From edc855f19e8800923f989b6eb00c5a51d45f2f8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nico Melone <nico.a.melone@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 22:33:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] updated channel for advvfdipp

---
 advvfdipp/advvfdippv2/Channel.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/advvfdipp/advvfdippv2/Channel.py b/advvfdipp/advvfdippv2/Channel.py
index eaf3cbd..faf6cf7 100644
--- a/advvfdipp/advvfdippv2/Channel.py
+++ b/advvfdipp/advvfdippv2/Channel.py
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ class Channel(object):
                     if not self.value == self.map_[new_value]:
                         send_needed = True
                         send_reason = "value change"
+                    elif force_send:
+                        send_needed = True
+                        send_reason = "forced"
                 else:
                     send_needed = True
                     send_reason = "value change"