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Subject: Re: Problem with mca R7.2 and Rontec XFlash
From: "J. Lewis Muir" <[email protected]>
To: Phillip Sorensen <[email protected]>
Cc: TechTalk EPICS <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:18:18 -0600
On 2/6/13 11:00 AM, Phillip Sorensen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We are tring to setup the Rontec XFlash MCA with epics using the R7.2
> version of mca.
> 
> The problem we are having is there seems to be a delay of some number of
> seconds after sending a command until we see an update in the MEDM
> screen.  For example clicking the start and stop buttons for the
> acquisition show this.  I we look at the XFlash unit it seems to update
> the front panel immediately, but the MEDM screen shows a delay.  The
> spectrum update (which is set to 1 second) also seems to take 5 to 10
> seconds per update.
> 
> We are not getting any timeout errors.  Any suggestions?

Hi, Phil.

Over what physical link are you communicating with the XFlash?  If it's
RS-232, it could just take that long to transmit the data over the slow
link.

Lewis

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