Software for the Bias Card

It is planned that two software packages will be developed for the Bias Card:

A program to permit low level testing of the card. There are now versions 1.0 and 1.1 available.
A library of routines to provide an interface to the higher level functionality of the card (there are now Versions 1, 2 and 2.1 of this library, with the latest update on 31 October 1997).

The low-level program has been coded in C with preprocessor directives to allow it to build on OS9 V2.x (default), OS9 V3.0 (OS9), Visual C++ on Windows NT with access via the National Instruments PCI-VME interface (VXINT) and the RAID 8235 under EP/LX (RAID). It should be straightforward to extend it to other environments.

The high level library is also intended to be portable. It is meant to provide a relatively friendly interface between the user and the hardware, so users don't have to remember the precise register to access, to (for example) set a voltage. The precise details of this library are still being worked-out.

John Hill Last update 31 October 1997