EPICS

synApps: dxp

Module Owner: Mark Rivers: University of Chicago

This page is the home of dxp. 

Devices supported in dxp include:

From XIA

Prior to EPICS 3.14 this support was in the camac module of synApps. Starting with 1-1 the DXP support has been moved into its own synApps module, dxp.

Please email any comments and bug reports to Mark Rivers who is responsible for coordinating development and releases.

Where to find it

You can download the software from the links in the table below:

Module Version Release Date Filename Documentation Release Notes Known Problems
2-1 23-Mar-2005 dxpR2-1.tar.gz dxpDoc.html
dxpRecord.html		 Release notes See release notes
1-2 9-Jun-2004 dxpR1-2.tar.gz dxpDoc.html Release notes See release notes
1-1 26-Jan-2004 dxpR1-1.tar.gz dxpDoc.html Release notes See release notes

Required Modules

Module Version Requires module Release needed Required for
2-1 EPICS base 3.14.7 Base support
calc 2-5 Record support
sscan 2-5 Record support
autosave 4-1 Save/restore support
asyn 4-2 Driver support
mca 6-4 MCA support
camac 2-3 CAMAC support
1-2 EPICS base 3.14.5 Base support
calc 2-3 Record support
sscan 2-3 Record support
autosave 2-3 Save/restore support
mpf 2-4-2 Message passing
mca 6-3 MCA support
camac 2-1 CAMAC support
1-1 EPICS base 3.14.4 Base support
std 2-2 Record support
mpf 2-4 Message passing
mca 6-1 MCA support
camac 2-1 CAMAC support

Installation and Building

After obtaining a copy of the distribution, it must be installed and built for use at your site. These steps only need to be performed once for the site (unless versions of the module running under different releases of EPICS and/or the other required modules are needed).

  1. Create an installation directory for the module, usually this will end with

    .../support/
  2. Place the distribution file in this directory. Then issue the commands (Unix style) 
    gunzip dxpRX-Y.tar.gz

tar xvf dxpRX-Y.tar
    where X-Y is the release.
  3. This creates a <top> application.
    .../support/dxpRX-Y
  4. Edit the config[ure]/RELEASE file and set the paths to your installation of EPICS base and to your versions of supporting modules.
  5. Run gnumake in the top level directory and check for any compilation errors.
  6. Please email  Mark Rivers  so that a record can be kept of which sites are using this software.

In Use

This software was originally developed by Mark Rivers.