Hi Li,
You mention that you've got the wavedump working. It suggests that you have a A3818
interface, can you confirm that?
If so, you can make a Midas frontend using the CAEN libraries to access your VX1721. I can provide you with a frontend example used for the V1720 or V1740. The
modifications for the VX1721 shouldn't be too hard as most of the CAEN digitizers
are fortunately based on a similar configuration mechanism.
If you have a Midas CAMAC frontend, the trick would be to replace the CAMAC calls by
the appropriate CAENComm_xxx() for the equivalent functionality.
Can you remind me what hardware do you have in your lab for acquisition?
CAMAC controller, VME controller etc.
Cheers, PAA
> Dear guys,
>
> I’m Zhi Li from China, and I’m now working on my graduation project, which now
> basically gets stuck in the part of preparing the frontend for my FADC (CAEN
> VX1721) using Midas.
>
> Now the current set-up includes a VME crate, a CAEN v2718 (Optical Bridge and
> Controller) and a CAEN VX1721(8ch 8bit 500MS/s Waveform digitizer). The hardware
> set-up has been finished and I could capture the analog waveform using CAEN
> software(wavedump).
>
> Could anyone please tell me what are the basic things to do for using MIDAS?
> I’ve installed MIDAS in PC and it works well for CAMAC, but do I need any extra
> hardware module on using VME crate? Also, how to download
> Universe-II VME driver?
>
> Thanks,
> Li |