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semi_coherent_search_using_MCMC.py

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    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
    """
    Created on Sun Jan 27 09:56:53 2013
    
    PyKat - Python interface and wrapper for FINESSE
    Copyright (C) 2013 Daniel David Brown
    
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.
    
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.
    
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
    
    Contact at ddb@star.sr.bham.ac.uk
    
    @author: Daniel Brown
    """
    from __future__ import print_function
    import sys
    import os
    import subprocess
    import tempfile
    import numpy as np
    import datetime
    import pickle
    import pykat
    import warnings
    import re
    import math       
    import itertools
    import ctypes
    import ctypes.util
    import collections
    import re
    import copy
    
    from collections import namedtuple, OrderedDict
    
    from pykat.node_network import NodeNetwork
    from pykat.detectors import BaseDetector as Detector
    from pykat.components import Component
    from pykat.commands import Command, xaxis
    from pykat.SIfloat import *
    from pykat.param import Param, AttrParam
    
    import pykat.exceptions as pkex
    
    from pykat import USE_GUI, HAS_OPTIVIS, NoGUIException
    
    if USE_GUI:
        from pykat.gui.gui import pyKatGUI
        from PyQt4.QtCore import QCoreApplication
        from PyQt4.QtGui import QApplication
    
    from multiprocessing import Process, Manager
    
    NO_BLOCK = "NO_BLOCK"
    pykat_web = "www.gwoptics.org/pykat"
    
    # containers used in the trace routine
    space_trace = namedtuple("space_trace", ['gouyx','gouyy'])
    node_trace = namedtuple("node_trace", ['qx','qy'])
    cav_trace = namedtuple("cav_trace", ['isStable','gx','gy','qx','qy','finesse','loss','length','FSR','FWHM','pole'])
             
    lkat_location = ctypes.util.find_library("kat")
                                         
    def f__lkat_process(callback, cmd, kwargs):
        """
        """
        
        if lkat_location == None:
            raise RuntimeError("Could not find shared library 'libkat', please install to a system location or copy to the same directory as this script")
            
        lkat = ctypes.PyDLL(lkat_location)
    
        try:
            lkat._pykat_preInit() # must always be called, sets up
                            # exception handling and such no simulation
                            # specifc code here
    
            # reads in the kat.ini and setups up other parts
            lkat._pykat_init()
            lkat._pykat_setup(cmd)
        
            callback(lkat, **kwargs)
        
        except Exception as ex: 
            print("Exception caught in python: ", ex.message)
        finally:
            # This should always be called no matter what
            lkat._pykat_finish(0)
    
    
    def f__lkat_trace_callback(lkat, trace_info, getCavities, getNodes, getSpaces):
        """
        lkat callback for computing the beam traces through a setup.
        Returns a dictionary of nodes, spaces and cavities and the
        various outputs of the tracing algorithm.
        """
        import pylibkat
    
        # first we need to get a handle on the internals of Finesse
        inter = pylibkat.interferometer.in_dll(lkat, "inter")
    
        lkat._pykat_step()
    
        if getNodes:
            for n in range(0, inter.num_nodes):
                node = inter.node_list[n]
    
                node_info = node_trace(
                                        qx = complex(node.qx.re, node.qx.im),
                                        qy = complex(node.qy.re, node.qy.im)
                                        )
    
                trace_info[node.name] = node_info
    
        if getCavities:
            for c in range(0, inter.num_cavities):
                cav = inter.cavity_list[c]
    
                cav_info = cav_trace(
                                    isStable = (cav.stable == 1),
                                    gx = cav.stability_x,
                                    gy = cav.stability_y,
                                    qx = complex(cav.qx.re, cav.qx.im),
                                    qy = complex(cav.qy.re, cav.qy.im),
                                    finesse = cav.finesse,
                                    FSR = cav.FSR,
                                    FWHM = cav.FWHM,
                                    loss = cav.loss,
                                    length = cav.length,
                                    pole = cav.pole
                                    )
    
                trace_info[cav.name] = cav_info
    
        if getSpaces:
            for s in range(0, inter.num_spaces):
                space = inter.space_list[s]
    
                trace_info[space.name] = space_trace(gouyx = space.gouy_x,
                                                     gouyy = space.gouy_y)
                         
                                                 
    class katRun(object):
        def __init__(self):
            self.runDateTime = datetime.datetime.now()
            self.x = None
            self.y = None
            self.xlabel = None
            self.ylabels = None
            self.katScript = None
            self.katVersion = None
            self.yaxis = None
            
        def plot(self):
            import pylab
            
            pylab.plot(self.x, self.y)
            pylab.legend(self.ylabels,0)
            pylab.xlabel(self.xlabel)
            pylab.show()
            
        def savekatRun(self, filename):
            with open(filename,'w') as outfile:
                pickle.dump(self, outfile)
        
        @staticmethod
        def loadKatRun(filename):
            with open(filename,'r') as infile:
                return pickle.load(infile)
        
        def get(self, value): return self[value]
        
        def __getitem__(self, value):
            idx = [i for i in range(len(self.ylabels)) if self.ylabels[i].split()[0] == str(value)]
            out = None
            
            if len(idx) > 0:
                if len(idx) == 1:
                    if self.yaxis == "abs:deg":
                        out = self.y[:, idx[0]]
                    elif self.yaxis == "re:im":
                        out = self.y[:, idx[0]]
                else: 
                    if self.yaxis == "abs:deg":
                        out = self.y[:, idx[0]] * np.exp(1j*math.pi*self.y[:, idx[1]]/180.0)
                    elif self.yaxis == "re:im":
                        out = self.y[:, idx[0]] + 1j*self.y[:, idx[1]]
                
                if out == None:
                    out = self.y[:, idx]
                
                if out.size == 1:
                    return out[0].squeeze()
                else:
                    return out.squeeze()
            else:
                raise  pkex.BasePyKatException("No output by the name '{0}' found in the output".format(str(value)))
          
    class katRun2D(object):
        def __init__(self):
            self.runDateTime = datetime.datetime.now()
            self.x = None
            self.y = None
            self.z = None
            self.xlabel = None
            self.ylabel = None
            self.zlabels = None
            self.katScript = None
            self.katVersion = None
            
        def saveKatRun(self, filename):
            with open(filename,'w') as outfile:
                pickle.dump(self, outfile)
        
        @staticmethod
        def loadKatRun(filename):
            with open(filename,'r') as infile:
                return pickle.load(infile)
        
        def get(self, value): return self[value].squeeze()
        
        def __getitem__(self, value):
            idx = [i for i in range(len(self.zlabels)) if self.zlabels[i].split()[0] == str(value)]
            
            if len(idx) > 0:
                return self.z[idx].squeeze()
            else:
                raise  pkex.BasePyKatException("No output by the name {0} found".format(str(value)))
        
            
    class Signals(object):
        class fsig(object):
            def __init__(self, param, name, amplitude, phase, signal):
                self._params = []
                self.__target = param
                self.__name = name
                self.__amplitude = Param("amp", self, SIfloat(amplitude))
                self.__phase = Param("phase", self, SIfloat(phase))
                self.__removed = False
                self.__signal = signal
    			
                # unfortunatenly the target names for fsig are not the same as the
                # various parameter names of the components, e.g. mirror xbeta is x 
                # for fsig. So we need to check here what type of component we are targetting
                # and then based on the parameter specfied get the name
                if not param.canFsig:
                    raise  pkex.BasePyKatException("Cannot fsig parameter {1} on component {0}".format(str(param._owner().name), param.name))
                
            def _register_param(self, param):
                self._params.append(param)
            
            @property
            def removed(self): return self.__removed
      
            def remove(self):
                self.__signal._kat.remove(self)
                
            def _on_remove(self):
                if self.__removed:
                    raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Signal {0} has already been marked as removed".format(self.name))
                else:
                    self.__signal.targets.remove(self)
                    self.__remove = True
            
            @property
            def name(self): return self.__name
    
            @property
            def amplitude(self): return self.__amplitude
            @amplitude.setter
            def amplitude(self,value): self.__amplitude.value = SIfloat(value)
    
    
            @property
            def phase(self): return self.__phase
            @phase.setter
            def phase(self,value): self.__phase.value = SIfloat(value)
    
            @property
            def target(self): return self.__target.fsig_name
    
            @property
            def owner(self): return self.__target._owner().name
        
            def getFinesseText(self):
                rtn = []
        
                for p in self._params:
                    rtn.extend(p.getFinesseText())
            
                return rtn
        
        @property
        def name(self):
            # if we don't have any signals yet then use a dummy name
            # however we need to always tune a real fsig command
            # so need to get the name of at least one of them
            # as if you tune one you tune them all
            if len(self.targets) == 0:
                return "fsignal"
            else:
                return self.targets[0].name
                
        @property
        def removed(self): return False # we can never remove the Signal object altogethr just the individual fsig targets
    
        def remove(self):
            for t in self.targets:
                t.remove()
            
            del self.targets[:]
            
        @property
        def f(self): return self.__f
        @f.setter
        def f(self,value): self.__f.value = SIfloat(value)
        
        def __init__(self, kat):
            self.targets = []
            self._params = []
            self.__f = Param("f", self, 1)
            self._kat = kat
            
        def _register_param(self, param):
            self._params.append(param)
            
        def apply(self, target, amplitude, phase, name=None):
            
            if target == None:
                raise  pkex.BasePyKatException("No target was specified for signal to be applied")
            
            if name == None:
                name = "sig_" + target._owner().name + "_" + target.name
            
            self.targets.append(Signals.fsig(target, name, amplitude, phase, self))
            
        def getFinesseText(self):
            rtn = []
            
            for t in self.targets:
                rtn.extend(t.getFinesseText())
                
                rtn.append("fsig {name} {comp} {target} {frequency} {phase} {amplitude}"
                                .format(name = t.name,
                                        comp=t.owner,
                                        target=t.target,
                                        frequency=str(self.f),
                                        phase=str(t.phase),
                                        amplitude=str(t.amplitude if t.amplitude != None else "")))
    
            for p in self._params:
                rtn.extend(p.getFinesseText())
            
            return rtn
            
    class Block:
        def __init__(self, name):
            self.__name = name
            self.contents = [] # List of objects and strings of finesse code
            self.enabled = True 
            
        @property
        def name(self): return self.__name
        
    Constant = namedtuple('Constant', 'name, value, usedBy')
        
    class kat(object):  
            
        def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
            # This may seem like an arbitrary step but here we are creating a 
            # new class that is a base class of itself. This is because when
            # the kat object adds new components it also adds properties for
            # each of these. There properties are unique to each kat object,
            # but properties are part of the class definition. Thus if two
            # kat objects share the same class definition they also have the
            # same properties regardless of whether they have the actual
            # object added to it. So we create an instance specific class.
            return object.__new__(type(pykat.finesse.kat.__name__, (pykat.finesse.kat,), {}), *args, **kwargs)
            
        def __init__(self, kat_file=None, kat_code=None, katdir="", katname="", tempdir=None, tempname=None):
            
            self.scene = None # scene object for GUI
            self.verbose = True
            self.__blocks = OrderedDict() # dictionary of blocks that are used
            self.__components = {}  # dictionary of optical components      
            self.__detectors = {}   # dictionary of detectors
            self.__commands = {}    # dictionary of commands
            self.__gui = None
            self.nodes = NodeNetwork(self)  
            self.__katdir = katdir
            self.__katname = katname
            self.__tempdir = tempdir
            self.__tempname = tempname
            self.pykatgui = None
            self.__signals = Signals(self)
            self.constants = {}
            self.vacuum = []
            self.__prevrunfilename = None
            self.printmatrix = None
            
            # initialise default block
            self.__currentTag= NO_BLOCK
            self.__blocks[NO_BLOCK] = Block(NO_BLOCK)
            
            # Various options for running finesse, typicaly the commands with just 1 input
            # and have no name attached to them.
            self.retrace = None
            self.deriv_h = None
            self.scale = None
            self.__trace = None
            self.__phase = None
            self.__maxtem = None
            self.__noxaxis = False
            self.__time_code = None
            self.__yaxis = "abs" # default yaxis
            self.__lambda0 = 1064e-9
            
            if kat_code != None and kat_file != None:
                raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Specify either a Kat file or some Kat code, not both.")
            
            if kat_code != None:
                self.parseCommands(kat_code)
            
            if kat_file != None:
                self.loadKatFile(kat_file)
    			
        def __deepcopy__(self, memo):
            """
            When deep copying a kat object we need to take into account
            the instance specific properties. This is because when
            the kat object adds new components it also adds properties for
            each of these. There properties are unique to each kat object,
            but properties are part of the class definition. Thus if two
            kat objects share the same class definition they also have the
            same properties regardless of whether they have the actual
            object added to it. So we create an instance specific class.
            """
            result = self.__class__.__new__(self.__class__)
            memo[id(self)] = result
            result.__dict__ = copy.deepcopy(self.__dict__, memo)
            
            # Find all properties in class we are copying
            # and deep copy these to the new class instance
            for x in self.__class__.__dict__.items():
                if isinstance(x[1], property):
                    setattr(result.__class__, x[0], x[1])
                            
            return result
    		
        @property
        def signals(self): return self.__signals
    
        yaxis_options = ["abs:deg","db:deg","re:im","abs","db","deg"]
        @property
        def yaxis(self): return self.__yaxis
        @yaxis.setter
        def yaxis(self, value):
            
            if not str(value) in self.yaxis_options:
                raise pkex.BasePyKatException("yaxis value '{0}' is not a value option. Valid options are: {1}".format(str(value), ",".join(self.yaxis_options) ))
                
            self.__yaxis = str(value)
    
        @property
        def trace(self): return self.__trace
        @trace.setter
        def trace(self, value):
            value = int(value)
    
            if value < 0 or value > 255:
                raise pkex.BasePyKatException('trace command only accepts values in the range 0-255.')
            else:
                self.__trace = value
    
        @property
        def lambda0(self): return self.__lambda0
        @lambda0.setter
        def lambda0(self, value):
            self.__lambda0 = SIfloat(value)
            
            for node in self.nodes.getNodes():
                if self.nodes[node].q != None:
                    self.nodes[node].q.wavelength = self.__lambda0
    
        @property
        def maxtem(self): return self.__maxtem
        @maxtem.setter
        def maxtem(self,value):
            if value == "off":
                self.__maxtem = -1
            else:
                self.__maxtem = int(value)
        
        @property
        def phase(self): return self.__phase
        @phase.setter
        def phase(self,value): self.__phase = int(value)
            
        @property
        def getPerformanceData(self): return self.__time_code
        @getPerformanceData.setter
        def getPerformanceData(self,value): self.__time_code = bool(value)
        
        @property
        def components(self):
            return self.__components.copy()
        
        @property
        def detectors(self):
            return self.__detectors.copy()
            
        @property
        def noxaxis(self): return self.__noxaxis
        @noxaxis.setter
        def noxaxis(self,value): self.__noxaxis = bool(value) 
    
        @staticmethod
        def logo():
            print("""                                              ..-
        PyKat {0:7}         _                  '(
                              \\`.|\\.__...-\"\"""-_." )
           ..+-----.._        /  ' `            .-'
       . '            `:      7/* _/._\\    \\   (
      (        '::;;+;;:      `-"' =" /,`"" `) /
      L.        \\`:::a:f            c_/     n_'
      ..`--...___`.  .    ,  
       `^-....____:   +.      {1}\n""".format(pykat.__version__, pykat_web))
        
        def loadKatFile(self, katfile, blocks=None):
            commands=open(katfile).read()
            self.parseCommands(commands, blocks=blocks)
        
        def parseKatCode(self, code, blocks=None):
            #commands = code.split("\n")
            self.parseCommands(code, blocks=blocks)
    
        def processConstants(self, commands):
            """
            Before fully parsing a bunch of commands firstly any constants or variables
            to be recorded and replaced.
            """
            constants = self.constants
            
            for line in commands:
                values = line.split()
                
                if len(values)>0 and values[0] == 'const':
                    
                    if len(values) >= 3:
                        if values[1] in constants:
                            raise pkex.BasePyKatException('const command with the name "{0}" already used'.format(values[1]))
                        else:
                            constants[str(values[1])] = Constant(values[1], values[2], [])
                    else:
                        raise pkex.BasePyKatException('const command "{0}" was not the correct format'.format(line))
            
            commands_new = []
            
            for line in commands:
                values = line.split()
                
                if len(values) > 0 and values[0] != 'const':
                    # check if we have a var/constant in this line
                    if line.find('$') >= 0:
                        for key in constants.keys():
                            # TODO: need to fix this for checking mulitple instances of const in a single line
                            
                            chars = [' ', '+', '-', '*', '/', ')']
    
                            for c in chars:
                                none_found = False
                                
                                while not none_found:
                                    if line.find('$'+key+c) > -1:
                                        constants[key].usedBy.append(line)
                                        line = line.replace('$'+key+c, str(constants[key].value)+ c)
                                    else:
                                        none_found = True
                            
                            if line.endswith('$'+key):
                                constants[key].usedBy.append(line)
                                line = line.replace('$'+key, str(constants[key].value))
                            
                    commands_new.append(line)
        
            self.constants = constants
            
            return commands_new
            
        def parseCommands(self, commands, blocks=None):
            blockComment = False
            
            commands=self.remove_comments(commands)
            
            commands=self.processConstants(commands)
            
            after_process = [] # list of commands that should be processed after 
                               # objects have been set and created
            
            for line in commands:
                try:
                    if len(line.strip()) >= 2:
                        line = line.strip()
    
                        # Looking for block start or end
                        values = line.split()
                    
                        if values[0] == "%%%":
                            if values[1] == "FTblock":
                                newTag = values[2]
                            
                                if self.__currentTag != None and self.__currentTag != NO_BLOCK: 
                                    warnings.warn("found block {0} before block {1} ended".format(newTag, self.__currentTag))    
                                
                                if newTag in self.__blocks:
                                    raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Block `{0}` has already been read".format(newTag))
                                
                                self.__blocks[newTag] = Block(newTag) # create new list to store all references to components in block
                                self.__currentTag = newTag
                            
                            if values[1] == "FTend":
                                self.__currentTag = NO_BLOCK
                            
                            continue
    
                        # only include listed blocks, if we have specfied them
                        if blocks != None and self.__currentTag not in blocks:
                            continue
                        
                        # don't read comment lines
                        if line[0] == "#" or line[0] == "%":
                            continue
                    
                        # check if block comment is being used
                        if not blockComment and line[0:2] == "/*":
                            blockComment = True
                            continue
                        elif blockComment and line[0:2] == "*/":
                            blockComment = False
                            continue
                    
                        first = line.split(" ",1)[0]
                        obj = None
                        
                        if(first == "m" or first == "m1" or first == "m2"):
                            obj = pykat.components.mirror.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first == "s"):
                            obj = pykat.components.space.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first == "l"):
                            obj = pykat.components.laser.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first == "sq"):
                            obj = pykat.components.squeezer.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first[0:2] == "bs"):
                            obj = pykat.components.beamSplitter.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first[0:2] == "gr"):
                            obj = pykat.components.grating.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first[0:4] == "isol"):
                            obj = pykat.components.isolator.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first[0:4] == "lens"):
                            obj = pykat.components.lens.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first[0:3] == "mod"):
                            obj = pykat.components.modulator.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first[0:2] == "ad"):
                            obj = pykat.detectors.ad.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first[0:2] == "bp"):
                            obj = pykat.detectors.bp.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first[0:4] == "gouy"):
                            obj = pykat.detectors.gouy.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first[0:2] == "pd" and first != "pdtype"):
                            obj = pykat.detectors.pd.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first == "qshot" or first == "qshotS" or first == "qshotN"):
                            obj = pykat.detectors.qshot.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first == "qnoised" or first == "qnoisedS" or first == "qnoisedN"):
                            obj = pykat.detectors.qnoised.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first == "xaxis" or first == "xaxis*"):
                            obj = pykat.commands.xaxis.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first[0:2] == "hd"):
                            obj = pykat.detectors.hd.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first.startswith("qhd")):
                            obj = pykat.detectors.qhd.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first == "x2axis" or first == "x2axis*"):
                            obj = pykat.commands.x2axis.parseFinesseText(line)
                        elif(first == "gauss" or first == "gauss*" or first == "gauss**"):
                            after_process.append(line)
                        elif(first == "scale"):
                            after_process.append(line)
                        elif(first == "pdtype"):
                            after_process.append(line)
                        elif(first == "attr"):
                            after_process.append(line)
                        elif(first == "noxaxis"):
                            self.noxaxis = True
                        elif(first == "lambda"):
                            v = line.split()
                            self.lambda0 = SIfloat(v[-1])
                        elif(first == "yaxis"):
                            v = line.split()
                        
                            self.yaxis = v[-1]
                        elif(first == "phase"):
                            v = line.split()
                            if len(v) != 2:
                                raise pkex.BasePyKatException("phase command `{0}` is incorrect.".format(line))
                            else:
                                self.phase = int(v[1])
                        elif(first == "maxtem"):
                            v = line.split()
                            if len(v) != 2:
                                raise pkex.BasePyKatException("maxtem command `{0}` is incorrect.".format(line))
                            else:
                                if v[1] == "off":
                                	self.maxtem = -1
                                else:
        	                        self.maxtem = int(v[1])
                        elif(first == "trace"):
                            v = line.split()
                            if len(v) > 2:
                                raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Trace command `{0}` is incorrect.".format(line))
                            elif len(v) == 2:
                                self.trace = v[1]
                        elif(first == "retrace"):
                            v = line.split()
                            if len(v) > 2:
                                raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Retrace command `{0}` is incorrect.".format(line))
                            elif len(v) == 2:
                                self.retrace = v[1]                        
                        elif(first == "deriv_h"):
                            v = line.split()
                            if len(v) != 2:
                                raise pkex.BasePyKatException("deriv_h command `{0}` is incorrect.".format(line))
                            else:
                                self.deriv_h = float(v[1])
                        elif(first == "gnuterm" or first == "pyterm"):
                            if self.verbose:
                                print("Ignoring Gnuplot/Python terminal command '{0}'".format(line))
                        elif(first == "fsig"):
                            after_process.append(line)
                        elif(first == "noplot"):
                            obj = line
                            self.__blocks[self.__currentTag].contents.append(line) 
                        else:
                            if self.verbose:
                                print("Parsing `{0}` into pykat object not implemented yet, added as extra line.".format(line))
                            
                            obj = line
                            # manually add the line to the block contents
                            self.__blocks[self.__currentTag].contents.append(line) 
                    
                        if obj != None and not isinstance(obj, str):
                            if self.hasNamedObject(obj.name):
                                getattr(self, obj.name).remove()
                                print("Removed existing object '{0}' of type {1} to add line '{2}'".format(obj.name, obj.__class__, line))
                            
                            self.add(obj)
                except:
                    print("--------------------------------------------------------")
                    print("Error parsing line: " + line)
                    print("--------------------------------------------------------")
                    raise
                    
                    
            # now process all the varous gauss/attr etc. commands which require
            # components to exist first before they can be processed
            for line in after_process:
                first = line.split(" ",1)[0]            
                if first == "gauss" or first == "gauss*" or first == "gauss**":
                    pykat.commands.gauss.parseFinesseText(line, self)
                elif (first == "scale"):
                    v = line.split()
                    accepted = ["psd","psd_hf","asd","asd_hf","meter", "ampere", "degs"]
                    
                    if len(v) == 3:
                        component_name = v[2]
                        
                        if v[1].lower() in accepted:
                            val = v[1]
                        else:
                            try:
                                val = SIfloat(v[1])
                            except ValueError as ex:
                                raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Line `{0}`:\nAccepted scale values are decimal numbers or %s." % (line,str(accepted)))
                                
                        if component_name in self.__detectors :
                            self.__detectors[component_name].scale.append(val)
                        else:
                            raise pkex.BasePyKatException("scale command `{0}` refers to non-existing output".format(component_name))
                    elif len(v) == 2:
                        if v[1] == "meter" or v[1] == "ampere" or v[1] == "deg":
                            self.scale = v[1]
                        else:
                            self.scale = SIfloat(v[1])
                    else:
                        raise pkex.BasePyKatException("scale command `{0}` is incorrect.".format(line))
                elif (first == "pdtype"):
                    v = line.split()
                    if len(v) == 3:
                        component_name = v[1]
                        if component_name in self.__detectors :
                            self.__detectors[component_name].pdtype = v[2]
                        else:
                            raise pkex.BasePyKatException("pdtype command `{0}` refers to non-existing detector".format(component_name))
                    else:
                        raise pkex.BasePyKatException("pdtype command `{0}` is incorrect.".format(line))
                elif(first == "attr"):
                    v = line.split()
    
                    if len(v) < 4:
                        raise pkex.BasePyKatException("attr command `{0}` is incorrect.".format(line))
                    else:
                        # get the component/detector in question
                        if v[1] in self.__components:
                            comp = self.__components[v[1]]
                        elif v[1] in self.__detectors:
                            comp = self.__detectors[v[1]]
                        else:
                            raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Could not find the component '{0}' for attr command in line '{1}'".format(v[1], line))
                    
                        if len(v[2:]) % 2 == 1:
                            raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Attr command '{0}' must specify both parameter and value pairs".format(line))
                                                    
                        # convert split list to key value pairs
                        kv = dict(itertools.izip_longest(*[iter(v[2:])] * 2, fillvalue=None))
    
                        comp.parseAttributes(kv)
                        
                elif(first == "fsig"):
                    
                    v = line.split()
                    
                    name = str(v[1])
                    
                    if v[2] not in self.__components:
                        raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Could not find the component '{0}'. Line: '{1}'".format(v[2], line))
                    
                    comp = self.__components[v[2]]
                    
                    if comp._default_fsig() == None:
                        raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Component '{0}' cannot be fsig'd. Line: '{1}'".format(comp.name, line))
                        
                    param = None
                    amp = None
                    
                    if len(v) == 5:
                        param == None
                        freq = SIfloat(v[3])
                        phase = SIfloat(v[4])
                    elif len(v) == 6:
                        if v[3][0].isdigit():
                            freq = SIfloat(v[3])
                            phase = SIfloat(v[4])
                            amp = SIfloat(v[5])
                        else:
                            param = str(v[3])
                            freq = SIfloat(v[4])
                            phase = SIfloat(v[5])
                            
                    elif len(v) == 7:
                        param = v[3]
                        freq = SIfloat(v[4])
                        phase = SIfloat(v[5])
                        amp = SIfloat(v[6])
                    else:
                        raise pkex.BasePyKatException("'{0}' isnot a valid fsig command".format(line))
                    
                    self.signals.f = freq
                    self.signals.apply(comp._default_fsig(), amp, phase, name)
                    
                else:
                    raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Haven't handled parsing of '{0}'".format(line))
                        
            self.__currentTag = NO_BLOCK 
            
        def saveScript(self, filename=None):
            """
            Saves the current kat object to a Finesse input file
            """
            try:
                katScript = "".join(self.generateKatScript())       
                katfile = open(filename,'w')
                katfile.writelines(katScript)
                katfile.flush()
                katfile.close()
    
            except pkex.BasePyKatException as ex:
                print(ex)
    
                
        def getProcess(self, callback, **kwargs):
            """
            """
            
            cmd = "\n".join(self.generateKatScript())
            
            return Process(target=f__lkat_process, args=(callback, cmd, kwargs))
               
        def run(self, printout=0, printerr=0, plot=None, save_output=False, save_kat=False, kat_name=None, cmd_args=None) :
            """ 
            Runs the current simulation setup that has been built thus far.
            It returns a katRun or katRun2D object which is populated with the various
            data from the simulation run.
            printout=1 prints the Finesse banner
            printerr shows the Finesse progress (set kat.verbose=1 to see warnings and errors)
            plot (string) - Sets gnuterm for plotting
            save_output (bool) - if true does not delete out file
            save_kat (bool) - if true does not delete kat file
            kat_name (string) - name of kat file if needed, will be randomly generated otherwise
            cmd_args (list of strings) - command line flags to pass to FINESSE
            """
            start = datetime.datetime.now()
            
            try:        
                if not hasattr(self, "xaxis") and self.noxaxis != None and self.noxaxis == False:
                    raise pkex.BasePyKatException("No xaxis was defined")
                
                if len(self.__katdir) == 0:
                    # Get the environment variable for where Finesse is stored
                    self.__finesse_dir = os.environ.get('FINESSE_DIR')
                    
                    if self.__finesse_dir == None :
                        raise pkex.MissingFinesseEnvVar()
                else:
                    self.__finesse_dir = self.__katdir
                    
                if len(self.__katname) == 0:
                    katexe = "kat"
                    
                    if os.sys.platform == "win32":
                        katexe += ".exe"
                else:
                    katexe = self.__katname
                
                kat_exec = os.path.join(self.__finesse_dir, katexe) 
                
                # check if kat file exists and it is executable by user        
                if not (os.path.isfile(kat_exec) and os.access(kat_exec, os.X_OK)):
                    raise pkex.MissingFinesse()
                    
                if self.verbose: print("--------------------------------------------------------------")
                if self.verbose: print("Running kat - Started at " + str(start))
                
                if hasattr(self, "x2axis") and self.noxaxis == False:
                    r = katRun2D()
                else:
                    r = katRun()
                    
                r.yaxis = self.yaxis
                r.katScript = "".join(self.generateKatScript())   
    
                if (plot==None):
                    # ensure we don't do any plotting. That should be handled
                    # by user themselves
                    r.katScript+=("gnuterm no\n")
                    r.katScript+=("pyterm no\n")
                else:
                    r.katScript+=(plot+"\n")
                
                # create a kat file which we will write the script into
                if self.__tempname == None:
                    katfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".kat", dir=self.__tempdir)
                else:
                    filepath =os.path.join(self.__tempdir, self.__tempname+".kat" )
                    katfile = open( filepath, 'w' ) 
                    
                katfile.writelines(r.katScript)
                katfile.flush()
    
                if printout == 1 or plot != None:
                    cmd=[kat_exec]
                else:
                    cmd=[kat_exec, '--perl1']
                
                if self.__time_code:
                    cmd.append('--perf-timing')
                
                if cmd_args != None:
                    cmd.extend(cmd_args)
                    
                cmd.append('--no-backspace')
                # set default format so that less repeated numbers are printed to the
                # output file, should speed up running and parsing of output files
                cmd.append('-format=%.15g')
    
                cmd.append(katfile.name)
                                
                p=subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
                err = ""
                
                #if self.verbose: print "Finesse output:"            
                for line in iter(p.stderr.readline, ""):
                    if len(line) > 0:
                        # remove any ANSI commands
                        ansi = re.compile(r'\x1b[^m]*m')
                        line = ansi.sub('', line)
    
                        # warnings and errors start with an asterisk 
                        # so if verbose show them
                        if line.lstrip().startswith('*PROG*'):
                            line = line[8:-1]
                            vals = line.split("-",1)
                            action = vals[0].strip()
                            prc = vals[1].strip()[:]
                        
                            if printerr == 1:
                                sys.stdout.write("\r{0} {1}".format(action, prc))
                        elif line.lstrip().startswith('*'):
                            if self.verbose: sys.stdout.write(line)        
                        elif line.rstrip().endswith('%'):
                            vals = line.split("-")
                            action = vals[0].strip()
                            prc = vals[1].strip()[:]
                            
                            if printerr == 1:
                                sys.stdout.write("\r{0} {1}".format(action, prc))
                                
                        else:
                            err += line
    
                
                [out,errpipe] = p.communicate()
                
                if printout == 1: 
                    print(out)
                else:
                    if printerr == 1: print("")
    
                # get the version number
                ix = out.find('build ') + 6
                ix2 = out.find(')',ix)
                r.katVersion = out[ix:ix2]
                
                r.runDateTime = datetime.datetime.now()
    
                # If Finesse returned an error, just print that and exit!
                if p.returncode != 0:
                    print(err)
                    sys.exit(1) 
                
                self.__prevrunfilename = katfile.name
                
                root = os.path.splitext(katfile.name)
                base = os.path.basename(root[0])            
                outfile = root[0] + ".out"
                
                if save_output:        
                    newoutfile = "{0}.out".format(base)
                    
                    cwd = os.path.os.getcwd()
                    newoutfile = os.path.join(cwd,newoutfile)
                    
                    if os.path.isfile(newoutfile):
                        os.remove(newoutfile)
                        
                    os.rename(outfile, newoutfile)
    
                    if self.verbose: print("\nOutput data saved to '{0}'".format(newoutfile))
                
                if hasattr(self, "x2axis") and self.noxaxis == False:
                    [r.x,r.y,r.z,hdr] = self.readOutFile(outfile)
                    
                    r.xlabel = hdr[0]
                    r.ylabel = hdr[1]
                    r.zlabels = map(str.strip, hdr[2:])
                             
                else:
                    [r.x,r.y,hdr] = self.readOutFile(outfile)
                
                    r.xlabel = hdr[0]
                    r.ylabels = map(str.strip, hdr[1:])
                        
                if save_kat:
                    if kat_name == None:
                        kat_name = "pykat_output"                
                    
                    cwd = os.path.os.getcwd()
                    newkatfile = os.path.join(cwd, kat_name + ".kat")
                    
                    if os.path.isfile(newkatfile):
                        os.remove(newkatfile)
                      
                    os.rename(katfile.name, newkatfile)         
                    
                    if self.verbose: print("Kat file saved to '{0}'".format(newkatfile))
                    
                if self.trace != None and self.trace > 0:
                    #print "{0}".format(out)
                    #if self.trace & 1:
                        #search = out.find(' --- highest order of TEM modes')
                        #if search > -1:
                            #print "Trace 1: {0}".format(out[search:])
    
                    # for now, just try to print the trace block in full
                    print(out[out.find(' ---') :])
    
                katfile.close()
                perfData = []
                
                if self.__time_code:
                    perffile = open(root[0] + ".perf",'r')
                    
                    for l in perffile.readlines():
                        vals = l.strip().split()
                        perfData.append((vals[0], float(vals[1]), float(vals[2]), float(vals[3])))
                        
                    return [r, perfData]
                else:
                    return r
                
            except pkex.FinesseRunError as fe:
                print(fe)
            finally:
                if self.verbose: print("")
                if self.verbose: print("Finished in " + str(datetime.datetime.now()-start))
                
        def remove(self, obj):
            if not isinstance(obj, pykat.finesse.Signals) and not (obj.name in self.__components  or obj.name in self.__detectors or obj.name in self.__commands or obj in self.signals.targets):
                raise pkex.BasePyKatException("{0} is not currently in the simulation".format(obj.name))
                
            if obj.removed:
                raise pkex.BasePyKatException("{0} has already been removed".format(obj.name))        
    
            nodes = None
            
            # store nodes that this componet is attached to as a reference for gui
            if isinstance(obj, Component):
                nodes = self.nodes.getComponentNodes(obj)
    
            if isinstance(obj, Component):    
                del self.__components[obj.name]
                self.__del_component(obj)
                self.nodes._removeComponent(obj)
            elif isinstance(obj, Command):    
                del self.__commands[obj.name]
                self.__del_command(obj)
            elif isinstance(obj, Detector):    
                del self.__detectors[obj.name]
                self.__del_detector(obj)
            elif isinstance(obj, pykat.finesse.Signals):
                obj.remove()
            elif isinstance(obj, pykat.finesse.Signals.fsig):
                obj._on_remove()
                
            for b in self.__blocks:
                if obj in self.__blocks[b].contents:
                    self.__blocks[b].contents.remove(obj)
            
            if self.pykatgui != None:
                self.pykatgui._onComponentRemoved(obj, nodes)
        
            del nodes
            
            #import gc
            #print gc.get_referrers(obj)
        
        def getMatrices(self):
            
            import scipy
            from scipy.sparse import coo_matrix
            
            prev = self.noxaxis
            
            self.noxaxis = True
            self.printmatrix = True
            print("".join(self.generateKatScript()))
            self.verbose = True
            self.run(printout=1)
            self.printmatrix = None
            self.noxaxis = prev        
            
            if self.__prevrunfilename == None:
                return None
            else:
                
                Mcarrier = None
                Msignal = None
                
                if os.path.exists("klu_full_matrix_car.dat"):
                    M = np.loadtxt("klu_full_matrix_car.dat")
                    
                    if M.size > 0:
                        row = M[:,0]-1
                        col = M[:,1]-1
                        data = M[:,2] + 1j * M[:,3]
                        N = row.max()+1
                        Mcarrier = coo_matrix((data,(row,col)), shape=(N,N))
                    
            
                if os.path.exists("klu_full_matrix_sig.dat"):
                    M = np.loadtxt("klu_full_matrix_sig.dat")
                    
                    if M.size > 0:
                        row = M[:,0]-1
                        col = M[:,1]-1
                        data = M[:,2] + 1j * M[:,3]
                        N = row.max()+1
                        Msignal = coo_matrix((data,(row,col)), shape=(N,N))
            
                return (Mcarrier, Msignal)
    
        
        def hasNamedObject(self, name):
            return name in self.__components or name in self.__detectors or name in self.__commands
            
        def add(self, obj):
            try:
                obj.tag = self.__currentTag
                self.__blocks[self.__currentTag].contents.append(obj)
                
                if isinstance(obj, Component):
                    
                    if obj.name in self.__components :
                        raise pkex.BasePyKatException("A component with name '{0}' has already been added".format([obj.name]))            
                                
                    self.__components[obj.name] = obj
                    self.__add_component(obj)
                    
                elif isinstance(obj, Detector):
                    
                    if obj.name in self.__detectors :
                            raise pkex.BasePyKatException("A detector '{0}' has already been added".format(obj.name))
                            
                    self.__detectors[obj.name] = obj
                    self.__add_detector(obj)
                    
                elif isinstance(obj, Command):
                    
                    self.__commands[obj.__class__.__name__] = obj
                    self.__add_command(obj)
                    
                else:
                    raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Object {0} could not be added".format(obj))
                    
                obj._on_kat_add(self)
                
            except pkex.BasePyKatException as ex:
                print(ex)
    
        def readOutFile(self, filename):
            
            with open(filename,'r') as outfile:
                # read first to lines to get to header line
                outfile.readline()
                outfile.readline()
                
                hdr = outfile.readline().replace('%','').replace('\n','').split(',')
            
            data = np.loadtxt(filename, comments='%',skiprows=4)
    
            # convert 1D arrays into 2D ones for simpler selection
            if len(data.shape) == 1:
                data = np.array([data])
                                
            if hasattr(self, "x2axis") and self.noxaxis == False:
                # need to parse 2D outputs slightly different as they are effectively 2D matrices
                # written in linear form
                x = data[0::(1+self.x2axis.steps),0].squeeze()
                y = data[0:(1+self.x2axis.steps),1]
                # get rows and columns lined up so that we can reshape a single column of all x/y data
                # into a matrix
                z = data[:,2:].transpose().reshape(data.shape[1]-2, 1+self.xaxis.steps, 1+self.x2axis.steps).squeeze()
                # once you do this the data for y and x axes need swapping
                z = z.swapaxes(1,2)
                return [x, y, z, hdr]
            else:
                shape_len = len(data.shape)
                
                rows,cols = data.shape
                
                x = data[:,0].squeeze()
                y = data[:,1:cols]
            
                return [x, y, hdr]
    
        def removeLine(self, fragment) :
            """
            This will search all blocks and search for the string
            fragment specified and remove it.
            
            WARNING: This will only remove non-parsed commands, it will not
            remove commands that have already been parsed
            into a pykat object, such as mirrors and beamsplitters, use
            kat.remove or kat.component.remove() to delete parsed objects.
            """
            found = False
            
            for key in self.__blocks:
                objs = self.__blocks[key].contents
                for obj in objs:
                    if isinstance(obj, str):
                        if fragment in obj:
                            print("  ** removing line '{0}'".format(obj))
                            objs.remove(obj)
                            found = True
                
            if not found:
                pkex.BasePyKatException("The command fragment '%s' is not an extra line added to this kat object. Please check that the item you are trying to remove has not been parsed as a pykat object." % fragment)
    
        def addLine(self, line, block=NO_BLOCK) :
            """
            This will forcefully add a line of FINESSE code to a particular block
            if specfied. This command will not undergo any parsing so it will remain
            as just a string. This of course can create possible conflicts with other
            pykat object that create similar commands so becareful.
            """
            self.__blocks[block].contents.append(line)
            
        def printExtraLines(self):
            """
            This prints all the Finesse commands that have not been parsed
            into pykat objects. This should be used for reference only. To
            add or remove extra lines use the addLine and removeLine methods.
            """
            found = False
            
            for key in self.__blocks:
                objs = self.__blocks[key].contents
                for obj in objs:
                    if isinstance(obj, str):
                        print(obj)
                        found = True
            
            if not found:
                print("No extra lines were found")
            
                            
        def generateKatScript(self) :
            """ Generates the kat file which can then be run """
    
            def writeBlock():
                for obj in objs:
                    if isinstance(obj, str):
                        out.append(obj + '\n')
                        
                    elif isinstance(obj, Component) or isinstance(obj, Detector) or isinstance(obj, Command):
                        txt = obj.getFinesseText() 
                        
                        if txt != None:
                            if isinstance(txt,list):
                                for t in txt:
                                    out.append(t + "\n")
                            else:
                                out.append(txt + "\n")
    
            
            out = []    
            import datetime
            strtoday = datetime.datetime.now()
            out.append(strtoday.strftime("%% Generated by PyKat %d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S\n") )
    
            # write the FTblocks
            for key in self.__blocks:
                objs = self.__blocks[key].contents
    
                if key != NO_BLOCK:
                    if np.size(objs)>0:
                        out.append("\n")
                        out.append("%%% FTblock " + key + "\n")
                        writeBlock()
                        out.append("%%% FTend " + key + "\n")
    
            # write the NO_BLOCK blocks
            for key in self.__blocks:
                objs = self.__blocks[key].contents
    
    
                if key == NO_BLOCK:
                    if np.size(objs)>0:
                        out.append("\n")
                        writeBlock()
                    
            # now loop through all the nodes and get any gauss commands
            for key in self.nodes.getNodes():
                txt = self.nodes.getNodes()[key].getFinesseText()
                
                if txt != None:
                    if isinstance(txt,list):
                        for t in txt: out.append(t+ "\n")
                    else:
                        out.append(txt + "\n")
            
    
            # now get any signal commands
            txt = self.signals.getFinesseText()
            
            if txt != None:
                if isinstance(txt,list):
                    for t in txt: out.append(t+ "\n")
                else:
                    out.append(txt + "\n")
    
            if self.vacuum != None:
                
                if isinstance(self.vacuum, collections.Container):
                    objs = []
                    
                    if len(self.vacuum) > 0:
                        for a in self.vacuum:
                            if hasattr(a, 'name'):
                                objs.append(a.name)
                            else:
                                objs.append(str(a))
    
                        out.append("vacuum {0}\n".format(" ".join(objs)))
                                            
                elif isinstance(self.vacuum, str):
                    out.append("vacuum {0}\n".format(self.vacuum))
                else:
                    pkex.BasePyKatException("Couldn't understand vacuum input list")
    
            if self.scale != None and self.scale !='': out.append("scale {0}\n".format(self.scale))
            if self.phase != None: out.append("phase {0}\n".format(self.phase))
            if self.trace != None: out.append("trace {0}\n".format(self.trace))
            if self.maxtem != None:
                    if self.maxtem == -1:
                            out.append("maxtem off\n")
                    else:
                            out.append("maxtem {0}\n".format(self.maxtem))
    
            if self.noxaxis == True:
                out.append("noxaxis\n")
                
            if self.yaxis != None:
                out.append("yaxis {0}\n".format(self.yaxis))
             
            if self.printmatrix != None and self.printmatrix == True:
                out.append("printmatrix\n")
                
            if self.lambda0 != 1064e-9:
                out.append("lambda {0}\n".format(self.lambda0))
                
            # ensure we don't do any plotting. That should be handled
            # by user themselves
            #out.append("gnuterm no\n")
            #out.append("pyterm no\n")
            
            return out
        
        def optivis(self):
            if not HAS_OPTIVIS:
                print("Optivis is not installed")
                return None
            
            import optivis.scene as scene
            import optivis.bench.links as links
            import optivis.view.canvas as canvas
            
            scene = scene.Scene(title="Example 2", azimuth=180)
            
            # Run through once to add components, ignoring spaces
            for c in self.getComponents():
                if isinstance(c, pykat.components.space): continue
                print("Adding %s" % c.name)
                optivis_op = getattr(c, "getOptivisComponent", None)
                
                if callable(optivis_op):
                    scene.addComponent(c.getOptivisComponent())
    
            # Run through again to add links
            for c in self.getComponents():
                if not isinstance(c, pykat.components.space):
                    continue
                
                a = c.connectingComponents()
                
                c1 = a[0].getOptivisComponent()
                c2 = a[1].getOptivisComponent()
                
                no = a[0].getOptivisNode("Output", c.nodes[0])
                ni = a[1].getOptivisNode("Input", c.nodes[1])
                
                if no is None or ni is None:
                    raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Optivis node is None")
                
                print("Link %s (%s) -> %s (%s)" %(a[0].name, no.name, a[1].name, ni.name))
                scene.addLink(links.Link(no, ni, c.L.value))
                    
            gui = canvas.Simple(scene=scene)
            
            return gui
            
        def openGUI(self):
            if not USE_GUI:
                raise NoGUIException
            else:
                self.app = QCoreApplication.instance() 
                created = False
            
                if self.app == None:
                    created = True
                    self.app = QApplication([""])
                
                if self.pykatgui == None:
                    self.pykatgui = pyKatGUI(self)
                    self.pykatgui.main()
                else:
                    self.pykatgui.show()
                
                if created: self.app.exec_()
        
        def getComponents(self):
            return self.__components.values()
        
        def hasComponent(self, name):
            return (name in self.__components)
        
        def _newName(self, container, prefix):
            n = 1
            name = "{0}{1}".format(prefix, n)
            
            while name in container:
                n += 1
                name = "{0}{1}".format(prefix,n)
            
            return name
        
        def getNewComponentName(self,prefix):
            '''
            Returns a name for a component which hasn't already been added.
            Returns [prefix] + number, where number is greater than 1. e.g.
            if m1 exists getNewName('m') will return 'm2'
            '''
            return self._newName(self.__components, prefix)
        
        def getNewDetectorName(self,prefix):
            '''
            Returns a name for a component which hasn't already been added.
            Returns [prefix] + number, where number is greater than 1. e.g.
            if m1 exists getNewName('m') will return 'm2'
            '''
            return self._newName(self.__detectors, prefix)
            
        def getNewNodeNames(self,prefix,N=1):
            '''
            Returns a list of names for N number of nodes which haven't already been added.
            Returns [prefix] + number, where number is greater than 1. e.g.
            if m1 exists getNewName('m') will return 'm2'
            '''
            rtn = []
            n = 1
            
            for M in range(1,N+1):
                name = "{0}{1}".format(prefix, n)
                
                while name in self.nodes.getNodes() or (name in rtn):
                    n += 1
                    name = "{0}{1}".format(prefix,n)
            
                rtn.append(name)
                
            return rtn
            
        def lkat_trace(self, getCavities=True, getNodes=True, getSpaces=True):
            """
            Given the current state of the kat object a new FINESSE process is called and just
            the beam tracing routine is run. The object that is returned contains all the information
            from the beam tracing routine for each node and space components defined as well as cavity 
            commands.   
            """
            if lkat_location == None:
                raise RuntimeError("Could not find shared library 'libkat', please install to a system location or copy to the same directory as this script")
                
            trace_info = Manager().dict()
            
            prev = self.maxtem
            self.maxtem = 0
            
            try:
                p = self.getProcess(f__lkat_trace_callback, trace_info=trace_info,
                                    getCavities=getCavities, getNodes=getNodes, getSpaces=getSpaces)
                p.start()
                p.join()
                p.terminate()
                
                # return a local copy of the trace information dictionary
                return dict(trace_info)
            finally: 
                self.maxtem = prev
        
        def __add_detector(self, det):
    
            if not isinstance(det, Detector):
                raise exceptions.ValueError("Argument is not of type Detector")
            
            name = det.name
            fget = lambda self: self.__get_detector(name)
            
            setattr(self.__class__, name, property(fget))
            setattr(self, '__det_' + name, det)                
    
        def __del_detector(self, det):
    
            if not isinstance(det, Detector):
                raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Argument is not of type Detector")
            
            name = det.name
            
            delattr(self.__class__, name)
            delattr(self, '__det_' + name) 
            
        def __get_detector(self, name):
            return getattr(self, '__det_' + name) 
            
        def __add_command(self, com):
    
            if not isinstance(com, Command):
                raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Argument is not of type Command")
            
            name = com.__class__.__name__
            fget = lambda self: self.__get_command(name)
            
            setattr(self.__class__, name, property(fget))
            setattr(self, '__com_' + name, com)                   
    
        def __del_command(self, com):
    
            if not isinstance(com, Command):
                raise exceptions.ValueError("Argument is not of type Command")
            
            name = com.__class__.__name__
            
            print(getattr(self.__class__, name))
            
            delattr(self.__class__, name)
            delattr(self, '__com_' + name)
            
        def __get_command(self, name):
            return getattr(self, '__com_' + name)            
        
        def __add_component(self, comp):
    
            if not isinstance(comp, Component):
                raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Argument is not of type Component")
                
            fget = lambda self: self.__get_component(comp.name)
            
            setattr(self.__class__, comp.name, property(fget))
            setattr(self, '__comp_' + comp.name, comp)                   
            
        def __del_component(self, comp):
    
            if not isinstance(comp, Component):
                raise pkex.BasePyKatException("Argument is not of type Component")
            
            delattr(self.__class__, comp.name)
            delattr(self, '__comp_' + comp.name)
            
        def __get_component(self, name):
            return getattr(self, '__comp_' + name)        
    
        def remove_comments(self, string):
            """
            This takes a raw Finesse code string and removes any comments
            It returns a list of lines however, not a multiline string.
            Also removes any extrawhite space in command lines.
            """
            pattern = r"(\".*?\"|\'.*?\'|%{3}[^\r\n]*$)|(/\*.*?\*/|%[^\r\n]*$|#[^\r\n]*$|//[^\r\n]*$)"
            # first group captures quoted strings (double or single)
            # second group captures comments (//single-line or /* multi-line */)
            regex = re.compile(pattern, re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL)
            def _replacer(match):
                # if the 2nd group (capturing comments) is not None,
                # it means we have captured a non-quoted (real) comment string.
                if match.group(2) is not None:
                    return "" # so we will return empty to remove the comment
                else: # otherwise, we will return the 1st group
                    return match.group(1) # captured quoted-string
            
            # remove any inline comments
            string = regex.sub(_replacer, string)
            
            commands = []
            
            for line in string.split('\n'):
                line = line.replace('\r','')
                if len(line) > 0:
                    # remove any mutliple whitespace
                    line = " ".join(line.split())
                    # add to a list all the positions of any inline comment markers
                    i = [line.find('#'), line.find('\\')]
                    i = filter(lambda a: a != -1, i)
            
                    if len(i) == 0:
                        commands.append(line)
                    else:
                        line = line[0:min(i)]
                        if len(line):
                            commands.append(line)
            
            
            return commands
    
    # printing pykat logo on first input
    kat.logo()