Got things finally back working reliably.

Note: You have to use Netbeans 7.x and you have to run it with Java 7
This is extremely unsatisfying!

fda.ui.cdump/pom.xml

@@ -88,9 +88,8 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.psi</groupId>
-            <artifactId>cdump</artifactId>
-            <version>0.9.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
-            <type>jar</type>
+            <artifactId>ch.psi.fda.cdump</artifactId>
+            <version>2.3.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.psi</groupId>

fda.ui.cdump/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/ui/cdump/CdumpExecutionTopComponent.java

@@ -16,25 +16,30 @@
  */
 package ch.psi.fda.ui.cdump;
 
-import ch.psi.cdump.CdumpConfiguration;
-import ch.psi.cdump.CdumpService;
-import ch.psi.cdump.RunConfiguration;
+import ch.psi.fda.cdump.Cdump;
+import ch.psi.fda.cdump.CdumpConfiguration;
+import ch.psi.fda.serializer.SerializerTXT;
 import ch.psi.fda.ui.preferences.api.Preferences;
 import ch.psi.fdaq.FdaqConfiguration;
 import ch.psi.fdaq.FdaqService;
+import ch.psi.jcae.ChannelService;
+import ch.psi.jcae.impl.DefaultChannelService;
+import com.google.common.eventbus.AsyncEventBus;
+import com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
-import org.openide.util.NbBundle;
-import org.openide.windows.TopComponent;
-import org.openide.windows.WindowManager;
 import org.netbeans.api.settings.ConvertAsProperties;
 import org.openide.DialogDisplayer;
 import org.openide.NotifyDescriptor;
 import org.openide.util.Lookup;
+import org.openide.util.NbBundle;
 import org.openide.windows.IOProvider;
 import org.openide.windows.InputOutput;
+import org.openide.windows.TopComponent;
+import org.openide.windows.WindowManager;
 
 /**
  * Top component which displays something.
@@ -46,7 +51,8 @@ public final class CdumpExecutionTopComponent extends TopComponent {
     private static CdumpExecutionTopComponent instance;
     private static final String PREFERRED_ID = "CdumpExecutionTopComponent";
 
-    private CdumpService service;
+    final ChannelService cservice = new DefaultChannelService();
+    private Cdump service;
     private FdaqService fdaqService;
 
     public CdumpExecutionTopComponent() {
@@ -80,7 +86,7 @@ public final class CdumpExecutionTopComponent extends TopComponent {
         jTextField2 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
         jButton2 = new javax.swing.JButton();
 
-        jComboBox1.setModel(new javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel(RunConfiguration.rates));
+        jComboBox1.setModel(new javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel(Cdump.SAMPLING_RATES));
 
         org.openide.awt.Mnemonics.setLocalizedText(jLabel1, org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(CdumpExecutionTopComponent.class, "CdumpExecutionTopComponent.jLabel1.text")); // NOI18N
 
@@ -340,27 +346,42 @@ public final class CdumpExecutionTopComponent extends TopComponent {
      */
     public void startAcquisition() {
         Preferences p = Lookup.getDefault().lookup(Preferences.class);
-        System.setProperty("ch.psi.cdump.home", p.getHome().getAbsolutePath());
+        System.setProperty("ch.psi.fda.cdump.config.file", p.getHome().getAbsolutePath()+"/etc/cdump.properties");
 
         Logger.getLogger(CdumpExecutionTopComponent.class.getName()).log(Level.INFO, "Start acquisition");
 
-        RunConfiguration c = new RunConfiguration();
-        c.setSamplingRate((String) jComboBox1.getSelectedItem());
-
-        // Calculate data file location/name
         String fname = jTextField1.getText();
-        CdumpConfiguration cc = CdumpConfiguration.getInstance();
-        String d = cc.getDataDirectory() + "/" + cc.replaceMacros(cc.getFilePrefix(), new Date(), fname) + fname + ".txt";
-        File f = new File(d);
+// TODO       String d = cc.getDataDirectory() + "/" + cc.replaceMacros(cc.getFilePrefix(), new Date(), fname) + fname + ".txt";
+        
+        File f = new File(fname);
         f.getParentFile().mkdirs(); // Create data base directory
-        // Set file to save data
-        c.setDatafile(f);
+		
+	// Create execution service
+	EventBus eventbus = new AsyncEventBus(Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor());
+	service = new Cdump(cservice, eventbus, new CdumpConfiguration());
+		
+	SerializerTXT serializer = new SerializerTXT(f);
+	serializer.setShowDimensionHeader(false);
+		
+	eventbus.register(serializer);
+        
+        String samplingRate = (String) jComboBox1.getSelectedItem();
+        service.acquire(samplingRate);
+        
+        
+        
+//        RunConfiguration c = new RunConfiguration();
+//        c.setSamplingRate((String) jComboBox1.getSelectedItem());
+//
+//        // Calculate data file location/name
+//        String fname = jTextField1.getText();
+//        CdumpConfiguration cc = CdumpConfiguration.getInstance();
+//        String d = cc.getDataDirectory() + "/" + cc.replaceMacros(cc.getFilePrefix(), new Date(), fname) + fname + ".txt";
+//        File f = new File(d);
+//        f.getParentFile().mkdirs(); // Create data base directory
+//        // Set file to save data
+//        c.setDatafile(f);
 
-        // Create execution service
-        service = new CdumpService();
-
-        // Take data
-	service.startAcquisition(c);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -370,7 +391,7 @@ public final class CdumpExecutionTopComponent extends TopComponent {
 
         if(service != null){
             Logger.getLogger(CdumpExecutionTopComponent.class.getName()).log(Level.INFO, "Stop acquisition");
-            service.stopAcquisition();
+            service.stop();
         }
 
 //        // Destroy jca context to let the program abort

pom.xml

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <netbeans.version>RELEASE80</netbeans.version>
+        <netbeans.version>RELEASE712</netbeans.version>
         <brandingToken>fda</brandingToken>
     </properties>
 </project>