Feature request: avoid sending redundant sequences to sequencing devices #125
Description
Tagging @nicost, who suggested this idea.
It would be nice if AcqEngJ did not re-upload the same sequence to the sequencing devices at every timepoint. Some of these sequencing devices communicate over serial (e.g. TriggerScope), which can slow down communication. For fast acquisitions (e.g. timelapses), it would be nice to not have to wait for the same sequence to be uploaded again.
One thought we had would be for the AcqEngJ to do a comparison of the string it's about to send with the string it last sent. If it's the same string, then don't send it, and assume that the sequencing device will loop. (the assumption of looping may not be correct for all sequencing devices)
The string comparison should be faster than a fresh sequence upload, especially over serial.