Merge pull request #239 from simonzihlmann/feat_add_support_old_bluef…

…ors_lgos BlueFors: make driver compatible with old and new log files
QCoDeS · Aug 24, 2023 · 76e17c3 · 76e17c3
2 parents 51db4fd + b24f0d8
commit 76e17c3
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/qcodes_contrib_drivers/drivers/BlueFors/BlueFors.py b/qcodes_contrib_drivers/drivers/BlueFors/BlueFors.py
@@ -155,8 +155,12 @@ def get_temperature(self, channel: int) -> float:
                                 names     = ['date', 'time', 'y'],
                                 header    = None)
 
-            # There is no space before the day with BlueFors Control Software v2.2
-            df.index = pd.to_datetime(df['date']+'-'+df['time'], format='%d-%m-%y-%H:%M:%S')
+            try:
+                # There is a space before the day for old BlueFors Control Sofware versions
+                df.index = pd.to_datetime(df['date']+'-'+df['time'], format=' %d-%m-%y-%H:%M:%S')
+            except:
+                # There is no space before the day with BlueFors Control Software v2.2
+                df.index = pd.to_datetime(df['date']+'-'+df['time'], format='%d-%m-%y-%H:%M:%S')
 
             return df.iloc[-1]['y']
         except (PermissionError, OSError) as err: