Re: possibility of using areaDetector to drive Varax 4343 detector

["ChenZhang@Gmail via Tech-talk" <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>]

The vendor software is called XIS (Windows), which allows us to write frames to a buffer, then manually save them to disk.  We will contact the vendor to confirm if a different SDK is used for this new model.

Chen 

> On Jan 24, 2020, at 1:41 PM, Mark Rivers <rivers@cars.uchicago.edu> wrote:
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>> I was wondering if it would be possible to use areaDetector to drive Varax 4343.
> 
> Do you know what software is provided with that detector?  There are 2 areaDetector drivers for Varax flat panel detectors, ADPerkinElmer and ADDexela.  Does the 4343 use the same SDK as either of these?
> 
> Mark
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> Hi All, 
> 
> We are trying to test the hardware triggering of Varax 4343 for HT-HEDM, and the vendor software does not support directly dumping frames from buffer to disk.  I was wondering if it would be possible to use areaDetector to drive Varax 4343.
> 
> Best, 
> Chen
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> Chen Zhang
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> Department of Mechanical Engineering
> Colorado School of Mines
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