ADDriver

ADDriver inherits from asynNDArrayDriver. This is the class from which area detector drivers are directly derived. It provides parameters and methods that are specific to area detectors, while asynNDArrayDriver is a general NDArray driver. The ADDriver class documentation describes this class in detail.

The file ADDriver.h defines the parameters that all areaDetector drivers should implement if possible.

    Parameter Definitions in ADDriver.h and EPICS Record Definitions in ADBase.template
Parameter index variable asyn interface Access Description drvInfo string EPICS record name EPICS record type
      Information about the detector
ADMaxSizeX asynInt32 r/o Maximum (sensor) size in the X direction MAX_SIZE_X $(P)$(R)MaxSizeX_RBV longin
ADMaxSizeY asynInt32 r/o Maximum (sensor) size in the Y direction MAX_SIZE_Y $(P)$(R)MaxSizeY_RBV longin
ADTemperature asynFloat64 r/w Detector temperature TEMPERATURE $(P)$(R)Temperature, $(P)$(R)Temperature_RBV ao, ai
ADTemperatureActual asynFloat64 r/o Actual detector temperature TEMPERATURE_ACTUAL $(P)$(R)Temperature_Actual ai
    Detector readout control including gain, binning, region start and size, reversal
ADGain asynFloat64 r/w Detector gain GAIN $(P)$(R)Gain, $(P)$(R)Gain_RBV ao, ai
ADBinX asynInt32 r/w Binning in the X direction BIN_X $(P)$(R)BinX, $(P)$(R)BinX_RBV longout, longin
ADBinY asynInt32 r/w Binning in the Y direction BIN_Y $(P)$(R)BinY, $(P)$(R)BinY_RBV longout, longin
ADMinX asynInt32 r/w First pixel to read in the X direction. 0 is the first pixel on the detector. MIN_X $(P)$(R)MinX, $(P)$(R)MinX_RBV longout, longin
ADMinY asynInt32 r/w First pixel to read in the Y direction. 0 is the first pixel on the detector. MIN_Y $(P)$(R)MinY, $(P)$(R)MinY_RBV longout, longin
ADSizeX asynInt32 r/w Size of the region to read in the X direction SIZE_X $(P)$(R)SizeX, $(P)$(R)SizeX_RBV longout, longin
ADSizeY asynInt32 r/w Size of the region to read in the Y direction SIZE_Y $(P)$(R)SizeY, $(P)$(R)SizeY_RBV longout, longin
ADReverseX asynInt32 r/w Reverse array in the X direction, (0=No, 1=Yes) REVERSE_X $(P)$(R)ReverseX, $(P)$(R)ReverseX_RBV longout, longin
ADReverseY asynInt32 r/w Reverse array in the Y direction, (0=No, 1=Yes) REVERSE_Y $(P)$(R)ReverseY, $(P)$(R)ReverseY_RBV longout, longin
      Image and trigger modes
ADImageMode asynInt32 r/w Image mode (ADImageMode_t). IMAGE_MODE $(P)$(R)ImageMode, $(P)$(R)ImageMode_RBV mbbo, mbbi
ADTriggerMode asynInt32 r/w Trigger mode (ADTriggerMode_t). TRIGGER_MODE $(P)$(R)TriggerMode, $(P)$(R)TriggerMode_RBV mbbo, mbbi
      Frame type
ADFrameType asynInt32 r/w Frame type (ADFrameType_t). FRAME_TYPE $(P)$(R)FrameType, $(P)$(R)FrameType_RBV mbbo, mbbi
      Acquisition time and period
ADAcquireTime asynFloat64 r/w Acquisition time per image ACQ_TIME $(P)$(R)AcquireTime, $(P)$(R)AcquireTime_RBV ao, ai
ADAcquirePeriod asynFloat64 r/w Acquisition period between images ACQ_PERIOD $(P)$(R)AcquirePeriod, $(P)$(R)AcquirePeriod_RBV ao, ai
      Number of exposures and number of images
ADNumExposures asynInt32 r/w Number of exposures per image to acquire NEXPOSURES $(P)$(R)NumExposures, $(P)$(R)NumExposures_RBV longout, longin
ADNumImages asynInt32 r/w Number of images to acquire in one acquisition sequence NIMAGES $(P)$(R)NumImages, $(P)$(R)NumImages_RBV longout, longin
      Status information
ADStatus asynInt32 r/o Acquisition status (ADStatus_t) STATUS $(P)$(R)DetectorState_RBV mbbi
ADStatusMessage asynOctet r/o Status message string STATUS_MESSAGE $(P)$(R)StatusMessage_RBV waveform
ADStringToServer asynOctet r/o String from driver to string-based vendor server STRING_TO_SERVER $(P)$(R)StringToServer_RBV waveform
ADStringFromServer asynOctet r/o String from string-based vendor server to driver STRING_FROM_SERVER $(P)$(R)StringFromServer_RBV waveform
ADNumExposuresCounter asynInt32 r/o Counter that increments by 1 each time an exposure is acquired for the current image. Driver resets to 0 when acquisition is started. NUM_EXPOSURES_COUNTER $(P)$(R)NumExposuresCounter_RBV longin
ADNumImagesCounter asynInt32 r/o Counter that increments by 1 each time an image is acquired in the current acquisition sequence. Driver resets to 0 when acquisition is started. Drivers can use this as the loop counter when ADImageMode=ADImageMultiple. NUM_IMAGES_COUNTER $(P)$(R)NumImagesCounter_RBV longin
ADTimeRemaining asynFloat64 r/o Time remaining for current image. Drivers should update this value if they are doing the exposure timing internally, rather than in the detector hardware. TIME_REMAINING $(P)$(R)TimeRemaining_RBV ai
ADReadStatus asynInt32 r/w Write a 1 to this parameter to force a read of the detector status. Detector drivers normally read the status as required, so this is usually not necessary, but there may be some circumstances under which forcing a status read may be needed. READ_STATUS $(P)$(R)ReadStatus bo
      Shutter control
ADShutterMode asynInt32 r/w Shutter mode (None, detector-controlled or EPICS-controlled) (ADShutterMode_t) SHUTTER_MODE $(P)$(R)ShutterMode, $(P)$(R)ShutterMode_RBV mbbo, mbbi
ADShutterControl asynInt32 r/w Shutter control for the selected (detector or EPICS) shutter (ADShutterStatus_t) SHUTTER_CONTROL $(P)$(R)ShutterControl, $(P)$(R)ShutterControl_RBV bo, bi
ADShutterControlEPICS asynInt32 r/w This record processes when it receives a callback from the driver to open or close the EPICS shutter. It triggers the records below to actually open or close the EPICS shutter. SHUTTER_CONTROL_EPICS $(P)$(R)ShutterControlEPICS bi
N/A N/A r/w This record writes its OVAL field to its OUT field when the EPICS shutter is told to open. The OCAL (and hence OVAL) and OUT fields are user-configurable, so any EPICS-controllable shutter can be used. N/A $(P)$(R)ShutterOpenEPICS calcout
N/A N/A r/w This record writes its OVAL field to its OUT field when the EPICS shutter is told to close. The OCAL (and hence OVAL) and OUT fields are user-configurable, so any EPICS-controllable shutter can be used. N/A $(P)$(R)ShutterCloseEPICS calcout
ADShutterStatus asynInt32 r/o Status of the detector-controlled shutter (ADShutterStatus_t) SHUTTER_STATUS $(P)$(R)ShutterStatus_RBV bi
N/A N/A r/o Status of the EPICS-controlled shutter. This record should have its input link (INP) set to a record that contains the open/close status information for the shutter. The link should have the “CP” attribute, so this record processes when the input changes. The ZRVL field should be set to the value of the input link when the shutter is closed, and the ONVL field should be set to the value of the input link when the shutter is open. N/A $(P)$(R)ShutterStatusEPICS_RBV mbbi
ADShutterOpenDelay asynFloat64 r/w Time required for the shutter to actually open (ADShutterStatus_t) SHUTTER_OPEN_DELAY $(P)$(R)ShutterOpenDelay, $(P)$(R)ShutterOpenDelay_RBV ao, ai
ADShutterCloseDelay asynFloat64 r/w Time required for the shutter to actually close (ADShutterStatus_t) SHUTTER_CLOSE_DELAY $(P)$(R)ShutterCloseDelay, $(P)$(R)ShutterCloseDelay_RBV ao, ai