man8/811task

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Name

811task - I/O service for an Ortec 811 peak holding ADC.

Synopsis

811task <argument list>

Description

ADC I/O service for an Ortec 811 peak holding ADC. The program enables LAMS in the module and waits for a LAM to occur. It then fetches the data and writes it into a file (if logging is enabled).

This program is part of the NEC AMS dosimetry package.

Arguments

Argument processing done using Unix long argument syntax.

The values of all the arguments here are printed on stderr when the program starts, whether or not they were supplied on the command line.

--dbman_host <hn>

The host where dbman is running. If this argument is not supplied the default is "localhost" or the DBMAN_HOST environment variable.
--mbs_host <hn>

The host where MBSseqTask is running. If this argument is not supplied the default is "localhost" or the MBS_HOST environment variable.
--dose_host <hn>

The host where DOSEserv is running. If this argument is not supplied the default is "localhost" or the DOSE_HOST environment variable.
--drv <key>

The driver key. If this argument is not supplied the default is "CAMAC".
--cmin <n>

The minimum crate number. If this argument is not supplied the default is 0.
--cmax <n>

The maximum crate number. If this argument is not supplied the default is 99.
--show_tbl

Print some of the internal tables to stderr.
--help

Print the usage message and exit.

Device Types used by this program

Dev811

Examples

#
# this example services crates 1 thru 4
# dbman is running on the same host
# MBSseqTask is running on the same host
# DOSEserv is running on the same host
#
811task --cmin 1 --cmax 4

Notes

This program really isn’t used for anything but I keep it around because it’s written and it works.

Manual page revision

$Id: 811task.8,v 1.4 2007/07/18 19:34:46 kitchen Exp $

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