Process Variables for Sidekick Model 3

Pulse Generator

Process Variable Name	Example Usage	Description	Record Type
PULSEGEN:info	caget PULSEGEN:info	Device identification	stringin
PULSEGEN:debug	Advanced - don’t use right now		stringin
PULSEGEN:trigger:count	caget PULSEGEN:trigger:count	Get global trigger count	int64in
PULSEGEN:trigger:count:set	caput PULSEGEN:trigger:count:set 10	Set global trigger count	int64out
PULSEGEN:output:enabled	caget PULSEGEN:output:enabled	Get whether TTL pulse output is enabled	bi (bool)
PULSEGEN:output:enabled:set	caput PULSEGEN:output:enabled:set 1 Or caput PULSEGEN:output:enabled:set 0	Set whether TTL pulse output is enabled	bo (bool)
PULSEGEN:reprate	caget PULSEGEN:reprate	Get repetition rate (Hz) of pulse generator	ai (float)
PULSEGEN:reprate:set	caput PULSEGEN:reprate:set 10	Set repetition rate (Hz) of pulse generator	ao (float)
PULSEGEN:CH1:delay	caget PULSEGEN:CH1:delay	Get pulse delay time (microseconds) for Channel 1	int64in
PULSEGEN:CH1:delay:set	caput PULSEGEN:CH1:delay:set 220	Set pulse delay time (microseconds) for Channel 1	int64out
PULSEGEN:CH2:delay	caget PULSEGEN:CH2:delay	Get pulse delay time (microseconds) for Channel 2	int64in
PULSEGEN:CH2:delay:set	caput PULSEGEN:CH2:delay:set 220	Set pulse delay time (microseconds) for Channel 2	int64out
PULSEGEN:CH3:delay	caget PULSEGEN:CH3:delay	Get pulse delay time (microseconds) for Channel 3	int64in
PULSEGEN:CH3:delay:set	caput PULSEGEN:CH3:delay:set 220	Set pulse delay time (microseconds) for Channel 3	int64out
PULSEGEN:CH4:delay	caget PULSEGEN:CH4:delay	Get pulse delay time (microseconds) for Channel 4	int64in
PULSEGEN:CH4:delay:set	caput PULSEGEN:CH4:delay:set 220	Set pulse delay time (microseconds) for Channel 4	int64out

Laser Driver

Process Variable Name	Example Usage	Description	Record Type
LASER:info	caget LASER:info	Device identification	stringin
LASER:debug	Advanced - don’t use right now		stringin
LASER:trigger:count	caget LASER:trigger:count	Get global trigger count	int64in
LASER:trigger:count:set	caput LASER:trigger:count:set 10	Set global trigger count	int64out
LASER:output:enabled	caget LASER:output:enabled	Get whether laser output is enabled..	bi (bool)
LASER:output:enabled:set	caput LASER:output:enabled:set 1 Or caput LASER:output:enabled:set 0	Set whether laser output is enabled..	bo (bool)
Temporal Shaping:
LASER:powers:nt	caget LASER:powers:nt	Get number of timesteps in the laser powers array	longin
LASER:powers:dt	caget LASER:powers:dt	Get microseconds between timesteps in laser powers array	longin
LASER:powers:dt:set	caput LASER:powers:dt:set 100	Set microseconds between timesteps in laser powers array	longout
LASER:powers	caget LASER:powers	Get laser powers array values	aai (uint8)
LASER:powers:set	caput LASER:powers:set 1,2,3,4,5,6…	Set laser powers array values	aao (uint8)

Photodetectors (Electrons and Protons)

Below, replace “ELECTRON” with “PROTON” if you wish to access the PROTON IOC instead.

Process Variable Name	Example Usage	Description	Record Type
ELECTRON:info	caget ELECTRON:info	Device identification	stringin
ELECTRON:debug	Advanced - don’t use right now		stringin
ELECTRON:trigger:count	caget ELECTRON:trigger:count	Get global trigger count	int64in
ELECTRON:trigger:count:set	caput ELECTRON:trigger:count:set 125213	Set global trigger count	int64out
ELECTRON:dt	caget ELECTRON:dt	Get time (in seconds) between subsequent ADC measurements	ai (float)
ELECTRON:dt:set	caput ELECTRON:dt:set 1e-4	Set time (in seconds) between subsequent ADC measurements	ao (float)
ELECTRON:trace:dt	caget ELECTRON:trace:dt	Get trace metadata: time step (in seconds). (Matches ELECTRON:dt for now)	ai (float)
ELECTRON:trace:nt	caget ELECTRON:trace:nt	Get trace metadata: number of time steps	int64in
ELECTRON:trace:ymin	caget ELECTRON:trace:ymin	Get trace metadata: y-minimum, in Volts	ai (float)
ELECTRON:trace:ymax	caget ELECTRON:trace:ymax	Get trace metadata: y-maximum, in Volts	ai (float)
ELECTRON:trace:yarr	caget ELECTRON:trace:yarr	Get trace data: array of y-values; length of array matches number of time steps	aai (array of floats)