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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<head>
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<title>areaDetector Prosilica driver</title>
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</head>
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<body>
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<div style="text-align: center">
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<h1>
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areaDetector Prosilica driver</h1>
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<h2>
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September 20, 2008</h2>
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<h2>
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Mark Rivers</h2>
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<h2>
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University of Chicago</h2>
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</div>
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<h2>
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Contents</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#Overview">Overview</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Performance measurements">Performance measurements</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Hardware notes">Hardware notes</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Restrictions">Restrictions</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Future">Future enhancements</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="Prosilica Driver">
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Prosilica Driver</h2>
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<p>
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This is a driver for Gigabit Ethernet and Firewire cameras from <a href="http://www.prosilica.com">
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Prosilica</a>. It inherits from ADDriver and implements nearly all of the parameters
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in ADStdDriverParams.h. It also implements a number of parameters that are specific
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to the Prosilica cameras. The driver is currently only supported under Windows (EPICS
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win32-x86 architecture) because the vendor library is provided as a Windows DLL.
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The vendor library provided by Prosilica does callbacks to a user-supplied function
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each time there is a new frame. Thus, the driver does not need to create a thread
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itself for callbacks.
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</p>
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<p>
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The vendor library supports saving individual frames as TIFF files, and this is
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implemented in the driver. The NDPluginFile plugin can be used to capture or stream
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images much more rapidly in the netCDF file format.
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</p>
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<p>
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The driver redefines the choices for 2 of the parameters defined in ADStdDriverParams.h.
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The ADTriggerMode choices for the Prosilica are:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Free Run (collects images as fast as allowed by the camera readout and the exposure
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time)</li>
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<li>Sync In 1 (external trigger on line 1)</li>
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<li>Sync In 2 (external trigger on line 2)</li>
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<li>Sync In 3 (external trigger on line 3)</li>
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<li>Sync In 4 (external trigger on line 4)</li>
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<li>Fixed Rate (collects images at a fixed rate)</li>
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<li>Software (single software trigger)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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The Prosilica supports additional hardware timing signals that may be supported
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in a future release.
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</p>
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<p>
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The ADFileFormat choices for the Prosilica are:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>TIFF (this is the only format supported)</li>
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<li>Invalid (this menu item is defined only because MEDM will not display a menu widget
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with only 1 choice)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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The Prosilica driver implements the following parameters in addition to those in
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ADStdDriverParams.h:
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</p>
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<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="text-align: left">
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<td align="CENTER" colspan="7,">
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<b>Parameter Definitions in prosilica.cpp and EPICS Record Definitions in prosilica.template</b></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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Enum name</th>
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asyn interface</th>
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Access</th>
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Description</th>
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drvUser string</th>
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<th>
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EPICS record name</th>
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<th>
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EPICS record type</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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PSReadStatistics</td>
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<td>
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asynInt32</td>
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<td>
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r/w</td>
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<td>
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Read the Gigabit Ethernet statistics when 1</td>
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<td>
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PS_READ_STATISTICS</td>
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<td>
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$(P)$(R)PSReadStatistics</td>
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<td>
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longout</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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PSStatDriverType</td>
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<td>
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asynOctet</td>
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<td>
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r/o</td>
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<td>
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Driver type</td>
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<td>
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PS_DRIVER_TYPE</td>
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<td>
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$(P)$(R)PSDriverType_RBV</td>
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<td>
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stringin</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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PSStatFilterVersion</td>
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<td>
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asynOctet</td>
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<td>
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r/o</td>
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<td>
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Packet filter version</td>
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<td>
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PS_FILTER_VERSION</td>
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<td>
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$(P)$(R)PSFilterVersion_RBV</td>
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<td>
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stringin</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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PSStatFrameRate</td>
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<td>
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asynFloat64</td>
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<td>
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r/o</td>
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<td>
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Frame rate (Hz)</td>
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<td>
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PS_FRAME_RATE</td>
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<td>
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$(P)$(R)PSFrameRate_RBV</td>
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<td>
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ai</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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PSStatFramesCompleted</td>
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<td>
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asynInt32</td>
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<td>
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r/o</td>
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<td>
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Number of frames completed</td>
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<td>
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PS_FRAMES_COMPLETED</td>
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<td>
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$(P)$(R)PSFramesCompleted_RBV</td>
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<td>
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longin</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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PSStatFramesDropped</td>
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<td>
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asynInt32</td>
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<td>
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r/o</td>
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<td>
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Number of frames dropped</td>
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<td>
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PS_FRAMES_DROPPED</td>
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<td>
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$(P)$(R)PSFramesDropped_RBV</td>
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<td>
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longin</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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PSStatPacketsErroneous</td>
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<td>
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asynInt32</td>
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<td>
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r/o</td>
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<td>
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Number of erroneous packets</td>
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<td>
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PS_PACKETS_ERRONEOUS</td>
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<td>
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$(P)$(R)PSPacketsErroneous_RBV</td>
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<td>
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longin</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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PSStatPacketsMissed</td>
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<td>
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asynInt32</td>
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<td>
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r/o</td>
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<td>
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Number of missed packets</td>
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<td>
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PS_PACKETS_MISSED</td>
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<td>
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$(P)$(R)PSPacketsMissed_RBV</td>
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<td>
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longin</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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PSStatPacketsReceived</td>
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<td>
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asynInt32</td>
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<td>
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r/o</td>
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<td>
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Number of received packets</td>
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<td>
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PS_PACKETS_RECEIVED</td>
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<td>
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$(P)$(R)PSPacketsReceived_RBV</td>
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<td>
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longin</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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PSStatPacketsRequested</td>
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<td>
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asynInt32</td>
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<td>
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r/o</td>
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<td>
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Number of packets requested</td>
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PS_PACKETS_REQUESTED</td>
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<td>
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$(P)$(R)PSPacketsRequested_RBV</td>
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<td>
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longin</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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PSStatPacketsResent</td>
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asynInt32</td>
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<td>
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r/o</td>
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<td>
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Number of packets resent</td>
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PS_PACKETS_RESENT</td>
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<td>
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$(P)$(R)PSPacketsResent_RBV</td>
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<td>
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longin</td>
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</tr>
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<td>
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PSBadFrameCounter</td>
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<td>
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asynInt32</td>
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r/o</td>
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<td>
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Number of bad frames</td>
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PS_BAD_FRAME_COUNTER</td>
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<td>
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$(P)$(R)PSBadFrameCounter_RBV</td>
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<td>
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longin</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<p>
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The following is the MEDM screen ADBase.adl connected to a Prosilica camera.
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</p>
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<div style="text-align: center">
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<h3>
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ADBase.adl</h3>
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<img alt="ADBase_prosilica.png" src="ADBase_prosilica.png" /></div>
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<p>
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The following is the MEDM screen that provides access to the specific parameters
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for the Prosilica detector.
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</p>
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<div style="text-align: center">
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<h3>
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prosilica.adl</h3>
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<img alt="prosilica.png" src="prosilica.png" /></div>
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<p>
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The following is an IDL <a href="http://cars.uchicago.edu/software/idl/imaging_routines.html#epics_ad_display">
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epics_ad_display</a> screen displaying the Prosilica detector images.
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</p>
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<div style="text-align: center">
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<h3>
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epics_ad_display.pro</h3>
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<img alt="prosilica_tvscl.jpg" src="prosilica_tvscl.jpg" /></div>
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<h2 id="Future">
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Future enhancements</h2>
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<p>
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The driver does not currently support color. This will be added in the near future.
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</p>
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<p>
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Work is needed on connection management. If the camera is unplugged or powered off
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which the areaDetector driver is running it does not gracefully recover.
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</p>
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</body>
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</html>
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