From 730e2ad8550d47509e1da2976b23245697d0f9c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan David Mol <mol@astron.nl>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2022 17:08:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] L2SS-916: Provide default names for antennas

---
 .../tangostationcontrol/devices/antennafield.py                | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/antennafield.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/antennafield.py
index d9ea40ea3..25b58719c 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/antennafield.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/antennafield.py
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ class AntennaField(lofar_device):
     Antenna_Names = device_property(
         doc="Name of each antenna",
         dtype='DevVarStringArray',
-        mandatory=False
+        mandatory=False,
+        default_value = [f'Antenna{n+1}' for n in range(MAX_NUMBER_OF_HBAT)]
     )
 
     # ----- Antenna states
-- 
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