CAEN WaveDump
WaveDump is a basic console applica on, with no graphics, suppor ng only CAEN digi zers running the
waveform recording firmware. It allows the user to program a single board (according to a text config-
ura on file containing a list of parameters and instruc ons), to start/stop the acquisi on, read the data,
display the readout and trigger rate, apply some post-processing (e.g. FFT and amplitude histogram), save
data to a file and also plot the waveforms using Gnuplot (third-party graphing u lity: www.gnuplot.info).
WaveDump is a very helpful example of C code demonstra ng the use of libraries and methods for an
efficient readout and data analysis. Thanks to the included source files and the VS project, star ng with
this demo is strongly recommended to all those users willing to write the so ware on their own.
Fig. 9.3:
CAEN WaveDump
The installa on packages can be downloaded on CAEN web site (
login required
) at:
Home / Products / Firmware/So ware / Digi zer So ware / Readout So ware / CAEN WaveDump
CAEN provides the so ware User Manual
and a guide for ge ng started with it, free downloadable
at the web page above.
Note
: CAEN WaveDump can operate with Windows® and Linux® pla orms (32 and 64 bits); the so ware
relies on the CAENDigi zer, CAENComm and CAENVMELib libraries (see Chap.
). Win-
dows® versions of WaveDump are stand-alone (all required libraries are present within the so ware pack-
age), while the Linux® versions need the required libraries to be previously installed by the user. Moreover
Linux® users are required to install the third-party Gnuplot.
CAEN WaveDump does not work with digi zers running DPP firmware.
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