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+WARNING!!!! PyChips is no longer supported for IPbus v2.0 devices and higher.  This, unfortunately, removes Python as a valid software interface to  
 Virtex FPGAs with firmware versions >0x25
  Spartan FPGAs with firmware versions >0x11
  All Kintex FPGAs
 
In summary, if you have been using Python releases, you will need to move to the uHAL-based AMC13 software.  We apologize for the inconvenience!!

 Releases 
 
 amc13_python_noTests.tar.gz – SPECIAL TEST RELEASE. No firmware. Modified to bypass both Spartan and Virtex start-up checks. Useful for debugging IPbus problems. 
  amc13_python_noVirtexTest.tar.gz – SPECIAL TEST RELEASE.  No Firmware.  Modified to bypass Virtex start-up checks. Useful for debugging IPbus problems.
  amc13_python_2013-01-31.tar.gz – interim release. Contains latest firmware files, Virtex 0x25 and Spartan 0x11
  amc13_python_2013-01-16.tar.gz – interim release. Contains latest firmware files, Virtex 0x25 and Spartan 0xf
  amc13_python_2012-11-07.tar.gz – updated release. Contains latest Virtex firmware version 0x1f with DAQ link functionality, as well new amc13_control.py commands for sending local triggers
  amc13_python_2012-10-10.tar.gz – interim release. Contains latest firmware files, Spartan v0xd and Virtex v0x1c
  amc13_python_2012-10-02.tar.gz – interim release. Contains latest firmware file, Spartan v0xd
  amc13_python_2012-09-28.tar.gz – interim release. Contains latest firmware file, Virtex v0x18
  amc13_python_2012-09-14.tar.gz – interim release. Contains up-to-date firmware files
  amc13_python_2012-09-11.tar.gz – interim release. Fixed bug in 'dump file' command and added 'firmware version' command
  amc13_python_2012-09-07.tar.gz – updated release. New features of 'amc13_control.py' include functional block/fifo read/write commands, an improved status display, and an improved initialization command. 
  amc13_python_2012-08-06.tar.gz – updated release. Includes new status display for AMC13 counters in 'amc13_control.py' as well as better firmware-file handling for 'p_flash.py'
  amc13_python_2012-08-02.tar.gz – Interim release with updated p-flash.py to handle Golden and Spartan '.mcs' files together
  amc13_python_2012-07-31.tar.gz – Interim release with broken ipbus.py fixed.
  amc13_python_2012-07-27.tar.gz – updated release. Handles new firmware file naming convention and offers greater error checking.  [*broken ipbus.py.  stay tuned*]
  amc13_python_2012-05-31.tar.gz – updated release.  Incorporate Rohlf's firmware programming bug fix and add some more of Charlie's enhancements. 
 Note: this is not a complete release, but updates for only the .py scripts.  Untar, then copy .py files to src_amc13 in i.e. the release below
 
  amc13_python_2012-05-17.tar.gz – updated release.  Use with T2 firmware V6 and later.  Works with stock SL5 python 2.4 now
  amc13_python_2012-03-14.tar.gz – updated release.  See README.txt.  Now includes amc13_control.py.
  amc13_python_2012-02-21.tar.gz – Interim release of Python scripts.  See README.txt for some details.
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+This page describes new (as of early 2015) python bindings to the AMC13 software.
This is very much a work in progress, but at least one demo program now works.
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+ Installation 
In order to use the Python software, you will need to have PyChips installed on your Scientific Linux machine.  For instructions on how to obtain the PyChips libraries, visit the CACTUS Installation page.
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+See AMC13ObsoletePyChipsSoftware if for some reason you want the
no-longer-supported PyChips based software.
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+On a Scientific Linux system with PyChips installed:
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+The python code is included as of v1.1.0
 

 https://svnweb.cern.ch/trac/cactus/browser/tags/amc13 -- Browse tags
  svn co svn+ssh://svnuser@svn.cern.ch/reps/cactus/tags/amc13/amc13_v1_1_0 e.g. for checkout
 

The python code is installed with the regular package.  Check out the code from SVN,
go to the top level directory and execute:

  $ source env.sh
  $ make


There are some sample scripts in ...dev_tools/python.  You'll need a connection file,
which needs to reference the address table files distributed with the software.
The way I handle this is to create a symbolic link to the ...etc/amc13 directory:

  $ cd .../dev_tools/python
  $ ln -s ../../amc13/etc/amc13 .


Then the connection file can use the symlink to find the address tables.
Sample connection file:
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+ Download one of the above tarballs.  For example:      $ wget amc13_python_2013-01-31.tar.gz
   
  Unpack the tarball and make sure it decompressed successfully:      $ tar -zxvf amc13_python_2013-01-31.tar.gz
   $ ls amc13_python_2013-01-31/
   addresstables_amc13  firmware_amc13  README.txt  src_amc13
   
  The software is now ready for use.  For example, to run p_flash.py:
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+   $ cd amc13_python_2013-01-31/src_amc13
   $ python p_flash.py
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+ AMC13 Python Software Links 





 Additional Links<-- --> 


 amc13_control 


 p_flash 

| Archived Software from old BU SVN
  Additional Links<-- -->
  amc13_control
  p_flash
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+Finally you can run your script as follows:

  $ ./printversion.py connectionSN43_ch.xml
  Using AMC13 software ver:35051
  T1 firmware version 0x4016
  T2 firmware version 0x25
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