Re: Retiga E7 and ADKinetix

["Wlodek, Jakub via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Excellent. Glad to hear it.

Jakub

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From: John Dobbins <john.dobbins at cornell.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2025 9:48 AM
To: Wlodek, Jakub <jwlodek at bnl.gov>; Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>; EPICS tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: Re: Retiga E7 and ADKinetix

 

Switching cables and computer USB port has fixed the problem.  Acquisition now continues without stopping randomly.

John

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From: John Dobbins <john.dobbins at cornell.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2025 9:19 AM
To: Wlodek, Jakub <jwlodek at bnl.gov>; Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>; EPICS tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: Re: Retiga E7 and ADKinetix

 

I was running the IOC as root.

John

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From: Wlodek, Jakub <jwlodek at bnl.gov>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2025 9:14 AM
To: John Dobbins <john.dobbins at cornell.edu>; Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>; EPICS tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: Re: Retiga E7 and ADKinetix

 

Hi John,

I don't think this expected. I do not see the behavior on my cameras (though they use PCIE rather than USB). We just purchased some new units, I can try connecting them via USB and let you know if I see the same behavior.

It may be worth trying to remove the udev rule file and try running the IOC as root, just to see if the udev adding/removing is a potential cause for the freeze you are seeing.

Jakub Wlodek
Technology Engineer

Data Acquisition and Detectors
National Synchrotron Light Source II
Office: 631.344.7599
jwlodek at bnl.gov

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From: John Dobbins <john.dobbins at cornell.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2025 9:03 AM
To: Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>; EPICS tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>; Wlodek, Jakub <jwlodek at bnl.gov>
Subject: Re: Retiga E7 and ADKinetix

 

If I run 

without any application accessing the camera  I run udevadm monitor

I see that the the camera with remove/unbind  and then  add/bind spontaneously at random intervals.

Is this normal  ??????

John

KERNEL[252737.012467] remove   /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9/2-9:1.0 (usb)

KERNEL[252737.012766] unbind   /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9 (usb)

KERNEL[252737.012816] remove   /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9 (usb)

UDEV  [252737.016445] remove   /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9/2-9:1.0 (usb)

KERNEL[252737.248065] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9 (usb)

KERNEL[252737.249020] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9/2-9:1.0 (usb)

KERNEL[252737.249071] bind     /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9 (usb)

UDEV  [252737.249934] unbind   /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9 (usb)

UDEV  [252737.250662] remove   /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9 (usb)

UDEV  [252737.256154] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9 (usb)

UDEV  [252737.257899] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9/2-9:1.0 (usb)

UDEV  [252737.262626] bind     /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9 (usb)

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From: John Dobbins <john.dobbins at cornell.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2025 12:23 PM
To: Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>; EPICS tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>; Wlodek, Jakub <jwlodek at bnl.gov>
Subject: Re: Retiga E7 and ADKinetix

 

I can start image collection, but it stops after some random number of images,  measured in hundreds.  

Says Acquire = Collecting but image counter stuck.

John

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From: Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2025 11:03 AM
To: John Dobbins <john.dobbins at cornell.edu>; EPICS tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>; Wlodek, Jakub <jwlodek at bnl.gov>
Subject: RE: Retiga E7 and ADKinetix

 

It sounds like the header files or source code are not compatible with the version of the library in the distribution.

 

Mark

 

 

From: Tech-talk <tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov> On Behalf Of John Dobbins via Tech-talk
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2025 10:03 AM
To: EPICS tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>; Wlodek, Jakub <jwlodek at bnl.gov>; John Dobbins <john.dobbins at cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: Retiga E7 and ADKinetix

 

The same hack also allows the IOC to run.

 

John

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Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2025 10:33 AM
To: EPICS tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>; Wlodek, Jakub <jwlodek at bnl.gov>
Subject: Re: Retiga E7 and ADKinetix

 

If I do ldd on the EPICS built FanSpeedAndTemperature I see it points to

 

      libpvcam.so.2 =>  [ ... ]/ADKinetix/lib/linux-x86_64/libpvcam.so.2 

 

I then copy libpvcam.*  from

 

/opt/pvcam/library/x86_64/

 

to

 

[...]/ADKinetix/lib/linux-x86_64

 

And my EPICS built version of FanSpeedAndControl now works

 

What is going on?

 

John

 

 

 

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Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2025 10:19 AM
To: EPICS tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>; Wlodek, Jakub <jwlodek at bnl.gov>
Subject: Re: Retiga E7 and ADKinetix

 

I have the latest ADKinetix source code.

 

I modified ADKinetix::ADKinetix  to just retrieve the camera name, following 

 

/opt/pvcam/sdk/examples/code_samples

 

However, the returned name is nonsense. Each run returns a different nonsense result. This was true before my modifications also.

 

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I then did the following:

 

I verify that I can successfully run 

 

/opt/pvcam/sdk/examples/code_samples/bin/linux-x86_64/release/FanSpeedAndTemperature

 

Then I copied the example source files

 

FanSppecandTemperature.cpp

Common.cpp

Common.h

version.h

 

to

 

ADKinetix/kinetixApp/src

 

And I add these lines to the Makefile

 

PROD_HOST += FanSpeedAndTemperature

FanSpeedAndTemperature_LIBS += pvcam

FanSpeedAndTemperature_SRCS += FanSpeedAndTemperature.cpp

FanSpeedAndTemperature_SRCS += Common.cpp

 

Which builds FanSpeedAndTemperature  using the EPICS build system

 

 

The version of FanSpeedAndTemeprature built in this way has the same behavior, outputs a random nonsense name

 

PVCAM initialized

Number of cameras found: 1

Camera 0 name: '��b"�'

 

I don't know how to proceed. Any advice appreciated.  

 

John

 

 

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From: Tech-talk <tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov> on behalf of John Dobbins via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 12:31 PM
To: EPICS tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: Retiga E7 and ADKinetix

 

I have a new  Teledyne Retiga E7.

 

I first tested on windows using the PVCAM software and the Beacon software.

 

Next on Linux, Alma 9,  I verified that /opt/pvcam/bin/PVCamTest/x86_64/'PVCanTestCli   succeeds.

 

Then using ADKinetix R1-1,  base-7.0.6 , areaDetector-R3-13  I get a segfault  (see below)

 

What should I do next?

 

John Dobbins

 

Research Support Specialist

Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source

Cornell University

 

www.chess.cornell.edu

 

 

 

[root@lnx591 iocKinetix]# ../../bin/linux-x86_64/kinetixApp st.cmd

#!../../bin/linux-x86_64/kinetixApp

< /epics/common/xf31id1-lab3-ioc1-netsetup.cmd

Can't open /epics/common/xf31id1-lab3-ioc1-netsetup.cmd: No such file or directory

errlogInit(20000)

< envPaths

epicsEnvSet("IOC","iocKinetix")

epicsEnvSet("TOP","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma/areaDetector-R3-13/ADKinetix/iocs/kinetixIOC")

epicsEnvSet("ADKINETIX","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma/areaDetector-R3-13/ADKinetix/iocs/kinetixIOC/../..")

epicsEnvSet("SUPPORT","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma")

epicsEnvSet("ASYN","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma/asyn-R4-45")

epicsEnvSet("AREA_DETECTOR","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma/areaDetector-R3-13")

epicsEnvSet("ADSUPPORT","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma/areaDetector-R3-13/ADSupport")

epicsEnvSet("ADCORE","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma/areaDetector-R3-13/ADCore")

epicsEnvSet("AUTOSAVE","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma/autosave-R5-11")

epicsEnvSet("BUSY","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma/busy-R1-7-4")

epicsEnvSet("CALC","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma/calc-R3-7-5")

epicsEnvSet("SNCSEQ","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma/seq-R2-2-9")

epicsEnvSet("SSCAN","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma/sscan-R2-11-5")

epicsEnvSet("DEVIOCSTATS","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma/iocStats-3-1-16")

epicsEnvSet("EPICS_BASE","/nfs/chess/epics/det/base-7.0.6")

dbLoadDatabase("/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma/areaDetector-R3-13/ADKinetix/iocs/kinetixIOC/dbd/kinetixApp.dbd")

kinetixApp_registerRecordDeviceDriver(pdbbase)

# Prefix for all records

epicsEnvSet("PREFIX", "RE7")

# The port name for the detector

epicsEnvSet("PORT",   "KTX")

# The queue size for all plugins

epicsEnvSet("QSIZE",  "20")

# The maximum number of time series points in the NDPluginStats plugin

epicsEnvSet("NCHANS", "2048")

# The maximum number of frames buffered in the NDPluginCircularBuff plugin

epicsEnvSet("CBUFFS", "500")

# The search path for database files

epicsEnvSet("EPICS_DB_INCLUDE_PATH", "/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_alma/areaDetector-R3-13/ADCore/db")

ADKinetixConfig(0, "KTX")

Segmentation fault (core dumped)