Table of Contents

FOREWORD
PREFACE
Clause
1 Scope
2 Object
3 General
4 Functional Specifications
  4.1 Primary Subroutines
       4.1.1 Declare CAMAC Register
       4.1.2 Perform Single CAMAC Action
  4.2 Single-Action Subroutines
       4.2.1 Generate Dataway Initialize
       4.2.2 Generate Crate Clear
       4.2.3 Set or Clear Dataway Inhibit
       4.2.4 Test Dataway Inhibit
       4.2.5 Enable or Disable Crate Demand
       4.2.6 Test Crate Demand Enabled
       4.2.7 Test Crate Demand Present
       4.2.8 Declare LAM
       4.2.9 Enable or Disable LAM
       4.2.10 Clear LAM
       4.2.11 Test LAM
       4.2.12 Link LAM to Service Procedure
  4.3 Block Transfers, Multiple Actions and Inverse
       Declarations
       4.3.1 General Multiple Action
       4.3.2 Address Scan
       4.3.3 Controller-Synchronized Block Transfer
       4.3.4 LAM-Synchronized Block Transfer
       4.3.5 Repeat Mode Block Transfer
       4.3.6 Analyze LAM Identifier
       4.3.7 Analyze Register Identifier
5 Definitions of Parameters
  5.1 ext (external address)
  5.2 b (branch number)
  5.3 c (crate number)
  5.4 n (station number)
  5.5 a (subaddress)
  5.6 f (function code)
  5.7 int (CAMAC data word)
  5.8 q (Q response)
  5.9 l (logical truth value)
  5.10 lam (LAM identifier)
  5.11 m (LAM access specifier)
  5.12 inta (integer array)
  5.13 label (entry point identifier)
  5.14 fa (function codes)
  5.15 exta (CAMAC external address)
  5.16 intc (CAMAC data array)
  5.17 qa (Q responses)
  5.18 cb (control block)
  5.19 extb (external addresses)
APPENDIX A - System-Dependent Subroutines
A1 Introduction
A2 Access to Special Signals
   A2.1 Branch Initialize
   A2.2 Test Status of Preceding Action
A3 Channel Identifier
   A3.1 Declare Channel
   A3.2 Analyzer Channel Declaration
A4 Short Data-Word Transfers
   A4.1 Perform Single CAMAC Action
   A4.2 General Multiple Action
   A4.3 Address Scan
   A4.4 Controller-Synchronized Block Transfer
   A4.5 LAM-Synchronized Block Transfer
   A4.6 Repeat Mode Block Transfer
A5 Define Crate Identifier
A6 Definitions of Parameters
   A6.1 k (status code)
   A6.2 chan (channel identifier)
   A6.3 ints (truncated CAMAC data word)
   A6.4 intt (truncated CAMAC data array)
   A6.5 intb (integer array)
APPENDIX B - FORTRAN Implementation
B1 General
B2 Description of Subroutines
   B2.1 Primary Subroutines
        B2.1.1 Declare CAMAC Register
        B2.1.2 Perform Single CAMAC Action
   B2.2 Single Action Subroutines
        B2.2.1 Generate Dataway Initialize
        B2.2.2 Generate Crate Clear
        B2.2.3 Set or Clear Dataway Inhibit
        B2.2.4 Test Dataway Inhibit
        B2.2.5 Enable or Disable Crate Demands
        B2.2.6 Test Crate Demand Enabled
        B2.2.7 Test Demand Present
        B2.2.8 Declare LAM
        B2.2.9 Enable or Disable LAM
        B2.2.10 Clear LAM
        B2.2.11 Test LAM
        B2.2.12 Link LAM to Service Procedure
   B2.3 Block Transfers, Multiple Actions, and Inverse
        Declarations
        B2.3.1 General Multiple Action
        B2.3.2 Address-Scan
        B2.3.3 Controller-Synchronized Block Transfer
        B2.3.4 LAM-Synchronized Block Transfer
        B2.3.5 Repeat-Mode Block Transfer
        B2.3.6 Analyze LAM Identifier
        B2.3.7 Analyze Register Identifier
B3 Parameter Types
   B3.1 Single Integers
   B3.2 Single Logical Values
   B3.3 Integer Arrays
   B3.4 Logical Array
   B3.5 CAMAC Data Word
   B3.6 CAMAC Data Array
   B3.7 Label
APPENDIX C - Function-Code Mnemonic Symbols

Abstract

Presents a set of software subroutines to provide a general capability for communications with CAMAC systems as defined in Publication 516. The subroutines are suitable for use with Fortran although they are not restricted to that language.

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Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	International Electrotechnical Committee
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ISBN
Committee	TC 45