MCA Class Reference

Abstract MCA class. More...

#include <MCA.h>

Inheritance diagram for MCA:

Collaboration diagram for MCA:

Public Member Functions
	MCA (PixieInterface *pif)
	Default constructor. More...
virtual	~MCA ()
	Default destructor. More...
double	GetRunTime ()
	Return the length of time the MCA has been running. More...
virtual bool	StoreData (int mod, int ch)=0
	Abstract method describing how the MCA data is stored. More...
virtual bool	OpenFile (const char *basename)=0
	Abstract method to open a storage file. More...
virtual void	Flush ()=0
	Flush the current memory to disk. More...
virtual bool	IsOpen ()
	Check if the histogram construction was successful. More...
virtual void	Run (float duration, bool *stop=NULL)
	Start the MCA running. More...
virtual bool	Step ()
	Update the MCA histograms. More...

Protected Attributes
time_t	start_time
	Timers for the MCA object. More...
time_t	stop_time
bool	_isOpen
	Flag indicating if histogram construction was successful. More...
PixieInterface *	_pif
	Pointer to the PixieInterface. More...

Static Protected Attributes
static const size_t	HIS_SIZE = 16384
	Default number of bins in histogram. More...
static const size_t	ADC_SIZE = 32768
	Default number of channels in ADC. More...

Detailed Description

Abstract MCA class.

Definition at line 11 of file MCA.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MCA()

MCA::MCA

(

PixieInterface *

pif

)

Default constructor.

Definition at line 12 of file MCA.cpp.

~MCA()

virtual MCA::~MCA ( )

inlinevirtual

Default destructor.

Definition at line 30 of file MCA.h.

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Member Function Documentation

Flush()

virtual void MCA::Flush ( )

pure virtual

Flush the current memory to disk.

Implemented in MCA_ROOT, and MCA_DAMM.

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GetRunTime()

double MCA::GetRunTime

(

)

Return the length of time the MCA has been running.

Definition at line 17 of file MCA.cpp.

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IsOpen()

virtual bool MCA::IsOpen ( )

inlinevirtual

Check if the histogram construction was successful.

Definition at line 40 of file MCA.h.

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OpenFile()

virtual bool MCA::OpenFile ( const char *  basename )

pure virtual

Abstract method to open a storage file.

Implemented in MCA_ROOT, and MCA_DAMM.

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Run()

void MCA::Run ( float  duration, bool *  stop = NULL  )

virtual

Start the MCA running.

The MCA is initialized and run for the specified duration or until a stop command is received. At specific intervals the MCA output is updated via MCA::StoreData(). Will continue until external bool (stop) is set to false. If this pointer is set to NULL, will continue uninterrupted.

Parameters

[in]	duration	Amount of time to run the MCA.
[in]	stop	External boolean flag for stop run command.

Definition at line 30 of file MCA.cpp.

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Step()

bool MCA::Step ( )

virtual

Update the MCA histograms.

Definition at line 81 of file MCA.cpp.

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StoreData()

virtual bool MCA::StoreData ( int  mod, int  ch  )

pure virtual

Abstract method describing how the MCA data is stored.

Implemented in MCA_ROOT, and MCA_DAMM.

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Field Documentation

_isOpen

bool MCA::_isOpen

protected

Flag indicating if histogram construction was successful.

Definition at line 23 of file MCA.h.

_pif

PixieInterface* MCA::_pif

protected

Pointer to the PixieInterface.

Definition at line 25 of file MCA.h.

ADC_SIZE

const size_t MCA::ADC_SIZE = 32768

staticprotected

Default number of channels in ADC.

Definition at line 20 of file MCA.h.

HIS_SIZE

const size_t MCA::HIS_SIZE = 16384

staticprotected

Default number of bins in histogram.

Definition at line 18 of file MCA.h.

start_time

time_t MCA::start_time

protected

Timers for the MCA object.

Definition at line 14 of file MCA.h.

stop_time

time_t MCA::stop_time

protected

Definition at line 15 of file MCA.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• MCA.h
• MCA.cpp