Thank you Mark,
I now understand.
Zen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Rivers [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:47 PM
> To: Szalata, Zenon M.
> Cc: EPICS Tech Talk
> Subject: RE: Area Detector
>
> Hi Zen,
>
> First you need to get the Linux version of the PvCam library from Photometrics.
>
> Then you would need to modify the Makefile, and perhaps the driver to work
> on Linux. As I said, I have not tried this, but the people I mentioned in my
> previous response have tried. I don't know if they have succeeded. I know
> that the BNL group decided to use Windows with WinView instead.
>
> If what you really want to do is to get this detector up and running with minimal
> work, then I suggest you download the pre-built version of areaDetector R1-6
> for Windows. You can then run it immediately, without having to set up an
> EPICS build system on Windows, etc. You can run either the WinView or the
> PvCam driver. There are example IOCs for both.
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Szalata, Zenon M. [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 4:42 PM
> To: Mark Rivers
> Cc: EPICS Tech Talk
> Subject: RE: Area Detector
>
> Hi Mark,
> In area detector (1.6) the Makefile for pvCam only creates libraries for WIN32
> and cygwin32.
> I tried to build the pvCam library for Linux and the compilation failed with many
> errors.
> How can the pvCam driver be used on Linux?
>
> Thanks,
> Zen
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Rivers [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:14 AM
> > To: Szalata, Zenon M.
> > Cc: EPICS Tech Talk
> > Subject: RE: Area Detector
> >
> > Hi Zen,
> >
> > There are 2 areaDetector drivers for the CoolSnap HQ2.
> >
> > The first is the Roper driver:
> >
> > http://cars9.uchicago.edu/software/epics/RoperDoc.html
> >
> > That driver uses the Roper/Princeton Instruments WinView program. The
> > areaDetector driver controls WinView through the Microsoft COM interface.
> It
> > only works with Windows. I use this driver extensively for collecting
> > microtomography data.
> >
> > The second is the PVCam driver:
> >
> > http://cars9.uchicago.edu/software/epics/pvcamDoc.html
> >
> > That driver uses the Roper/Photometrics PvCam library. It should work on
> both
> > Windows and Linux. However, I have never used it on Linux. I know that
> Stuart
> > Wilkins ([email protected]), Darron Chabot ([email protected]) and Mattheaw
> > Pearson ([email protected]) have been working on trying to
> > use PvCam with Linux. You may want to contact them to see if they have
> > managed to get it working.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Szalata, Zenon M. [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 12:51 PM
> > To: Mark Rivers
> > Cc: EPICS Tech Talk
> > Subject: Area Detector
> >
> > Hi Mark,
> > I was given a Photometrics Cool SNAP HQ2 camera. It comes with a PCI
> > interface. Can this camera work with Area Detector on Linux RHEL5? If so, is
> > there some documentation or an example on how to use Area Detector with
> > this type of camera?
> >
> > Any help with this is greatly appreciated,
> > Zen
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