Bank MCNA


                 MCNA      NCD Analogue Current after preamplification
                 =====================================================
 
    Contact:  D. Wark
 
    Revision History:-
    ================
 
    5.00  D. Wark     First version.
    5.02  N. Oblath   Added status bits to differentiate NCD signals
                      Added double-precision pulse time
                      Added trigger flag and trigger time words
                      Added a reference link to MCNQ


 
Description
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These banks hold the current generated in an NCD counter after the preamplification.
It is formed from a sum of individual MCNC unamplified currents.
 
 
Reference Links
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 -4  -KMCNA_MCNQ   MCNQ  The associated shaper bank
 -3  -KMCNA_MCNA   MCNA  The next preamplified current that contributes to the
                         same MCNS signal bank.
 -2  -KMCNA_MCNS   MCNS  The signal bank this preamplified current contributed to.
 -1  -KMCNA_MCNC   MCNC  The first unamplified current that produced this amplified.
                         (Follow MCNC's _MCNC link for the remainder).



Structural Links
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   None.
 
Status Bits
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Note: Any status bit parameters are defined to work with bit functions such as
      IAND and BTEST.
 
Bit    Mnemonic              Description
---    --------              -----------
 0     KMCNS_MUX_SIGNAL      Indicates this bank is a MUX (MCNS) bank -- should never be set when lifting this bank
 1     KMCNS_SHP_SIGNAL      Indicates this bank is a Shaper (MCNQ) bank -- should never be set when lifting this bank
 2     KMCNS_PREAMP_SIGNAL   Indicates this bank is a preamplified-current bank -- should always be set when lifting this bank
 
Data Words
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    Data types: B(bit), I, F, D(double), H(hollerith 4 char)
 
  +1    I  KMCNA_COUNTER_NO      Counter number
  +2    I  KMCNA_NUM_BINS        Number of time bins for current array
  +3    I  KMCNA_ID              MCNA histogram ID
  +4    F  KMCNA_BIN_WIDTH       Time width per bin for current array
  +5    F  KMCNA_BIN_LO          Start time of first bin of current array
  +6    D  KMCNA_DP_PULSE_TIME   Double-precision pulse time, first word
  +7                                                          second word
  +8    I  KMCNA_TRIG_FLAG       Trigger flag
  +9    D  KMCNA_TRIG_TIME       Trigger time, first word
  +10                                          second word
  +11   F  Spare
  ..
  +16   F  KMCNA_CURRENT    First word of current array.  Array size =  _NUM_BINS
                            Second word ...
                            ...

Notes
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   None.


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