Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Mark Rivers <[email protected]> · Fri, 1 Dec 2017 17:04:48 +0000

Also, how is your spectrograph connected to the computer?  Is it directly connected via USB or indirectly via the connector labeled "Camera".  The latter is how mine is connected.

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Rivers
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 10:51 AM
> To: 'Hinko Kocevar'; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Andor shamrock not detected
> 
> Hi Hinko,
> 
> Is this Linux or Windows?
> 
> What version of ADAndor?
> 
> Did it ever work, or is this the first time you have tried it.
> 
> I do recall some people at the APS having trouble with the Shamrock under Linux, but I
> think they did get it working.  It is working fine for me under Windows.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> > Of Hinko Kocevar
> > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 10:31 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Andor shamrock not detected
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have trouble talking to Andor shamrock spectrograph.
> > It fails after calling Andor API:
> >
> > error = ShamrockGetNumberDevices(&numDevices);
> >
> > because numDevices evaluates to < 1.
> >
> > If I try with Andor supplied C example it works fine, I can control
> > the spectrograph.
> >
> > Here is what the example does for initialization - and it does not
> > look any different, AFAICT, from what EPICS AD Andor support does:
> >
> >
> >         //Initialize CCD
> >         error = Initialize("/usr/local/etc/andor-2.102.30001.0");
> >         if(error!=DRV_SUCCESS){
> >                 cout << "Initialisation error: " << error << "
> > ...exiting" <<endl;
> >                 return(1);
> >         }
> >         cout << "Camera ready!" << endl;
> >         //Initialize Shamrock CCD
> >         error = ShamrockInitialize("");
> >         if(error!=SHAMROCK_SUCCESS){
> >                 cout << "Initialisation error: " << error << "
> > ...exiting" <<endl;
> >                 ShutDown();
> >                 return(1);
> >         }
> >         cout << "Shamrock ready!" << endl;
> >         int nodevices(0);
> >         ShamrockGetNumberDevices(&nodevices);
> >         if(nodevices < 1) {
> >                 cout << "No Shamrock detected...exiting" <<endl;
> >                 ShamrockClose();
> >                 ShutDown();
> >                 return(1);
> >         }
> >
> >
> > Han anyone had similar issues?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Hinko

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System