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Class Description


Xspress3 detector server

Families: Acquisition

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Platform: Unix Like

Language: Cpp

License: GPL

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Hardware


Manufacturer: Quantum Detectors

Product:

Xspress3

Bus: Ethernet

Class interface


Attributes:

Name Description
ExposureTimeScalar: DevDouble Exposure time
NbFramesScalar: DevLong
TriggerModeScalar: DevLong 0 -> internal trigger, 1 -> external gate
FileDirScalar: DevString Path to the dector image files.
LastFrameScalar: DevLong Last acquired frame
FilePrefixScalar: DevString Name of the file to store the data. The end .nxs will be automatically added.
MCALengthScalar: DevLong Length of the MCA data to store. If 0 the maximum mca length will be saved.
FramesPerFileScalar: DevLong Number of frames to save in each file. If 0 all frames will be in the same file.
RunModeSpectrum: DevLong RunMode: playback, scope, scalers, hist, diag_hist, circular_buffer

Commands:

Name Description
StateInput: DevVoid
Output: State
Device state
This command gets the device state (stored in its device_state data member) and returns it to the caller.
StatusInput: DevVoid
Output: ConstDevString
Device status
This command gets the device status (stored in its device_status data member) and returns it to the caller.
StartAcquisitionInput: DevVoid
Output: DevVoid
Start Acquisition
StopAcquisitionInput: DevVoid
Output: DevVoid
Stop acquisition

Pipes:

Properties:

Name Description
NbChannelsDevLong 4, 6 or 8, depending on the firmware
NbCardsDevLong Number of Xspress3 boxes
MaxFramesDevLong
BaseIPAddressDevString
BasePortDevLong
BaseMACAddressDevString
CreateScopeModuleDevBoolean
ScopeModuleNameDevString
DebugDevLong 0 is off, 1 is on, 2 is verbose cardIndex = 0 (for a 1 xspress system)
CardIndexDevLong 0 for a 1 xspress system
ConfigFileDirectoryDevString Directory with configuration file. If None, not configuration from file will be applied.

30 Jul 2022, DS Admin
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10 Aug 2019, DS Admin
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8 Dec 2018, DS Admin
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4 Aug 2018, DS Admin
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10 Mar 2018, DS Admin
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12 Aug 2017, Piotr Goryl
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24 Jun 2017, Piotr Goryl
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The device class has been updated.
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3 Jun 2017, Piotr Goryl
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The device class has been updated.
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27 May 2017, Piotr Goryl
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The device class has been updated.
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20 May 2017, Piotr Goryl
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The device class has been updated.
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13 May 2017, Piotr Goryl
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20 Apr 2017, Piotr Goryl
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The device class has been added to catalogue.
Added by:pgoryl2 on:12 Aug 2017, 3:01 a.m.