Connecting DAQ channels to devices

[adamkglaser]

I feel like this was discussed many months ago, and I cannot remember the conclusion we came to. This is coming back up, because I am updating the ExA-SPIM instrument JSON generation, and realized there is only a soft connection between the device_name input for DAQChannel and the actual devices.

What would be the best way to reference device_name? Should there be some sort of name attribute for all devices?

@saskiad @dyf

[saskiad]

yes, this is the purpose of the name attribute in Device. We made it optional at someone's request, but it's there for exactly this purpose. I'm happy to make it required if that would help

[adamkglaser]

Got it ok there is a name attribute. That is exactly what I was interested in. Adam From: Saskia de Vries ***@***.***> Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 10:30 AM To: AllenNeuralDynamics/aind-data-schema ***@***.***> Cc: adamkglaser ***@***.***>, Author ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [AllenNeuralDynamics/aind-data-schema] Connecting DAQ channels to devices (Discussion #478) yes, this is the purpose of the name attribute in Device. We made it optional at someone's request, but it's there for exactly this purpose. I'm happy to make it required if that would help — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#478 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADMGOKLUJQ2NELB46U2GCZ3X2CL3NANCNFSM6AAAAAA4VFJYRU>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[dyf]

Cleaning up the board - looks like this is closed.