An EPICS driver based on areaDetector for Quantum Detector Xspress3 electronics.
See https://epics-modules.github.io/xspress3/
The simplest installation process will build a complete epics environment:
mkdir /home/xspress3/epics
cd /home/xspress3/epics
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/epics-modules/xspress3/master/build_xspress3.py
python build_xspress3.py all
The above installation will build all the epics modules, including the Xspress3 application in the current folder. It will also create a 'bin' directory in your /home/xspress3/epics' folder that contains scripts to set your environment and run the Xspress3 IOC:
bin/bash_profile.sh bash script to set environmental variables
bin/procServ useful utility for long-running tasks like an IOC
bin/medm simple, minimal Epics display manager
bin/run_xspress3.sh bash script to run an XSPRESS3 IOC
bin/start_ioc python script to run the Xspress3 using procServ
bin/run_xrfcontrol.py python script to view and control the Xpsress3
bin/run_medm.sh bash script to launch medm for your Xspress3
After building you can configure an Xspress3 IOC, starting with one of the defaults in the /home/xspress3/epics/xspress3/iocs/xspress3IOC/iocBoot
directory. Note that if you change the prefix or the number of detector elements used, you may need to edit several of the files in the bin/ directory to match your configuration.
Once properly configured, you should be able to run your xspress3 in a long-running procServ process with
/home/xspress3/epics/bin/start_ioc xspress3
and then view screens for your detector either using an Epics display manager like medm, caqtdm, or css/boy. Display screens for these display managers can be found in the folders
/home/xspress3/epics/adls screen files for medm
/home/xspress3/epics/uis screen files for caqtm
/home/xspress3/epics/opis screen files for css/boy
For example, you will be able to run MEDM for your Xspress3 with
/home/xspress3/epics/bin/run_medm.sh
You will also be able to run a dedicated XRF Control application with
/home/xspress3/epics/bin/run_xrfcontrol.py