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MPA-3Multiparameter Data Acquisition SystemUser Manual copyright FAST ComTec GmbHGrünwalder Weg 28a, D-82041 OberhachingGermanyVersion 1.87, July 21,

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-12. Installation Procedure2.1. Hard- and Software RequirementsThe MPA-3 requires an IBM AT or compatible compute

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-6Output HIGH voltage: (at AUXi I/O, IOutHIGH = -4mA) ... min. 3.7V(at AUXi I/O, IOut

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-7DRDY - Data Ready input signal indicating that valid data is present at the ADC port. The polarityis software selectable.DACC

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-8Dimensions: ... 260 x 270 x 48 mmWeight: ...

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-9FHS Link CableFMP Bus CableModule Power Supply CableFigure 7.11: Standard 2m FHS link cableFigure 7.12: FMP bus cableFigure 7.

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-107.5. TroubleshootingPower LED is off• Check fuse on PCI card.• Check if the computer is turned on.• Is the FHS Link cable

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-117.6. Frequently Asked Questions7.6.1. MPA-3 PerformanceQ: About the 4K and 16K FIFO: Can you give me some firm ideas on how t

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-12(whether from an ADC or any other front end device that produces digital data), both with and without thePC graphic real-time

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-13have something to do with the latency in the block transfers through the PCI bus. Is this correct? Can youexplain this more f

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-14The 'Move' button moves the ADC from the 'Coincident with any' group into the dependent group, it isremov

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-157.6.3. Listfile FormatQ: Could you help a little bit about the format? Here is what I understand :FF FF FF FF is flag for nex

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-2PCI Interface CardOpen the computer case's cover and insert the MPA-3 PCI card in an unused PCI slot. You m

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-167.6.4. Zero Channel FillingQ: In the 4 parameter coincidence mode it seems to work OK for small pulse heights (up to 5V) but

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-177.6.5. MPA3.INI fileQ: With MPA-3, how is the polarity etc for a specific ADC setup? (Canberra 8715). The manual doesn't

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-18A: Windows asks for a driver if it finds a new hardware on start up. If you want to reinstall the driver youhave to use the D

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-197.6.9. Save SettingsQ: However, if you save a config. on the "Range, presets..." you are instructed not to give the

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-3Extra Power Supply ConnectorThe 'Extra Power Cable' is necessary if any MPA-3 Quad ADC Port Module is

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-4special cables are optionally available. Be sure the screws at the D-SUB connectors aretightened.If you have pur

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-5Now the FMP bus is to be connected. This is done from the right bottom to the left top. Any QuadADC Port module

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-6Now we have to change the system settings to one ADC (default is four) only. Open theSystem... menu in the Optio

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-7Remove ADC1B, ADC1C and ADC1D from the Singles no coinc. by just clicking on them. If youaccidentally removed AD

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-8Now start data acquisition by a click on the START button (ref. Figure 2.12). Recognize thatwhen you move the

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-9See that the Status changes to ON. The Real time will begin to run also indicating that dataacquisition is ON.

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-102.5. Getting Started with a basic COINCIDENCE measurementWhat we are going to do is to setup a basic COINCIDEN

Warranty Information ComTec GmbH IIWarranty InformationFAST ComTec assures that all the data and descriptions in this manual are made to the best ofou

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-11Set the ADC ranges to 4096 using the Range, Preset… button to get into the ADC Settingsand Preset window. Set

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-12Now we will still have to define a two-dimensional spectrum of ADC1A x ADC1B. Open thespectra definition window

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-13Close Dualparameter and Calculated spectra and the MPANT display should show up with twosingle spectra (ADC1A a

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-14but in the map display they will show up on the base of x- and y-axis (zero) since the respectiveother ADC is r

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-15Figure 2.20: System Options for RTC ExperimentFigure 2.21: RealTimeClock Setup for basic Experiment

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-16Figure 2.22: Auxiliary Connectors Setup for basic RTC MeasurementFigure 2.23: RTC Spectrum Definition

Installation Procedure ComTec GmbH 2-17Figure 2.24: Basic Time Spectra of a Single ADC

Hardware Description ComTec GmbH 3-13. Hardware Description3.1. OverviewThe modular concept of the MPA-3 system is designed to enable easy accommodati

Hardware Description ComTec GmbH 3-23.2. PCI Card3.2.1. GeneralThe MPA-3 PCI Card is the interface between the MPA-3 BASE module and the PCI Bus of th

Hardware Description ComTec GmbH 3-33.2.2. 'GO' Line ConnectorIn order to synchronize other computer cards to a measurement - e.g. a scaler

Important Information on Hardware Compatibility ComTec GmbH IIIImportant Information on Hardware CompatibilityThe MPA-3 Multiparameter Systems are PCI

Hardware Description ComTec GmbH 3-43.2.4. Analog OutputA 8 bit Digital-to-Analog converter provides a software programmable analog output voltage. Th

Hardware Description ComTec GmbH 3-53.3. BASE Module3.3.1. GeneralThe MPA-3 BASE module is the heart of the MPA-3 multiparameter system. It provides t

Hardware Description ComTec GmbH 3-6When the PC is turned off the power supply connection between the BASE module and the PC isopened by a relay insid

Hardware Description ComTec GmbH 3-7The 'BUSY' is on (red) when either data is being transferred to the PC or when a coincidenceevent is pro

Hardware Description ComTec GmbH 3-83.3.9. 48 bit RealTimeClock / Timer / CounterThe 48 bit RealTimeClock (RTC) / Timer / Counter is built from a 48

Hardware Description ComTec GmbH 3-9D0...15 - Active low data input signalsDRDY - Data Ready input signal indicating that valid data is present at the

Functional Description ComTec GmbH 4-14. Functional Description4.1. GeneralBasicly there exist two modes of operation: SINGLE and COINCIDENCE and of c

Functional Description ComTec GmbH 4-2timeout elapsed – the corresponding ports are read and the data is transfered to the PC inlistmode. If a port ha

Functional Description ComTec GmbH 4-3The control signals to the timer are derived from a logic OR of the enabled input signals.Particularly 'TIM

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-15. Windows Server ProgramThe window of the MPA-3 server program MPA3.EXE is shown here. It enables the full con

Table of Contents ComTec GmbH IVTable of Contents1. Introduction ...

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-2Two parameters allow to define the DMA transfer settings. 'timeout' defines the time after a DMAtransf

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-35.1.3. File menuClicking in the File menu on the Data... item opens the Data Operations dialog box.This dialog a

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-4If Replay is enabled in the MPA3 Base module or the Replay Keymodule is connected to LPT1,the menu item File – R

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-5EC 5 ; Coincidence event flag, data in ADC0 and ADC2 (hex 5)RTC 576 0 0 ; RTC data rtc0,

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-6if they are within the ROI5 limits, i.e. >= the lower limit and < the upper limit. Another possibility ist

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-7The Aux conn... button opens the Auxiliary Connectors dialog to define the use of the auxiliaryconnectors. The A

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-8Note: only one of the three auxiliary connectors should be used in coincidence mode. In principleit sometimes mi

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-9The RTC can insert 48 bit timer data into the listdata stream. Check Timestamp in datastreamto enable it. The ti

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-10If the Checkbox „Use Remote Control“ is marked and the necessary DLL is available (Order theMPA-3 EXTERNAL CONT

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-11For the x Axis and y Axis a parameter and range must be chosen from the respective drop downlist. A Name can be

Table of Contents ComTec GmbH V5.5.4. Close Conversation... 5-305.6

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-12For the x Axis and y Axis a parameter and range must be chosen from the respective drop downlist. The time axis

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-13You have a choice between several formulas to combine two ADC parameters: Pos = Range *right / (left + right) i

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-14In the "Sum of counts" dialog you can select which ADCs will contribute to the superdetector. It isr

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-15By selecting "DLL function" and pressing the Edit... button a dialog "Dll Function" is open

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-16To define a new condition, press Add... to open the ROI Condition dialog.Here it is possible to define a Condit

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-17Here it is possible to define a Condition as a combination using the Boolean operators NOT, ORor AND of already

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-185.2. Control LanguageA sequence of commands that are stored in a file with extension .CTL can be executed by th

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-19The file MPA3.CNF contains a complete list of commands for setting parameters; an example is:wndwidth=237 ; Set

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-20autoinc=0 ; 1=Enable Auto increment of filenamesavedata=0 ; 1=Save at Haltmpafmt=dat ; data format used in MP

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-21[MAP0] 1A x 1B ; The following section concerns parameters of a MAP spectra; named 1A x 1B, the number 0 is an

Table of Figures ComTec GmbH VITable of FiguresFigure 1.1: BASE + 3 Quad ADC Port modules MPA-3 system...

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-22mpafmt=datsephead=1fmt=datsmoothpts=5[ADC0]REPORT-FILE from 11/03/86 08:00:00 written 09/02/98 16:51:04; the fi

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-23roi=1961 1988roi=2909 2925roi=2924 2943roi=4036 4055roi=2573 2590The following commands perform actions and the

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-24erasedat ; Clears the data of actual ADC spectra.exit ; Exits the server (and MPANT) programsalert Message ; Di

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-25fitrois ; Makes a single peak Gaussian fit for all ROIs in the active; Display of MPANT and dumps the result in

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-26The following commands make sense only when using the serial line or TCP/IP control interface:MPA? ; Sends the

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-275.4. DATA file formatThe .mpa format is used to save all spectra in a single file. It starts with an ASCII hea

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-285.5. Controlling the MPA-3 Windows Server via DDEThe MPA3 program can be a server for a DDE (Dynamic Data Exch

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-295.5.3. DDE RequestThe DDE Request is a message exchange to obtain the value of a specified item. Only two items

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-30DATAWith the DATA item the data are obtained. The value of this item is a multiline string that containsin each

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-31The following figure shows the „Panel“ of the described VI for LabVIEW.Figure 5.27: Closing the DDE communicati

Table of Figures ComTec GmbH VIIFigure 5.18: Sum of counts spectra before and after calibration... 5-14Fi

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-325.6. Controlling the MPA-3 Windows Server via DLLThe MPA3 server program provides - via a DLL („dynamic link l

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-33long active; // Spectrum definition word:// active & 0xFF ==0 not used// ==1 single// ==2 coinc with any//

Windows Server Program ComTec GmbH 5-34/*** FUNCTION PROTOTYPES (do not change) ***/BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HANDLE hInst, DWORD ul_reason_being_called,

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-16. MPA-NT SoftwareThe window of the MPANT program is shown here. It enables the full control of the MPA-3 via theserver

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-2A status window at the left side gives all information about the status of the MPA-3. A toolbarprovides fast access to

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-3Open AllBy selecting the Open All menu item, all available Displays are shown. The windows of the lastopened Display be

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-4Setup Printer...The Setup Printer menu item allows to configure the printer.ExitThe Exit menu item exits the MPANT.6.2.

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-5Window listAt the end of the Window menu, all created Display windows are listed with their names, thecurrent active wi

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-6RectangleSets the region shape to a rectangle with arbitrary dimensions. To enter the rectangular region,press the righ

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-7can be entered here. A ROI can be edited and added to the list. It can also be made to the „ActiveROI“, that is the spe

Introduction ComTec GmbH 1-11. IntroductionThe MPA-3 Multiparameter System is an ultra fast listmode multichannel data acquisition systemfeaturing dat

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-8X-Projection, Y-ProjectionProjections of ROIs in dualparameter spectra to the x- and y-axes are now implemented. Therea

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-9The several quantities are written in standard text format with Tabs as separators and a Newlinecharacter at the end of

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-10It changes the palette or Display element color depending on which mode is chosen. The currentcolor and palette setup

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-11Display...The Display menu item or the corresponding icon opens for single spectra the Single view dialogbox.Here the

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-12It is possible to change to a two dimensional view of the spectrum by specifying the x Dimensionand clicking the butto

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-13In isometric mode several single spectra are drawn behind each other. The Precession anglearound the vertical axis can

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-14It provides many choices for the axis of a display. The frame can be rectangular or L-shape, theframe thickness can be

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-15It allows to change the ranges and attributes of a Spectrum axis. By setting the Auto scalingmode, the MPANT will auto

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-16Choose between several calibration formulas. Enter some cursor positions and the correspondingvalues. The actual curso

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-17Range, Preset...The Range, Preset dialog box allows to make all the respective MPA-3 settings (ref. chapter5.1.4).Figu

Introduction ComTec GmbH 1-2With the presettable 48 bit RealTimeClock / Timer / Counter (optional) a variety of additionalinformation can be captured.

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-18Data...The Data dialog box allows to edit all the respective MPA-3 settings (ref. chapter 5.1.3).System...The System D

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-19Spectra...The Spectra dialog box allows to edit the list of spectra (ref. chapter 5.1.6).Slice...The Slice option allo

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-20Slice dialog with respect to the MPANT main window can be saved in the MPANT.CFG file.Rectangular ROIs are visible in

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-21If it is enabled, an array of icons in the MPANT Menu is shown. Clicking the left mouse buttonwith the cursor position

MPA-NT Software ComTec GmbH 6-22Status windowThe same way it is possible to hide or show the status window at the left side of the MPANT mainwindow.Sa

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-17. Appendix7.1. Performance Characteristics7.1.1. GeneralBasic operating modes: ...

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-27.2. Block Diagram7.3. Specification7.3.1. Absolute Maximum RatingsSupply voltage (VCC): ...

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-3Supply current: PCI Card:... typ. 300mABASE Module ...

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-48 Bit DAC - analog signal outputLocation: ...... ref. I/O p

Appendix ComTec GmbH 7-5'GO' LineLocation: ....................... PCI