diff --git a/app/components/Instrument.ts b/app/components/Instrument.ts
index 347aeb5..f0055f9 100644
--- a/app/components/Instrument.ts
+++ b/app/components/Instrument.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ export class Instrument {
           pvaddress: `${this.prefix}DAE:PERIOD`,
           human_readable_name: "Period",
         },
+        {
+          pvaddress: `${this.prefix}DAE:PERIODTYPE`,
+          human_readable_name: "Period type",
+        },
         {
           pvaddress: `${this.prefix}DAE:RAWFRAMES_PD`,
           human_readable_name: "Period Raw frames",
diff --git a/app/components/__snapshots__/TopBar.test.ts.snap b/app/components/__snapshots__/TopBar.test.ts.snap
index 7883715..b8d3cce 100644
--- a/app/components/__snapshots__/TopBar.test.ts.snap
+++ b/app/components/__snapshots__/TopBar.test.ts.snap
@@ -517,6 +517,20 @@ exports[`renders topbar unchanged 1`] = `
               class="break-all"
             />
           </div>
+          <div
+            class="mb-2 shadow-xs rounded-md"
+          >
+            <p
+              class="font-bold"
+            >
+              Period type
+              :
+            </p>
+             
+            <p
+              class="break-all"
+            />
+          </div>
           <div
             class="mb-2 shadow-xs rounded-md"
           >