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EPICS support for digital x-ray spectroscopy electronics from X-ray Instrumentation Associates (XIA)
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XIA:PFCU-4 #9

Open Baokangwen opened 1 year ago

Baokangwen commented 1 year ago

This IOC can be used for XIA's PFCU-4 controller？

MarkRivers commented 1 year ago

No, this is for the XIA X-ray spectroscopy pulse-processing modules, like the Saturn, Mercury, and xMAP.

The files for the PFCU-4 are in this module: https://github.com/epics-modules/optics

This file uses the RS-232 interface to control the PFCU-4: https://github.com/epics-modules/optics/blob/master/opticsApp/Db/XIA_shutter.db

This file uses a digital output module to control the PFCU-4. https://github.com/epics-modules/optics/blob/master/opticsApp/Db/filterBladeNoSensor.db

Baokangwen commented 1 year ago

@MarkRivers Thank you for your reply. I have successfully compiled this module(optics), but I don't know how to use it yet, I want to control the PF4 shutter with the PFCU-4 controller.In this module, I did not find the st.cmd file related to PFCU-4 .I want to ask for your help.

I previously downloaded a module called xia-pfcu-4-1.4.0 by J. Lewis Muir.Unfortunately, this module doesn't compile, so I don't know how to use it.(https://www.imca.aps.anl.gov/~jlmuir/index.html)

Yours sincerely, Kangwen

MarkRivers commented 1 year ago

This is how I load the database for this module:

tyGSAsynInit("serial10", "UART1", 1, 9600,'N',1,8,'N',"\r","\r")  /* XIA shutter */
dbLoadRecords("$(OPTICS)/db/XIA_shutter.db", "P=13BMD:,S=filter1,ADDRESS=1,PORT=serial10")

The tyGSAsynInit command is specific to vxWorks, so you won't use that. But it shows that you need to configure the port for 9600 baud, 1 stop bit, 8 data bits, no parity, no flow control. You configure those with asynSetOption.

The input EOS and output EOS are both \r. You configure those with asynOctetSetInputEos and asynOctetSetOutputEos.