From 8ad659de762396f2e36878763f26273bfb312c00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Philipp Klemm <philipp@uvos.xyz>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:21:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add example generation

---
 mainwindow.cpp | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 379cd2b..81e80f8 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <eismultiplexer.h>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QMessageBox>
+#include <set>
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
 #include "triggerwidget.h"
@@ -114,17 +115,47 @@ void MainWindow::enumerateDevices()
         ui->statusbar->showMessage("Ready");
 
         free(serials);
+        generateExample();
 }
 
 void MainWindow::generateExample()
 {
     QString example =
-        "import eismultiplexer\n\n"
-        "from time import sleep";
+        "# This is an example script to show you how\n# to drive eismultiplexer using the python api\n"
+        "import eismultiplexer as multi\n"
+        "from time import sleep\n\n"
+        "# First initalize the device(s)\n";
 
-    for (const auto& channel : channels)
+    std::set<uint16_t> serials;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < channels.size(); ++i)
+        serials.insert(channels[i]->getDeviceSerial());
+
+    size_t i = 0;
+    for (uint16_t serial : serials)
     {
-        example.append(QString("eismultiplexer"));
+        example.append(QString("multiplexer_") + QString::number(i) + " multi.Multiplexer(serial=" + QString::number(serial) + ")\n");
+        ++i;
     }
+
+    example.append("\nprint('\\nListing the nummber of channels per unit')\n");
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < serials.size(); ++i)
+    {
+        QString printLine = "print(f'Found unit with serial number {" + QString::number(channels[i]->getDeviceSerial()) + "} and {multiplexer_" + QString::number(i) + ".getChannelCount()} channels')\n";
+        example.append(printLine);
+    }
+
+    example.append("\nprint('Connecting the first and second channel on the first unit')\n");
+    example.append("multiplexer_0.connectChannel(multi.Channel.A)\n");
+    example.append("multiplexer_0.connectChannel(multi.Channel.B)\n\n");
+    example.append("print('Waiting for half a second for something to happen')\n");
+    example.append("sleep(0.5)\n\n");
+    example.append("print('Disconnect first channel')\n");
+    example.append("multiplexer_0.disconnectChannel(multi.Channel.A)\n\n");
+    example.append("print('Waiting up to 5000 milliseconds for a trigger')\n");
+    example.append("multiplexer_0.setTriggerState(0, multi.TriggerState.INPUT)\n");
+    example.append("multiplexer_0.waitTrigger(0, multi.TriggerState.HIGHLEVEL, 5000)\n\n");
+    example.append("print('Disconnecting all channels')\n");
+    example.append("multiplexer_0.clear()\n");
+    codeEditor.setText(example);
 }