EPICS areaDetector driver for slsDetector

slsDetector refers to a group of detectors produced by SLS detectors group in PSI. They range from strip detectors to pixel array detectors. It is however a common interest of the group to use a common platform for data acquisition.

The architecture includes a socket server running on the detector controller(an embeded Linux), and a client side C++ library to communicate with the server. This driver is using such client side library, namely libSlsDetector, to control detector parameters as well as retrieve data. This driver inherits from ADDriver.

Implementation of standard driver parameters from ADBase.template and NDFile.template

Parameter index variable	EPICS record name	Description
ADManufacturer	$(P)$(R)Manufacturer	Detector manuafacturer, either PSI or Dectris
ADModel	$(P)$(R)Model	Detector type, Mythen, Eiger
ADMaxSizeX	$(P)$(R)SizeX	Detector maximum size in X
ADMaxSizeY	$(P)$(R)SizeY	Detector maximum size in Y
ADAcquireTime	$(P)$(R)AcquireTime	Exposure time measured in in seconds
ADAcquirePeriod	$(P)$(R)AcquirePeriod	Exposure period in case of multiple images measured in seconds
ADTemperatureActual	$(P)$(R)TemperatureActual	Detector fpga temperature
NDFileNumber	$(P)$(R)FileNumber	File number
NDFilePath	$(P)$(R)FilePath	File path
NDFileName	$(P)$(R)FileName	File base name
NDFullFileName	$(P)$(R)FullFileName	Composed from format "%s%s_%d", FilePath, FileName, FileNumber
NDAutoSave	$(P)$(R)AutoSave	Write flag (0=No, 1=Yes) controlling whether a file is automatically saved each time acquisition completes.

slsDetector specific parameters

Parameter index variable	asyn interface	Access	drvInfo string	EPICS record name	Description
DetectorType	asynInt32	r/o	SD_DETECTOR_TYPE	$(P)$(R)DetectorType_RBV	Detector type enum
SDSetting	asynInt32	r/w	SD_SETTING	$(P)$(R)Setting	Detector settings
SDBitDepth	asynInt32	r/w	SD_BIT_DEPTH	$(P)$(R)BitDepth	Dynamic range
SDTimingMode	asynInt32	r/w	SD_TMODE	$(P)$(R)TimingMode	External signal communication mode, triggering, gating
SDTriggerSoftware	asynInt32	r/w	SD_TRIGGER_SOFTWARE	$(P)$(R)TriggerSoftware	Send software trigger
SDDelayTime	asynFloat64	r/w	SD_DELAY_TIME	$(P)$(R)DelayTime	Delay in seconds between external trigger and the start of image acquisition
SDRecvMode	asynInt32	r/w	SD_RECV_MODE	$(P)$(R)ReceiverMode	Receiver data callback frequency
SDRecvStream	asynInt32	r/w	SD_RECV_STREAM	$(P)$(R)ReceiverStream	Enable/disable receiver stream
SDRecvStatus	asynInt32	r/o	SD_RECV_STATUS	$(P)$(R)ReceiverState_RBV	Receiver status
SDRecvMissed	asynInt32	r/o	SD_RECV_MISSED	$(P)$(R)ReceiverMissedPackets_RBV	Number of packets missed
SDHighVoltage	asynInt32	r/w	SD_HIGH_VOLTAGE	$(P)$(R)HighVoltage	Detector high voltage
SDNumCycles	asynInt32	r/w	SD_NCYCLES	$(P)$(R)NumCycles	Number of triggeres
SDNumFrames	asynInt32	r/w	SD_NFRAMES	$(P)$(R)NumFrames	Number of frames to acquire for each trigger
SDSetupFile	asynOctet	r/w	SD_SETUP_FILE	$(P)$(R)SetupFile	Detector setup from file
SDLoadSetup	asynInt32	r/w	SD_LOAD_SETUP	$(P)$(R)LoadSetup	Load detector setup from file
SDCommand	asynOctet	r/w	SD_COMMAND	$(P)$(R)Command	Direct command to detector
SDUseDataCallback	asynInt32	r/w	SD_USE_DATA_CALLBACK	$(R)$(R)UseDataCallback	Enable disable client data callback

Eiger and Mythen3 specific

Parameter index variable	asyn interface	Access	drvInfo string	EPICS record name	Description
SDThreshold	asynInt32	r/w	SD_THRESHOLD	$(P)$(R)ThresholdEnergy	Threshold energy in eV
SDEnergy	asynInt32	r/w	SD_ENERGY	$(P)$(R)BeamEnergy	Beam energy in eV. Threshold energy will change to be half of the beam energy.
SDTrimbits	asynInt32	r/w	SD_TRIMBITS	$(P)$(R)Trimbits	Whether loading trimbits from settings

Mythen3 specific

Parameter index variable	asyn interface	Access	drvInfo string	EPICS record name	Description
SDNumGates	asynInt32	r/w	SD_NGATES	$(P)$(R)NumGates	Number of gates if timing mode is gating
SDCounterMask	asynUInt32Digital	r/w	SD_COUNTER_MASK	$(P)$(R)CounterMask	Mask of counters used
SDGatenDelay	asynFloat64	r/w	SD_GATEn_DELAY	$(P)$(R)GatenDelay	Gaten delay in seconds
SDGatenWidth	asynFloat64	r/w	SD_GATEn_WIDTH	$(P)$(R)GatenWidth	Gaten width in seconds
SDCounternThreshold	asynInt32	r/w	SD_CNTn_THRESHOLD	$(P)$(R)CounternThreshold	Countern threshold in eV

Configuration

# slsDetectorConfig (
#               portName,       # The name of the asyn port driver to be created.
#               configFileName, # The configuration file to the detector.
#               detectorId,     # The detector index number running on the same system.
#               numModules,     # The number of modules for a multi-module detector.
#               maxBuffers,     # The maximum number of NDArray buffers that the NDArrayPool for this driver is
#                                 allowed to allocate. Set this to -1 to allow an unlimited number of buffers.
#               maxMemory)      # The maximum amount of memory that the NDArrayPool for this driver is
#                                 allowed to allocate. Set this to -1 to allow an unlimited amount of memory.
slsDetectorConfig("SD1", "cfg/mcs1x21.config", 0, 1, -1, -1)

Release Notes

• 5.0.0 - 30.11.2020 1. slsDetector library updated to 5.0.1
• 4.1.2 - 13.05.2020 1. libSlsDetector updated to 4.1.1 with zmq statically builtin.
• 1.2 - 08.08.2014
  1. libSlsDetector updated.
• 1.1 - 10.12.2013
  1. libSlsDetector updated to r706.
  2. Avoid calling getDetectorStatus from two threads simultaneously.
• 1.0 - 18.09.2013
  1. Milestone release. It has been tested for MYTHEN and GOTTHARD detectors.detectors