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+"""
+PtyScan subclass to load data from the 7.0.1.1 beamline of the ALS.
+Based on one particular data set, and possibly not generally valid for
+future experiments at that beamline.
+Written by: Damian Guenzing (dguenzing@lbl.gov/git:gnzng) during the PtyPy
+workshop 2024.
+"""
+
+import h5py
+import numpy as np
+from ptypy.core.data import PtyScan
+from ptypy.experiment import register
+from ptypy import utils as u
+
+logger = u.verbose.logger
+
+
+@register()
+class ALS7011Scan(PtyScan):
+    """
+    Starting a fresh class for the BL7.0.1.1 beamline of the ALS. This class
+    will use the use the h5 files created by the bluesky exporter. Also the
+    h5 files created with the h5repair function from
+    https://github.com/ALS-Scattering/BL7011 will work with this class.
+
+    Defaults:
+
+    [name]
+    default = ALS7011Scan
+    type = str
+    help =
+
+    [fpath_h5]
+    default = None
+    type = str
+    help =
+
+    [energy]
+    default = 0.708
+    type = float
+    help =
+
+    [distance]
+    default = 0.205
+    type = float
+    help =
+
+    [psize]
+    default = 15e-6
+    type = float
+    help =
+    """
+
+    def load_positions(self):
+        """
+        loads the positions from the given path self.info.fpath_positions
+        """
+
+        with h5py.File(self.info.fpath_h5, "r") as f:
+            x = f["entry1"]["instrument_1"]["labview_data"]["sample_translate"][:]
+            y = f["entry1"]["instrument_1"]["labview_data"]["sample_lift"][:]
+
+        # convert to meters:
+        x = np.array(x) * 1e-6
+        y = np.array(y) * 1e-6
+
+        positions = np.array([x, y]).T
+
+        return positions
+
+    def load(self, indices):
+        """
+        loads the diffraction patterns for a given list of indices
+        from the given file self.info.fpath_diffraction_patterns
+        """
+
+        raw, weights, positions = {}, {}, {}
+
+        with h5py.File(self.info.fpath_h5, "r") as f:
+            raw_all = f["entry1"]["instrument_1"]["detector_1"]["data"][:]
+
+        for ind in indices:
+            raw[ind] = raw_all[ind, 0, :, :]
+
+            print(ind, raw[ind].shape)
+        return raw, weights, positions
+
+    def load_weight(self):
+        """
+        Provides the mask for the whole scan,
+        the shape of the first frame.
+        """
+
+        r, w, p = self.load(indices=(0,))
+        first_frame = r[0]
+
+        mask = np.ones_like(first_frame)
+
+        return mask