SR830 pause buffer

[FlyingCurryMonster]

I'm trying to diagnose some digitization issues on my SR830 and noticed there's a bug related to pauseBuffer(). In the SR830 py file there are several cases where self.pause_buffer() is used, when the actual function call should be "self.pauseBuffer()".

Edit: It also seems like the buffer_data() method isn't defined in the SR830 class.

[BenediktBurger]

Yes, indeed. 8 years ago pauseBuffer was renamed to pause_buffer, but not all occurrences.

Would you mind fixing it? If you need help with it, we're here.

[FlyingCurryMonster]

For sure. It seems like the support for measurements with the buffer isn't too well supported at the moment. That's not too surprising, I didn't need it until I ran into issues where my device noise is lower than the resolution of the SR830.
I'm guessing the workaround for digitization is to use the SR830 buffer and fast sample rate to record ~1000 measurements in the buffer and take the mean of the buffer, rather than record the front reading. I think by central limit theorem (I think?) that should cure the quantization problem.

I'll try and fix the pause and the buffer measure methods.

Any input or thoughts are appreciated. I also accidentally closed this issue.

[BenediktBurger]

Any input or thoughts are appreciated

For the naming, pause_buffer is the better name, as that is the normal python naming scheme.

Regarding the buffer_data, I don't know anything

[seb5g]

Hi guys,
I'm actually working on making this driver working again. Indeed the buffer_data was not defined... I should be done with a first update soon

[BenediktBurger]

Thanks for your comment @seb5g.