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Setup file Susiq.dft

This file sets up SusiQ for the upcoming acquisition. The file name is unique and must be named susiq.dft . A good practice is to have a dedicated directory with a dedicated susiq.DFT defining the experimental setup. The following table describes all the possible setups definitions which may be included in susiq.DFT. The first 7 entries are the minimum requirement. The other definitions will default to the conditions shown if they are not explicitly entered in susiq.DFT.

Setup command Table

Command syntax

default

Description

ACQFILE file.ACQ

required

Acquisition definition file name

TSTFILE file.TST

required

Test definition file name

HSTFILE file.HST

required

Histogram definition file name

EQUFILE file.EQU

required

Equivalence definition file name

CSTFILE file.CST

required

Constant definition file name

DOTFILE file.DOT

required

Dotplot definition file name

ZOOFILE file .ZOO

required

Zoom definition file name

PEDIT file.ext

q.exe

User Editor

PEDITOR file.ext

susiq.tst

Default file for editor

EXPERIMENT expt_name

JOB

For save_set file concatenation ( 4 char max)

TSTNORM test_name

PASSALL

Normalization test for the efficiencies

FONT path\file.FON

modern.fon

Font file for Histogram presentation

ACQ_MODE mode_string

SUSGEN

Default acquisition mode (see ACQ_MODE table)

EXPT_# number

1

Used for identification only

DEBUG

off

Generates a log file of the setup procedure. The file will be SETUP.DBG

BEEP

off

Turn on the Beep flag for BOR and EOR signal

CLRTST

off

Turns on system flag for automatic clearing of the test result before starting a run.

CLRHST

off

Turns on the system flag for automatic clearing of all histogram contents before starting a run

SAVTST

off

Turns on system flag for automatic test result save_set to a file after ending a run. The file will be named TSTrun_#.SQT

SAVHST

off

Turns on system flag for automatic histogram save_set to a file after ending a run. The file will be named HSTrun_#.SQH

DEBUG1

off

Turns on the user flag DEBUG1

DEBUG2

off

Turns on the user flag DEBUG2

VIDEO_MODE mode

-3

Set video mode.
-3 : maxresmode,
16 : 640x350 4colors
17 : 640x350 BW
Default -3. No special screen rearrangement is taken depending on the video mode.

HARDWARE type

0

Specify the CAMAC hardware used for the acquisition.
1 : Kinetics, 2 : DSP (not used yet)

UP_STAT freq

50

Default update frequency of the Status window

UP_EFFI freq

50

Default update frequency of the efficiency table

UP_HIST freq

50

Default update frequency of the histogram display

UP_PREV freq

50

Default update frequency of the raw data table

UP_PEEP freq

50

Default update frequency of the peeper data table

WAIT_LAM number

10

Default number of LAM checks before screen update

FGCOLOR string of number

see table

Foreground color definition. (see FGCOLOR table)

BGCOLOR string of number

10x0

Background color definition. default all set to 0

EVT_LIM number

0

Default event limit (unlimited)

HIS_LIM number

1000

Default event limit based on histogram

TST_LIM number

1000

Default event limit based on condition

RUN_# number

1

Used for results file concatenation


ACQ_MODE defines the mode of acquisition. The default is SUSGEN which generates random data for simulation. This parameter has to be set to CAMxxx to be able to access CAMAC interface.

Acquisition mode table

Syntax

Description

SUSGEN

Acquisition through the SUSGEN routine for a gaussian data spectrum centered at 1000 with a sigma of 500

SUSTAP[1]

Data file forma[t]


Like SUSGEN with storage of the raw data to a file

CAMAC

Acquisition through CAMAC using the file.ACQ definition

CAMTAP1

Like CAMAC with storage of the raw data to a file

REPLAY

Analysis of pre-saved data into a file using the SUSTAP or CAMTAP acquisition mode

TIMGEN ....

Acquisition based on time generated LAM

TIMGEN SUSGEN/TAP1

Secondary acq_mode within TIMGEN

TIMGEN CAMAC/TAP time cr1 sl1 sub1 fun1 data1 cr2 sl2 sub2 fun2 data2

Secondary acq_mode within TIMGEN with 2 specific user CAMAC operation to generate LAM

TIMGEN CAMAC/TAP1 time 0 sl1 sub1 fun1 data1 cr2 sl2 sub2 fun2 data2

Secondary acq_mode within TIMGEN with BYPASS of the LAM generation. (right hand side of the 0 is disregarded)

Glossary


time

Interval time for user CAMAC operation

crx slx subx funx datax

Camac operand description, crate, slot, subaddress, function, data for the first and second CAMAC command

It is especially important to correctly set the forground colors for a monochrome monitor. The table consists of a string of 10 numbers which correspond sequentially to the different parts of the screen.

FGCOLOR Table

position

Default

Description

1

11 / light cyan

Prompt

2

12 / light red

Help

3

13 / light magenta

Listing

4

14 / yellow

Error

5

15 / bright white

Message

6

14 / yellow

Data

7

13 / light magenta

Border

8

12 / light red

Histogram

9

10 / light green

Status_1

10

9 / light blue

Status_2

COLOR assignment Table

Color _#

Color

Color_#

Color

0

black

8

dark gray

1

blue

9

light blue

2

green

10

light green

3

cyan

11

light cyan

4

red

12

light red

5

magenta

13

light magenta

6

brown

14

yellow

7

white

15

bright white


[1] See [ for record structure



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