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<h1>
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Finding areaDetector Components</h1>
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<h2>
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May 19, 2010</h2>
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<h2>
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John Hammonds</h2>
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<h2>
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Argonne National Laboratory</h2>
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<h2>
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Overview</h2>
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<p>
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Since areaDetector is composed mostly of plugin components that can be rearranged in a number of different ways it can be difficult for a
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generic client application to know everything there is to know about the system ahead of time. It is even difficult to know ahead of time
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what components are installed on a particular IOC. A simple method has been developed that will allow the user to find the prefix of the EPICS
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records for all areaDetector compinents. </p>
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<p>Typically each component (detectors and plugins) loads a series of database templates that are
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provided with areaDetector. Among these templates one will normally load ADBase.template for the detectors and NDPluginBase.template for
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plugins. Each of these databases loads an asyn record that allows the user to interact with the asyn nature of the plugin. This is generally
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used for changing the IP address of network based cameras or changing debug levels used to print information messages to the console. An info
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field has been added to these records to allow distinguishing it from other asyn records. ADBase.template, for instance, defines
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<blockquote><pre>
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# Set ASYN_TRACEIO_HEX bit by default
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record(asyn,"$(P)$(R)AsynIO")
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{
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field(PORT, $(PORT))
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field(TIB2,"1")
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info("ADType", "ADDriver")
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}</pre>
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</blockquote>
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</p>
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<p>The info field ADType can be used to parse the EPICS database and find the asyn records that are associated with area detector.
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</p>
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<h2>
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Use</h2>
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<p>An iocsh function parseAreaPrefixes has been added to areaDetector (located in ADApp/ADSrc) that parses through the EPICS database on a
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running IOC. This function identifies all of the asyn records that contain the ADType info field, parses the record name down to the channel
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prefix (removes AsynIO from the record above) and concatenates these prefixes into a space separated list which is then written to a waveform
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record. The name of the waveform record is supplied as an argument to the function.
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</p>
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<p>To add this feature to a running IOC all that is necessary is to load a waveform record before iocInit and then run parseAreaPrefixes after
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iocInit. A database template with a waveform record is included with areaDetector.</p>
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An example of this is shown below. Before iocInit run:
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# Load AreaPrefix record
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<blockquote><pre>dbLoadRecords("$(AREA_DETECTOR)/ADApp/Db/ADPrefixes.template", "P=$(PREFIX),R=AD:,NELEMENTS=1024")</pre></blockquote>
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<p>After iocInit run</p>
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<blockquote><pre>parseAreaPrefixes("simTest:AD:ChannelPrefixes.VAL")</pre></blockquote>
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<p>After this the command caget on a client will yield</p>
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hammonds@jphlaptop ~/epics/base-3.14.10/bin/cygwin-x86
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$ ./caget simTest:AD:ChannelPrefixes
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<blockquote><pre>simTest:AD:ChannelPrefixes 1024 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 67 'C' 67 'C' 49 '1' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115
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's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 67 'C' 67 'C' 50 '2' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e'
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115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 74 'J' 80 'P' 69 'E' 71 'G' 49 '1' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 '
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:' 78 'N' 101 'e' 120 'x' 117 'u' 115 's' 49 '1' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 80 'P'
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114 'r' 111 'o' 99 'c' 49 '1' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 82 'R' 79 'O' 73 'I' 49 '1
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' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 82 'R' 79 'O' 73 'I' 50 '2' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105
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'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 82 'R' 79 'O' 73 'I' 51 '3' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 1
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15 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 82 'R' 79 'O' 73 'I' 52 '4' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 83 'S'
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116 't' 97 'a' 116 't' 115 's' 49 '1' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 83 'S' 116 't' 97
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'a' 116 't' 115 's' 50 '2' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 83 'S' 116 't' 97 'a' 116 't
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' 115 's' 51 '3' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 83 'S' 116 't' 97 'a' 116 't' 115 's' 5
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2 '4' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 83 'S' 116 't' 97 'a' 116 't' 115 's' 53 '5' 58 ':
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' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 84 'T' 73 'I' 70 'F' 70 'F' 49 '1' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105
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'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 84 'T' 114 'r' 97 'a' 110 'n' 115 's' 49 '1' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm'
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84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':' 99 'c' 97 'a' 109 'm' 49 '1' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116
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't' 58 ':' 105 'i' 109 'm' 97 'a' 103 'g' 101 'e' 49 '1' 58 ':' 32 ' ' 115 's' 105 'i' 109 'm' 84 'T' 101 'e' 115 's' 116 't' 58 ':
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' 110 'n' 101 'e' 116 't' 67 'C' 68 'D' 70 'F' 49 '1' 58 ':' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 </pre></blockquote>
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<p>since this is a waveform of char values this is equivalent to the string
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</p>
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<blockquote><pre>simTest:CC1: simTest:CC2: simTest:JPEG1: simTest:Nexus1: simTest:Proc1: simTest:ROI1: simTest:ROI2: simTest:ROI3: simTest:ROI4: simTest:Stats1: simTest:Stats2: simTest:Stats3: simTest:Stats4: simTest:Stats5: simTest:TIFF1: simTest:Trans1: simTest:cam1: simTest:image1: simTest:netCDF1: </pre></blockquote>
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<p>Knowing a little about the conventions used in the system, we now know that there are:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Two Color Convert Plugins</li>
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<li>One JPEG File Plugin</li>
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<li>One Nexus File Plugin</li>
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<li>One Processing Plugin</li>
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<li>Four ROI Plugins</li>
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<li>Five Statistics Plugins</li>
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<li>One TIFF File Plugin</li>
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<li>One Transform Plugin</li>
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<li>One Camera (no info on what kind from this)</li>
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<li>One Image Plugin</li>
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<li>One netCDF File Plugin</li>
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</ul>
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<p/>
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<p>Armed with this information, a client application can now construct an interface to deal with these components.</p>
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