POWER CONNECTOR IS ON THIS SIDE!!!


  1. Running-Setup (assuming triggering)
  3. (CONTROL WINDOW) Load YML register setting file
    1. Window: epix10kaDAQ.py@rdsrv406 → Tab: ePixBoard → Under: Reset And Configuration – Load Settings
    2. Select file: ../yml/epix10ka_u1_pulser.yml
  4. (CONTROL WINDOW) → Tab: Commands → Epix10kaAsic[#] → SetPixelBitmap → 
    1. Where # is 0, 1, 2, 3 ← a given asic (see above)

    2. Note: NEED TO TYPE IN FULL PATH FILE LOCATION AND THEN HIT EXECUTE BUTTON

      1. ../pixelBitMaps/epix10ka_AllPixelValues_0.csv 
      2. $ pwd -LP
      3. /afs/slac.stanford.edu/u/re/block/IC_projects/epix/software/Epix/pixelBitMaps/epix10ka_TwoColumn_1s.csv
        1. If you get the message "Not csv file," make sure you have full path and no white spaces at end


    3. Note: if button does not open up a new windo "load bitmap file@rdsrv406" then have wrong quadrant of camera selected

      1. Defualt is Epix10kaAsic[1] 
    4. JUST WAIT! GUI will be unresponsive if have selected right Asic[#] to correspont to yml file
  5. (VIEWER WINDOW)
    1. Set bit mask to 0x3fff (see ePix Generation 2 bring up and testing)
    2. Contrast to 10k to 0
    1. change into the yml dirrectory
    2. Not installed → $ atom epix10ka_u1_pulser.yml &
    3. $ nvim epix10ka_u1_pulser.yml
    4. Scroll down till you see the first "Epix10kaAsic[#]" ← the disabled asic, can set to any value except the one your testing
      1. atest = test = False
    5. Scrool down till you see the second "Epix10kaAsic[#] ← change this number to desired asic to test, make sure to swap its corresponding location with new number, so if testing ASIC3, need to swap Asic[1] and Asic[3]
      1. atest = test = True
    6. To edit in vim...
      1. press "i" button to insert, use keys to move cursor 
      2. press "esc" button
      3. Press "shift" button + ":" and then type "wq" to write and quit
    7. GO TO STEP 1 and repeat for new Asic#
      1. Note, when you do a git pull it will over ride these changes
      2. Or if you want to pull the orginal, do 
        1. $ git checkout <FILE NAME>


  7. To plot (VIEWER WINDOW) → Tab Line Display 1 → Select Pixel Time Series Line
  8. To zoom into a pixel
    1. (CONTROL WINDOW): Run State → Stopped 
    2. (VIEWER WINDOW) → Click zoom and select region 
    3. (CONTROL WINDOW): Run State → Running
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