Metronome: allow to add (fake) triggers

src/modules/Metronome/Metronome.cpp

@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ using namespace corryvreckan;
 using namespace std;
 
 Metronome::Metronome(Configuration config, std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Detector>> detectors)
-    : Module(std::move(config), std::move(detectors)) {
+    : Module(std::move(config), std::move(detectors)), m_triggers(0) {
 
     m_eventLength = m_config.get<double>("event_length", Units::get<double>(10, "us"));
+    m_triggersPerEvent = m_config.get<uint32_t>("triggers", 0);
 }
 
 void Metronome::initialise() {
@@ -20,9 +21,21 @@ void Metronome::initialise() {
 StatusCode Metronome::run(std::shared_ptr<Clipboard> clipboard) {
 
     // Set up the current event:
+    auto event = std::make_shared<Event>(m_eventStart, m_eventEnd);
     LOG(DEBUG) << "Defining event, time frame " << Units::display(m_eventStart, {"us", "ms", "s"}) << " to "
                << Units::display(m_eventEnd, {"us", "ms", "s"});
-    clipboard->putEvent(std::make_shared<Event>(m_eventStart, m_eventEnd));
+
+    if(m_triggersPerEvent > 1) {
+        LOG(DEBUG) << "Adding " << m_triggersPerEvent << " triggers to event, IDs " << m_triggers << "-"
+                   << (m_triggers + m_triggersPerEvent - 1);
+    } else if(m_triggersPerEvent > 0) {
+        LOG(DEBUG) << "Adding " << m_triggersPerEvent << " trigger to event, ID " << m_triggers;
+    }
+    for(uint32_t i = 0; i < m_triggersPerEvent; i++) {
+        event->addTrigger(m_triggers++, (m_eventStart + m_eventEnd) / 2);
+    }
+
+    clipboard->putEvent(event);
 
     // Increment the current event's start and end times by the configured event length
     m_eventStart = m_eventEnd;

src/modules/Metronome/Metronome.h

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace corryvreckan {
 
     private:
         double m_eventStart, m_eventEnd, m_eventLength;
+        uint32_t m_triggersPerEvent, m_triggers;
     };
 } // namespace corryvreckan
 #endif // Metronome_H