General hook for checking scan limits

Example of a hook for checking the motor limits before starting the scan. If the scan range is outside the motor limits this macro will print out an error message asking for stopping the scan with ctrl-C, otherwise the scan will continue. Up to now the errors inside the hooks are warnings and the scan continues. In new Sardana versions an error in the hook will interrupt the scan. In that case this macro will interrupt the scan, the printout of the error and the sleep statement can then be removed.

class gh_pre_scan(Macro):
	param_def = [
	        ]
	def run(self):
            door = PyTango.DeviceProxy(HasyUtils.getLocalDoorNames()[0])

            running_macros = door.RunningMacros

            scan_macro = door.RunningMacros[1]
            args_str = scan_macro.split("(")[1]
            scan_args = args_str.split(",")

            outside_limits = 0
            motor_proxy = []
            for i in range(0, int(len(scan_args)/4)):
                self.output(i)
                motor_name = scan_args[0 + 4*i].replace(" ", "")
                pos_start =  scan_args[1 + 4*i]
                pos_stop = scan_args[2 + 4*i]
                motor_proxy.append(PyTango.DeviceProxy(motor_name))
                attrConfig = motor_proxy[i].get_attribute_config_ex("Position")
                pos_min = attrConfig[0].min_value
                pos_max = attrConfig[0].max_value
                if pos_start > pos_stop:
                    pos_start_tmp = pos_start
                    pos_start = pos_stop
                    pos_stop = pos_start_tmp
                if float(pos_start) < float(pos_min) or float(pos_stop) > float(pos_max):
                    self.error("Scan range outside motor limits for motor %s " % motor_name)
                    outside_limits = 1
            if outside_limits:
                self.error("Stop scan with ctrl-C or it will continue in 10 s")
                time.sleep(10)
                raise ValueError("Scan range outside motor limits")
            return True