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 acq4 acquisition software for the new sensapex system provides a new challenge for running the XOP. acq4 acquisition software for the new sensapex system provides a new challenge for running the XOP.
  
-* gj had some conversations with Luke Campagnola [[acq4luke]]+* the minimalist approach is we keep using Igor to set up the ODD and just provide digital triggers via acq4  
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 +* gj had some conversations with Luke Campagnola [[acq4luke]].  
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 +my conclusion was that we should replace everything in the Igor XOP with python code running the trigger loop in a python subprocess that calls the AIOUSB DLL via ctypes. AccesIO provide a sample python ctypes wrapper https://accesio.com/files/AIOUSB.py to talk to their compiled Windows AIOUSB.dll.  
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 +* [[writing to accesio June 2021]] 
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 +* As a reminder, the embedded device is a [[https://accesio.com/product/usb-dio-96/?attribute_pa_digital-i-o=96-i-o-8-8-4-4-x4|USB DIO 96]] 
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 +* There is some further driver info and source code here https://github.com/accesio/AIOUSB but this is to provide a unix-compatible version of their windows library so I don't think it's relevant.
  

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