some work

tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/temperature_manager.py

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ from tangostationcontrol.common.lofar_logging import device_logging_to_python, l
 
 from tango._tango import DevState
 from tangostationcontrol.integration_test.device_proxy import TestDeviceProxy
-from tango import Util, DeviceProxy, DevSource
+from tango import Util, DeviceProxy, DevSource, DeviceAttribute, AttributeInfo, AttrDataFormat, attr_config
+from tango.server import attribute, device_property
 
 
 import logging
@@ -30,12 +31,25 @@ class temp_attr:
         self.dev = dev
         self.attr = attr
 
+
+        # fetch attribute configuration
+        attr_config = self.dev.get_attribute_config(attr.name)
+        self.is_scalar = attr_config.data_format == AttrDataFormat.SCALAR
+
+
+
 @device_logging_to_python()
 class temperature_manager(lofar_device):
     # -----------------
     # Device Properties
     # -----------------
 
+    temperatureManager_polling_speed_ms = device_property(
+        dtype='DevLong64',
+        mandatory=False,
+        default_value=10000
+    )
+
     # ----------
     # Attributes
     # ----------
@@ -71,11 +85,13 @@ class temperature_manager(lofar_device):
 
         for dev in dev_list:
             dev.set_source(DevSource.DEV)
-            attribute_list = dev.get_attribute_list()
+
+            # get a list of AttributeInfo objects
+            attribute_list = dev.attribute_list_query()
 
             # make a list of all temperature attributes
             for attr in attribute_list:
-                if "_temp_error_r" in attr.lowercase():
+                if "_temp_error_r" in attr.name.lowercase():
                     self.temp_attr_list.append(temp_attr(dev, attr))
 
         super().configure_for_initialise()
@@ -88,10 +104,27 @@ class temperature_manager(lofar_device):
     def configure_for_off(self):
         super().configure_for_off()
 
+    def read_alarm_state(self, devAttr):
+        val = devAttr.dev.read_attribute(devAttr.attr.name)
+
+        if devAttr.is_scalar:
+            if val.value:
+                # there is an alarm state
+        else:
+            if any(val.value):
+                # there is something in the alarm state
+                pass
+
     def polling_loop(self):
 
         for i in self.temp_attr_list:
-            i.read
+            self.read_alarm_state(i)
+
+
+
+
+
+