aborting a measurement
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Description
Currently it is hard to abort a running measurement. Pressing CTRL-C can leave the system (in particular the instruments) in an unusable state. The FAQ (https://github.com/QCoDeS/Qcodes/blob/master/docs/user/faq.rst) only mentiones ipython notebook. The original description (https://github.com/QCoDeS/Qcodes/pull/86/files) is only valid for a background measument, which is disabled by default.
PR #463 creates an abort measurement hook that can be used for proper abortion of a measurement.
@giulioungaretti @jenshnielsen @WilliamHPNielsen
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the abort-measurement hook introduced in PR #463 and the measurement guidance in docs/user/faq.rst, then compare it with the normal foreground measurement path described in the issue. Done means CTRL-C can abort a running measurement without leaving the instruments unusable.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100