Catcher/scanSee Package(R3.1)

WHAT IS REQUIRED ?

	IDL R6.0 or newer version
	EPICS 3.14.5 and newer
	SunOS unix solaris-sparc operating system   

	Note: EPICS scan record synApps4.6 or newer is supported for Catcher 
	      R3.1 version

HOW TO BUILD DATA CATCHER ?

It is assumed that you already have epics/extensions/config, and 
epics/extensions directories intact. This new config structure set up 
should allow the epics/extensions been built under any EPICS supported 
operating system.  You may need to modify the Host.solaris file according to 
your site software system installations.

Following gives the procedure steps to obtain the data catcher source 
and build under epics/extensions directory. Step 1 is needed only if
the epics/extensions/config directory never been created before. 

    1.  Go to epics directory and down load the  
	tar file  extensionsConfig_20040406.tar,gz 

        Unzip and extract sources from the tar file

	gunzip extensionsConfig_20040406.tar.gz
	tar xvf extensionsConfig_20040406.tar

    2.  Go to epics/extensions directory and down load the tar file  
        Catcher R3.1 ( Catcher3_1.Tar.gz ) (29.2 MB)

        Unzip and extract sources from the tar file

	gunzip Catcher3_1.Tar.gz
	tar xvf Catcher3_1.Tar

    3. Build the data catcher under unix operating system

	cd src/ezca
   	gnumake
	cd ../EzcaScan
   	gnumake
	cd ../ezcaIDL
   	gnumake
	cd ../idl
   	gnumake
	

HOW TO TEST DATA CATCHER / SCANSEE ?

   Test the data catcher, make sure the 
   /usr/local/epics/extensions/bin/$EPICS_HOST_ARCH 
   is in your search path, where $EPICS_HOST_ARCH is "solaris-sparc" 
   for Unix system. The envrionment variable EPICS_EXTENSIONS must be
   set to "/usr/local/epics/extensions".

   If the data catcher is built in your private epics extensions area, then 
   you need to set the EPICS_EXTENSIONS_PVT to point to your private area,
   e.g. 

	setenv EPICS_EXTENSIONS_PVT ~/epics/extensions

   To access catcher/scanSee through the developer license

	catcher -D         Runing IDL 6.0
	scanSee -D         Runing IDL 6.0


   To access catcher/scanSee through the runtime license

	catcher            Runing IDL 6.0
	scanSee            Runing IDL 6.0