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1-4 |
- 26-Jan-2009 |
+ 30-Jan-2009
areaDetectorR1-4.tgz |
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Installation and Building
+
+ Source code version
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
@@ -451,9 +453,30 @@
of EPICS base and to your versions of supporting modules.
Run gnumake in the top level directory and check for any compilation
errors.
- Please email Mark Rivers
- so that a record can be kept of which sites are using this software.
+
+ Prebuilt version
+
+ - Create an installation directory for the module.
+ - Place the distribution file in this directory. Then issue the commands (Unix style)
+
tar xvzf areaDetectorPrebuiltRX-Y.tgz
+
+ - In the iocBoot directory make a copy of the example ioxXXX directory for the detector
+ you are using and give it a new local name. By doing this you will be able to update
+ to later versions of areaDetector without overwriting modifications you make in
+ the iocXXX directory.
+ - In the new iocXXX directory you just created edit st.cmd to change the PV prefix
+ $(P) to one that is unique to your site. PV prefixes must be unique on the subnet,
+ and if you use the default prefix there could be a conflict with other detectors
+ of the same type.
+ - In the same iocXXX directory edit the file envPaths to point to the locations
+ of all of the support modules on your system. Normally this is handled by the EPICS
+ build system, but when using the prebuilt version this must be manually edited.
+ Do not worry about the path to EPICS_BASE, it is not required.
+
+
+ Please email Mark Rivers
+ so that a record can be kept of which sites are using this software.
In Use
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