Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Marty Kraimer <[email protected]> · Wed, 13 Nov 1996 08:22:59 -0600

Tien Doan wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to use the Mizar 8310 board for pulse width modulation and for
> tracking a frequency-modulated signal.  The device drivers I'm using are
> the ones that came with EPICS r3.11.4.  My question are:
> 
> 1.  the 8310 has 24 frequency output modes.  How do I put the board into
> the different frequency generation modes ?  is there a field in the
> PulseTrain block that would allow me to do this ?
> 

See general discussion below.

> 2.  how do I use the pulseCounter block to track the FM signal ?  Do I
> need to call the pulseCounter block every X sec, read the counter,
> then reset and restart the counter ?
No read the Record Reference Manual. It has a command field.
The Read command can be issued without the need to reset and restart.

General Discussion.

Are you aware that there is EPICS APS WWW Document describing the mizar
support?
Even with this it is difficult to decide how to use the support.
The pulseXXX support was written to take advantage of the many mizar
features.
You will have to become familiar with the mizar manual and also with the
AMD9514 manual. It is the 9514 chip which makes the mizar so flexable
but also makes it quite hard to understand.
Also dont forget to read the pulseWWW documentation in the Record
Reference Manual.

Good Luck!!

Marty Kraimer

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System