disable LEDs on start of iblrig

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ Changelog
 
 -------------------------------
 
+8.10.3
+------
+* hot-fix for disabling Bpod status LED
+
 8.10.2
 ------
 * hot-fix parsing of path args in transfer_data

iblrig/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # 3) Check CI and eventually wet lab test
 # 4) Pull request to iblrigv8
 # 5) git tag the release in accordance to the version number below (after merge!)
-__version__ = '8.10.2'
+__version__ = '8.10.3'
 
 # The following method call will try to get post-release information (i.e. the number of commits since the last tagged
 # release corresponding to the one above), plus information about the state of the local repository (dirty/broken)

iblrig/gui/wizard.py

@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.statusbar.addWidget(tmp)
         self.controls_for_extra_parameters()
 
+        self.set_bpod_status_led(False)
+
         self.setDisabled(True)
         QtCore.QTimer.singleShot(100, self.check_dirty)
         QtCore.QTimer.singleShot(100, self.check_for_update)
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ def eventFilter(self, obj, event):
 
     def closeEvent(self, event):
         if self.running_task_process is None:
+            self.set_bpod_status_led(True)
             event.accept()
         else:
             msgBox = QtWidgets.QMessageBox(parent=self)
@@ -215,6 +218,7 @@ def closeEvent(self, event):
                     self.setEnabled(False)
                     self.repaint()
                     self.start_stop()
+                    self.set_bpod_status_led(True)
                     event.accept()
 
     def check_dirty(self):
@@ -525,6 +529,10 @@ def flush(self):
         if not self.uiPushFlush.isChecked():
             bpod.close()
 
+    def set_bpod_status_led(self, enabled: bool) -> None:
+        bpod = Bpod(self.model.hardware_settings['device_bpod']['COM_BPOD'])
+        bpod.set_status_led(enabled)
+
     def help(self):
         webbrowser.open('https://int-brain-lab.github.io/iblrig/usage.html')