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Entry  10 May 2011, Jianglai Liu, Forum, simple example frontend for V1720  
    Reply  10 May 2011, Stefan Ritt, Forum, simple example frontend for V1720  
    Reply  10 May 2011, Pierre-Andre Amaudruz, Forum, simple example frontend for V1720  
       Reply  24 May 2011, Jianglai Liu, Forum, simple example frontend for V1720  v1720.c
    Reply  18 May 2011, Jimmy Ngai, Forum, simple example frontend for V1720  frontend.cv1718.hv1718.cv792n.hv792n.c
       Reply  10 Aug 2012, Carl Blaksley, Forum, simple example frontend for V1720  
          Reply  12 Aug 2012, Jimmy Ngai, Forum, simple example frontend for V1720  Makefile
Message ID: 826     Entry time: 12 Aug 2012     In reply to: 825
Author: Jimmy Ngai 
Topic: Forum 
Subject: simple example frontend for V1720  

Carl Blaksley wrote:

Jimmy Ngai wrote:

Jianglai Liu wrote:
Hi,

Who has a good example of a frontend program using CAEN V1718 VME-USB bridge and
V1720 FADC? I am trying to set up the DAQ for such a simple system.

I put together a frontend which talks to the VME. However it gets stuck at
"Calibrating" in initialize_equipment().

I'd appreciate some help!

Thanks,
Jianglai


Hi Jianglai,

I don't have an exmaple of using V1718 with V1720, but I have been using V1718 with V792N for a long time.

You may find in the attachment an example frontend program and my drivers for V1718 and V792N written in MVMESTD format. They have to be linked with the CAENVMELib library and other essential MIDAS stuffs.

Regards,
Jimmy


Jimmy,

How exactly did you link the CAENVMElib with your frontend? That is the part which I can not seem to replicate using your example frontend!

Thanks,
-Carl


Hi Carl,

Attached is a cut-down version of my original Makefile just for demonstrating how to link the CAENVMElib. I didn't test it for bugs. Please make sure the libCAENVME.so is in your library path.

Jimmy
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#
#  Name:         Makefile
#  Created by:   Stefan Ritt
#  Modified by:  Jimmy Ngai
#
#  Date:         July 20, 2012
#
#  Contents:     Makefile for MIDAS example frontend and analyzer
#
#  $Id: Makefile 3203 2006-07-31 21:39:02Z ritt $
#
#####################################################################
#
#--------------------------------------------------------------------
# The MIDASSYS should be defined prior the use of this Makefile
ifndef MIDASSYS
missmidas::
	@echo "...";
	@echo "Missing definition of environment variable 'MIDASSYS' !";
	@echo "...";
endif

# get OS type from shell
OSTYPE = $(shell uname)

#--------------------------------------------------------------------
# The following lines contain specific switches for different UNIX
# systems. Find the one which matches your OS and outcomment the 
# lines below.

#-----------------------------------------
# This is for Linux
ifeq ($(OSTYPE),Linux)
OSTYPE = linux
endif

ifeq ($(OSTYPE),linux)

OS_DIR = linux
OSFLAGS = -DOS_LINUX -DLINUX -DUNIX -Dextname
CFLAGS = -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-write-strings
# add to compile in 32-bit mode
# OSFLAGS += -m32
LIBS = -lm -lz -lutil -lnsl -lpthread
endif

#-----------------------
# MacOSX/Darwin is just a funny Linux
#
ifeq ($(OSTYPE),Darwin)
OSTYPE = darwin
endif

ifeq ($(OSTYPE),darwin)
OS_DIR = darwin
FF = cc
OSFLAGS = -DOS_LINUX -DLINUX -DOS_DARWIN -DUNIX -DHAVE_STRLCPY -DAbsoftUNIXFortran -fPIC -Wno-unused-function
LIBS = -lpthread
SPECIFIC_OS_PRG = $(BIN_DIR)/mlxspeaker
NEED_STRLCPY=
NEED_RANLIB=1
NEED_SHLIB=
NEED_RPATH=

endif

#-----------------------------------------
# ROOT flags and libs
#
ifdef ROOTSYS
ROOTCFLAGS := $(shell  $(ROOTSYS)/bin/root-config --cflags)
ROOTCFLAGS += -DHAVE_ROOT -DUSE_ROOT
ROOTLIBS   := $(shell  $(ROOTSYS)/bin/root-config --libs) -Wl,-rpath,$(ROOTSYS)/lib
ROOTLIBS   += -lThread
else
missroot:
	@echo "...";
	@echo "Missing definition of environment variable 'ROOTSYS' !";
	@echo "...";
endif

#-------------------------------------------------------------------
# The following lines define directories. Adjust if necessary
#                 
INC_DIR    = $(MIDASSYS)/include
LIB_DIR    = $(MIDASSYS)/$(OS_DIR)/lib
SRC_DIR    = $(MIDASSYS)/src
DRV_DIR    = ./drivers
MOD_DIR    = ./modules

#-------------------------------------------------------------------
# List of analyzer modules
#
MODULES    = adccalib.o adcsum.o scaler.o

#-------------------------------------------------------------------
# Drivers needed by the frontend program
#
TRFE_DRIVERS  = v1718.o v792n.o
TRFE_LIBS     = -lCAENVME

#-------------------------------------------------------------------
# Frontend code name defaulted to frontend in this example.
# comment out the line and run your own frontend as follow:
# gmake UFE=my_frontend
#
TRFE  = trfrontend

####################################################################
# Lines below here should not be edited
####################################################################

# MIDAS library
LIB = $(LIB_DIR)/libmidas.a

# compiler
CC = gcc
CXX = g++
CFLAGS += -g -I. -I$(INC_DIR) -I$(DRV_DIR)
CFLAGS += -I$(DRV_DIR)/vme
CFLAGS += -I$(DRV_DIR)/vme/CAENVMElib/include
LDFLAGS +=

all: $(TRFE) analyzer

noenv: all

$(TRFE): $(LIB) $(LIB_DIR)/mfe.o $(TRFE_DRIVERS) $(TRFE).c $(SRC_DIR)/cnaf_callback.c
	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OSFLAGS) -o $(TRFE) $(TRFE).c \
	$(SRC_DIR)/cnaf_callback.c $(TRFE_DRIVERS) $(LIB_DIR)/mfe.o $(LIB) \
	$(LDFEFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(TRFE_LIBS)

%.o: $(DRV_DIR)/vme/%.c
	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OSFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<

analyzer: $(LIB) $(LIB_DIR)/rmana.o analyzer.o $(MODULES)
	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(LIB_DIR)/rmana.o analyzer.o $(MODULES) \
	$(LIB) $(LDFLAGS) $(ROOTLIBS) $(LIBS) $(ANA_LIBS)

%.o: %.c experim.h
	$(CXX) $(USERFLAGS) $(ROOTCFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(OSFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<

%.o: $(MOD_DIR)/%.c experim.h
	$(CXX) $(USERFLAGS) $(ROOTCFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(OSFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<

clean::
	rm -rf *.o *~ \#*

#end file
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