- Fixed a bug fix with Fixed motor in TAS code

- Made AMOR write HDF-5 data in chunks
- Added  driver for a PSI-DSP magnet controller as used at SLS
- Added code for directly accessing RS232 controllers connected to a
  terminal server, thereby bypassing the SerPortServer
- A rounding problem in the PSD histogram memory was resolved.

doc/manager/hwini.htm

@@ -213,10 +213,31 @@ After this, the parameter can be modified by a command like:
 <pre>
 drive vname newvalue
 </pre>
-</p><p>
+</p>
+<h3>RS232 Controller Direct Access</h3>
+<p>
+RS232 controllers connected to a terminal server can be directly accessed 
+by SICS through the TCP/IP network, bypassing the SerPortServer
+program. See the  <a href="rs232.htm">description</a> of this facility
+for more details. Such a controller can be configured into the system
+through the command:
+<pre>
+MakeRS232Controller name terminalserver port
+</pre>
+For example:
+<pre>
+MakeRS232Controller hugo psts213 3004
+</pre>
+name is the SICS name for the controller, terminalserver is the name
+of the terminal server the device is connected to and port is the port
+number at which the terminal server publishes the RS232 channel to
+which the device is connected. This is usally the port number plus 3000.
+</p>
+<p>
 To be expanded. Please note, that environment devices such as temperature
 controllers are dynamically configured into the system at run time.
 Therefore the necessary commands are described in the user documentation.
+</p>
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doc/manager/managerman

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ which is described elsewhere.
 %html iscan.htm   2
 %html alias.htm   2
 %html cron.htm    2
+%html rs232.htm   2
 %html ../user/trouble.htm 1
 %html move.htm  1
 \end{document}

doc/manager/special.htm

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ This section describes a few commands which need not be known to SICS users.
 <li> Accessing Siematic <a href="sps.htm">SPS</a> controllers.
 <li> <a href="alias.htm">Aliases</a>.
 <li> <a href="cron.htm">Reoccuring tasks</a>.
+<li>  Direct access to <a href="rs232.htm">RS232 controllers</a> through 
+ the terminal server.
 </uL>
 <!latex-on>
 </P>

doc/user/samenv.htm

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ controller.
 <li><a href="#euro">Eurotherm Temperature Controller</a>.
 <li><a href="#bruker">Bruker</a> Magnet Controller. 
 <li>The <a href="#el755">PSI-EL755</a> Magnet Controller. 
+<li>The <a href="#psidsp">PSI-DSP</a> Magnet Controller, also known as
+SLS  controller. 
 </ul>
 </p>
 <!latex-on>
@@ -651,6 +653,40 @@ connects to power supply 3 at the EL755-controller connected to lnsa09
 at channel 5. The magnet is then available in the system as maggi. No
 special commands are supported for the EL755. 
 </p>
+
+<H3><a name="psidsp">PSI-DSP Magnet Controller</a></h3>
+<p>
+The PSI-DSP magnet controller has been developed by the PSI
+electronics  group, most notably by Lukas Tanner, for the
+SLS. However, these controllers are now being used at SINQ as
+well. This controller has a binary command protocoll and thus the send
+command does not work for it. In order to handle this protocoll SICS 
+has to bypass the usual SerPortServer mechanism for communicating with 
+serial devices
+and to connect to the terminal server directly. This also implies one
+gotcha: <b>
+The PSI-DSP works only at specially configured terminal server
+ports</b>.The terminal server
+port to which the PSI-DSP is connected <b>MUST</b> be configured to:
+115200 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, odd parity. In general a system
+manager is required to do this. The PSI-DSP also requires a null-modem
+connector between the box and the terminal server. Once these hurdles
+have been mastered, the PSI-DSP can be configured into SICS with the
+command:
+<BLOCKQUOTE>
+evfactory new name psi-dsp terminalservername port
+</BLOCKQUOTE>
+with name being the name of the magnet in SICS, terminalservername the
+name of the terminal server, for example psts224 and port being the
+address of the binary port on the terminal server. This is usually
+the serial port number at the terminal server plus 3000. An example:
+<BLOCKQUOTE>
+evfactory new maggi psi-dsp psts224 3016
+</BLOCKQUOTE>
+configures a magnet named maggi which is connectd to port 16 at the
+terminal server psts224. maggi can now be read and driven like any
+other environment device.
+</p>
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