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daq-rix-andor-01:~$ lsusb | grep Andor
Bus 001 Device 071: ID 136e:0005 Andor Technology Ltd. 
Bus 001 Device 063: ID 136e:0005 Andor Technology Ltd. 
daq-rix-andor-01:~$ 

EVR Issues

Workaround for RIX ANDOR-DIR hang

This is for when the camera is visible with "lsusb | grep Andor" (note uppercase "A") but the camera isn't communicating:

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[root@daq-rix-andor-01 cpo]# more ~ddamiani/reset_andor.sh
#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage $0 <device>"
    exit 1
fi

echo "${1}" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb/unbind
echo "${1}" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb/bind
[root@daq-rix-andor-01 cpo]# 

EVR Issues

On two occasions we have seen the EVR go into a bad state, cause some camera to not trigger at all and one camera to glitch between a "locked" and "unlocked" state.  The fiducial-rate turns red and fluctuates away from 360Hz:

Image Added

We recovered from this once by rebooting the IOC (a previous time we power cycled, but that may be too heavy-handed).

USB Extender

http://www.icron.com/products/icron-brand/usb-extenders/fiber/usb-2-0-ranger-2324/

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