='Add', PreserveEvents=True)

    # give it a couple of seconds before stopping it
    time.sleep(2)

    # This will cancel both algorithms
    # you can do the same in the GUI
    # by clicking on the details button on the bottom right
    AlgorithmManager.newestInstanceOf("MonitorLiveData").cancel()
    AlgorithmManager.newestInstanceOf("FakeISISEventDAE").cancel()
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

oldFacility = ConfigService.getFacility().name()
thread = Thread(target = startFakeDAE)
thread.start()
time.sleep(2) # give it a small amount of time to get ready
if not thread.is_alive():
    raise RuntimeError("Unable to start FakeDAE")

try:
    captureLive()
except Exception, exc:
    print "Error occurred starting live data"
finally:
    thread.join() # this must get hit

# put back the facility
ConfigService.setFacility(oldFacility)

#get the ouput workspace
wsOut = mtd["wsOut"]
print "The workspace contains %i events" % wsOut.getNumberEvents()