Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Hinko Kocevar <[email protected]> · Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:42:05 +0100

Hi,

I'm using latest Andor SDK (2.102.30034.0) with Newton 920 and Shamrock 500i.
I'm trying to work with Github master branch of ADAndor, ADCore is 3-1.

I get these error massages at IOC startup:

# Comment out the following lines if there is no Shamrock spectrograph
#shamrockConfig(const char *portName, int shamrockId, const char
*iniPath, int priority, int stackSize)
shamrockConfig("SR1", 0, "", 0, 0)
HK: number of pixels: 0
HK: pixel width: 0.000000
2017/12/12 11:13:55.196 shamrock:getStatus: ERROR calling
ShamrockGetCalibration Description=PARAMETER 3 INVALID
dbLoadRecords("/data/shi/R3.15.4/modules/adandor-D1/db/shamrock.template",
  "P=13ANDOR1:,R=sham1:,PORT=SR1,TIMEOUT=1,PIXELS=1024")

In shamrock.cpp, I added printouts for number of pixels and pixel
width since ShamrockGetCalibration() complains that parameter 3 is
invalid - 0. Should be 1024.

Looking at example console app from Andor, this is how the number of
pixels is set up, after camera and spectrograph were detected:

//Get Detector dimensions
GetDetector(&width, &height);
//Sets the number of pixels for calibration purposes
ShamrockSetNumberPixels(0, width);
float xSize, ySize;
//Get Detector pixel size
GetPixelSize(&xSize, &ySize);
//Set the pixel width in microns for calibration purposes.
ShamrockSetPixelWidth(0, xSize);

Adding similar lines to shamrock.cpp constructor solves it for me.

I tried with 100.30044.0 and I got the same ShamrockGetCalibration()
error in the IOC.
I have not tried with older Andor SDK.

I can make a pull request on Github.

Thanks,
Hinko
-- 
.. the more I see the less I believe.., AE AoR

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System