Re: areaDetector build system question

[Han Lee via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM Jörn Dreyer via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> wrote:

Hi,

is it possible to build an areaDetector module outside of the tree?

Please check https://github.com/jeonghanlee/EPICS-env-support, which I developed only for the ALS-U EPICS environment to support only one camera model, because we only have one model.

You can install one by one in the specific dependencies' order of all area detector modules with simple makefile tricks. It requires heavy manual configurations, so I built that repo without repeating the manual procedure. 

Two rules give you a hints

https://github.com/jeonghanlee/EPICS-env-support/blob/master/configure/CONFIG_MODS_DEPS

https://github.com/jeonghanlee/EPICS-env-support/blob/master/configure/RULES_MODS_CONFIG

After this, ADCore, ADSimDetector, ADGenICam, and ADVimba will be installed in the same way other EPICS modules will be.

HTH,

Han

Background:
I have an areaDetector driver for a special camera that I would like to use in a setup using sumo.
I have sumo setup to to build all the dependencies for areaDetector.  I would like to get my camera code included to be alble to use
it in multiple ioc configurations.

My driver compiles if added inside the areaDetector tree, but as a normal EPICS module it fails. Has anybody achieved this?
It look very much that my CONFIG_SITE.local file is not read and thus the relevant configuration is missed.

Regards,

Jörn

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Jeong Han Lee, Dr.rer.nat.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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