From 78af0a205f1286ff207fe58aa2c418cfa79e974e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan David Mol <mol@astron.nl>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 14:43:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] L2SS-449: Add proxy to self, to allow client-like interaction
from the device server.
---
.../tangostationcontrol/devices/lofar_device.py | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/lofar_device.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/lofar_device.py
index 8886abd8a..39a1ca4e8 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/lofar_device.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/lofar_device.py
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ class lofar_device(Device, metaclass=AbstractDeviceMetas):
# trigger a write_{name} call. See https://www.tango-controls.org/community/forum/c/development/c/accessing-own-deviceproxy-class/?page=1#post-2021
self.proxy = DeviceProxy(self.get_name())
+ # register a proxy to ourselves, to interact with
+ # our attributes and commands as a client would.
+ #
+ # this is required to get/set attributes.
+ #
+ # we cannot write directly to our attribute, as that would not
+ # trigger a write_{name} call. See https://www.tango-controls.org/community/forum/c/development/c/accessing-own-deviceproxy-class/?page=1#post-2021
+ self.proxy = DeviceProxy(self.get_name())
+
@log_exceptions()
def delete_device(self):
"""Hook to delete resources allocated in init_device.
--
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