synApps: dxp

Module Owner: Mark Rivers: University of Chicago

This page is the home of dxp.

Devices supported in dxp include:

From XIA

DXP digital-signal processing spectroscopy systems. These include the xMAP PXI module, the Mercury USB 2.0 module, the MicroDXP USB 2.0 module, and the Saturn module that uses the enhanced parallel port interface (EPP), USB 1.0, or USB 2.0.

Prior to EPICS 3.14 this support was in the camac module of synApps. Starting with 1-1 the DXP support has been moved into its own synApps module, dxp.

Please email any comments and bug reports to Mark Rivers who is responsible for coordinating development and releases.

Where to find it

dxp is now hosted on Github in the epics-modules/dxp repository. You can download the software from the links in the table below:

Module Version	Release Date	Source distribution	Prebuilt distribution	Documentation	Release Notes
5-0	28-June-2018	R5-0 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_5-0.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpDoc.pdf	Release notes
4-0	23-May-2017	R4-0 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_4-0.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpDoc.pdf	Release notes
3-6	23-May-2017	R3-6 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_3-6.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpDoc.pdf	Release notes
3-5	20-April-2015	R3-5 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_3-5.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpDoc.pdf	Release notes
3-4	10-December-2014	R3-4 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_3-4.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpDoc.pdf	Release notes
3-3	27-June-2014	R3-3 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_3-3.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpDoc.pdf	Release notes
3-2	11-March-2013	R3-2 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_3-2.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpDoc.pdf	Release notes
3-1	02-Nov-2011	R3-1 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_3-1.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpDoc.pdf	Release notes
3-0	03-Dec-2010	R3-1 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_3-0.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpDoc.pdf	Release notes
2-10	16-Jul-2009	R2-10 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_2-10.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpRecord.html	Release notes
2-9	2-Feb-2009	R2-9 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_2-9.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpRecord.html	Release notes
2-8-1	20-May-2008	R2-8-1 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_2-8-1.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpRecord.html	Release notes
2-8	6-Feb-2008	R2-8 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_2-8.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpRecord.html	Release notes
2-7	4-Dec-2007	R2-7 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_2-7.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpRecord.html	Release notes
2-6	18-Oct-2007	R2-6 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_2-6.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpRecord.html	Release notes
2-5	20-Sept-2006	R2-5 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_2-5.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpRecord.html	Release notes
2-4	17-May-2006	R2-4 tar and zip files	dxpStandalone_2-4.tgz	dxpDoc.html dxpRecord.html	Release notes
2-3	11-Aug-2005	R2-3 tar and zip files	N.A.	dxpDoc.html dxpRecord.html	Release notes
2-2	29-Mar-2005	R2-2 tar and zip files	N.A.	dxpDoc.html dxpRecord.html	Release notes
2-1	23-Mar-2005	R2-1 tar and zip files	N.A.	dxpDoc.html dxpRecord.html	Release notes
1-2	9-Jun-2004	R1-2 tar and zip files	N.A.	dxpDoc.html	Release notes
1-1	26-Jan-2004	R1-1 tar and zip files	N.A.	dxpDoc.html	Release notes

Required Modules

Module Version	Requires module	Release needed	Required for
5-0	EPICS base	3.14.12.6, 3.15.5, or 7.0.1	Base support
	seq	2.2.5	State notation language sequencer
	areaDetector	3-3	File-saving plugin support for mapping mode
	calc	3-7	Record support
	busy	1-7	Busy record support
	sscan	2-11-1	Scanning support
	autosave	5-9	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-33	Driver support
	mca	7-7	MCA support
	4-0	EPICS base	3.15.5	Base support
seq		2.2.4	State notation language sequencer
areaDetector		3-1	File-saving plugin support for mapping mode
calc		3-6-1	Record support
busy		1-7	Busy record support
sscan		2-10-2	Scanning support
autosave		5-8	Save/restore support
asyn		4-32	Driver support
mca		7-7	MCA support
camac		2-7	CAMAC support
3-6	EPICS base	3.14.12.5	Base support
	seq	2.2.4	State notation language sequencer
	areaDetector	2-6	File-saving plugin support for mapping mode
	calc	3-6-1	Record support
	busy	1-6-1	Busy record support
	sscan	2-10-2	Scanning support
	autosave	5-7-1	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-31	Driver support
	mca	7-6	MCA support
	camac	2-7	CAMAC support
3-5	EPICS base	3.14.12.4	Base support
	seq	2.1.10	State notation language sequencer
	areaDetector	2-2	File-saving plugin support for mapping mode
	calc	3-4-1	Record support
	busy	1-6	Busy record support
	sscan	2-10	Scanning support
	autosave	5-4-2	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-26	Driver support
	mca	7-6	MCA support
	camac	2-7	CAMAC support
3-4	EPICS base	3.14.12.4	Base support
	seq	2.1.10	State notation language sequencer
	areaDetector	2-1	File-saving plugin support for mapping mode
	calc	3-4-1	Record support
	busy	1-6	Busy record support
	sscan	2-10	Scanning support
	autosave	5-4-2	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-24	Driver support
	mca	7-6	MCA support
	camac	2-7	CAMAC support
3-3	EPICS base	3.14.12.4	Base support
	seq	2.1.10	State notation language sequencer
	areaDetector	2-0	File-saving plugin support for mapping mode
	calc	3-2	Record support
	busy	1-6	Busy record support
	sscan	2-9	Scanning support
	autosave	5-1	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-23	Driver support
	mca	7-5	MCA support
	camac	2-7	CAMAC support
3-2	EPICS base	3.14.12.3	Base support
	seq	2.1.10	State notation language sequencer
	areaDetector	1-9-1	File-saving plugin support for mapping mode
	calc	3-0	Record support
	busy	1-4	Busy record support
	sscan	2-8-1	Scanning support
	autosave	5-0	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-21	Driver support
	mca	7-3-1	MCA support
	camac	2-7	CAMAC support
3-1	EPICS base	3.14.12.1	Base support
	seq	2.0.12	State notation language sequencer
	areaDetector	1-7	File-saving plugin support for mapping mode
	calc	2-9	Record support
	busy	1-4	Busy record support
	sscan	2-7	Scanning support
	autosave	4-7	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-18	Driver support
	mca	7-1	MCA support
	camac	2-7	CAMAC support
3-0	EPICS base	3.14.11	Base support
	seq	2.0.12	State notation language sequencer
	areaDetector	1-7beta1	File-saving plugin support for mapping mode
	calc	2-8	Record support
	busy	1-2	Busy record support
	sscan	2-6-6	Scanning support
	autosave	4-7	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-14	Driver support
	mca	6-12-4	MCA support
	camac	2-5	CAMAC support
2-10	EPICS base	3.14.10	Base support
	seq	2.0.12	State notation language sequencer
	calc	2-7	Record support
	busy	1-2	Busy record support
	sscan	2-6-3	Scanning support
	autosave	4-5	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-11	Driver support
	mca	6-11	MCA support
	camac	2-5	CAMAC support
2-9	EPICS base	3.14.10	Base support
	seq	2.0.12	State notation language sequencer
	calc	2-7	Record support
	busy	1-1	Busy record support
	sscan	2-6-3	Scanning support
	autosave	4-5	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-10	Driver support
	mca	6-10	MCA support
	camac	2-5	CAMAC support
2-8-1	EPICS base	3.14.8.2	Base support
	calc	2-6-4	Record support
	sscan	2-5-6	Record support
	autosave	4-3	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-9	Driver support
	mca	6-10	MCA support
	camac	2-5	CAMAC support
2-8	EPICS base	3.14.8.2	Base support
	calc	2-6-4	Record support
	sscan	2-5-6	Record support
	autosave	4-3	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-9	Driver support
	mca	6-10	MCA support
	camac	2-5	CAMAC support
2-7	EPICS base	3.14.8.2	Base support
	calc	2-6-3	Record support
	sscan	2-5-6	Record support
	autosave	4-3	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-9	Driver support
	mca	6-9	MCA support
	camac	2-5	CAMAC support
2-6	EPICS base	3.14.8.2	Base support
	calc	2-6-3	Record support
	sscan	2-5-6	Record support
	autosave	4-3	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-9	Driver support
	mca	6-9	MCA support
	camac	2-5	CAMAC support
2-5	EPICS base	3.14.8.2	Base support
	calc	2-6-3	Record support
	sscan	2-5-3	Record support
	autosave	4-2-1	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-6	Driver support
	mca	6-8	MCA support
	camac	2-5	CAMAC support
2-4	EPICS base	3.14.8.2	Base support
	calc	2-6-3	Record support
	sscan	2-5-3	Record support
	autosave	4-2-1	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-6	Driver support
	mca	6-8	MCA support
	camac	2-4	CAMAC support
2-2	EPICS base	3.14.7	Base support
	calc	2-5	Record support
	sscan	2-5	Record support
	autosave	4-1	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-2	Driver support
	mca	6-5	MCA support
	camac	2-4	CAMAC support
2-1	EPICS base	3.14.7	Base support
	calc	2-5	Record support
	sscan	2-5	Record support
	autosave	4-1	Save/restore support
	asyn	4-2	Driver support
	mca	6-4	MCA support
	camac	2-3	CAMAC support
1-2	EPICS base	3.14.5	Base support
	calc	2-3	Record support
	sscan	2-3	Record support
	autosave	2-3	Save/restore support
	mpf	2-4-2	Message passing
	mca	6-3	MCA support
	camac	2-1	CAMAC support
1-1	EPICS base	3.14.4	Base support
	std	2-2	Record support
	mpf	2-4	Message passing
	mca	6-1	MCA support
	camac	2-1	CAMAC support

Installation and Building

After obtaining a copy of the distribution, it must be installed and built for use at your site. These steps only need to be performed once for the site (unless versions of the module running under different releases of EPICS and/or the other required modules are needed).

Create an installation directory for the module, usually this will end with

.../support/
Place the distribution file in this directory. Then issue the commands (Unix style)
```
tar xvzf dxpRX-Y.tgz
```
where X-Y is the release.
This creates a <top> application.
```
.../support/dxpRX-Y
```
Edit the configure/RELEASE file and set the paths to your installation of EPICS base and to your versions of supporting modules.
Run gnumake in the top level directory and check for any compilation errors.
Please email Mark Rivers so that a record can be kept of which sites are using this software.

In Use

This software was originally developed by Mark Rivers.

ANL/APS : In use at CARS, XSD, PNC, the APS detector pool, and several other beamlines.
NSLS: In use at X-26A, X-27A, X-17B2 and several other beamlines
Others: In use at the Swiss Light Source, Diamond Light Source, Advanced Light Source, Shanghai Synchrotron, Australian Synchrotron, Brazilian Synchrotron, and others.