CAEN SyncTest x742

Overview

 SyncTest x742 software is a C-based console application for the specific support of the x742 CAEN digitizers basing on the CAENDigitizer library.
The software has the specific goal of demonstrating the synchronization of two V/VX1742.

SyncTest x742 can perform the following operations:

• Connect two digitizers through a physical communication interface (USB, Optical Link or VME).
• Program the digitizers for the synchronization according to parameters written in a configuration file (text file).
• Check the clock alignment.
• Start and stop the acquisition (run on/off).
• Acquire waveforms from the digitizers and check the alignment of the signal in comparison to a reference channel.
• Save the waveform samples to timestamped ASCII files.

SyncTest x742 is provided with C source files to let the users customize the code for personalized solutions.

The program core is a C application that configures the digitizer, starts/stops the acquisition, and checks the alignment of a signal in comparison to a reference channel, according to a set of parameters as reported in the configuration text file. Data passing the alignment check (waveforms or time histograms) can be plotted using the third-party Gnuplot tool, or saved to output text files.

Supported Operating Systems:	Windows, Linux
Language:	C
Supported Products:	VME x742 Digitizers
Supported Comm. Interface:	USB, Optical Link, VME
Additional Software Required:	CAENDigitizer, CAENComm, CAENVMELib, Gnuplot (Linux only)

Applications

• Signal inspection and waveform recording
• Sensors readout and detectors’ performances