get_free_component_slot¶

RecorderStream.get_free_component_slot(pos='both')[source]¶

Get a free time slot for a component.

Parameters: pos (String) – The postion of the list of the next free time slot (‘front’, ‘back’, ‘both’).
Returns: :obj:`tuple` of :class:`~obspy.core.utcdatetime.UTCDateTime`
Return type: The next free timeslot.