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  N957 Lib Release Notes

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  Rel. 2.11  -      May 17
  Rel. 2.10  -  January 14
  Rel. 2.04  -  January 14
  Rel. 2.03  - February 11
  Rel. 1.05  -     June 08 
  Rel. 1.04  -    April 08 
  Rel. 1.03  -     June 07 
  Rel. 1.02  -    April 07 
  Rel. 1.01  - November 05

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  Description
  -----------

  This document is updated for every official release of the N957 Lib 
  and it contains various information specific to this software which can not
  be found in the User's Manual, available together with the software or on 
  the CAEN web site: www.caen.it.


 System Requirements
 -------------------
 
  - CAEN N957 Peak ADC module
  - Linux kernel 2.4/2.6/3.x and GNU C/C++ compiler
  - gnuplot rev.>= 4.2 (just for N957Demo)

   What's New in Rel. 2.11
  --------------------------
   - add ACQUISITION_DURATION parameter in the configuration file, it allows to perform a time base acquisition
  
  What's New in Rel. 2.10
  --------------------------
      
   New Features and Important Notes
   --------------------------------
   
   - Removed driver from package, now the module can use the CAENUSBdrvB driver that
     is the driver used to control quite all CAENFront End hardware devices

   - Removed SetBlDim function from N957Lib
   - Fixed gnuplot warning in N957Demo
  
   What's New in Rel. 2.04
  --------------------------
      
   New Features and Important Notes
   --------------------------------
   
   - Removed driver from package, now the module can use the CAENUSBdrvB driver that
     is the driver used to control quite all CAENFront End hardware devices

   - Removed SetBlDim function from N957Lib
   - Fixed gnuplot warning in N957Demo

   What's New in Rel. 2.03
  --------------------------
  	
   New Features and Important Notes
   --------------------------------
   
   - N957Demo rev 2.03 :
      - add command line options
  
  What's New in Rel. 1.05
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   New Features and Important Notes
   --------------------------------
   
   - N957Demo rev 2.01 :
      - BUGFIX in get_time function

  What's New in Rel. 1.04
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   New Features and Important Notes
   --------------------------------
   
   - N957Demo rev 2.00 : 
      - Added histogram plot (gnuplot rev.>= 4.2): application structure has been mostly rewritten
      - Added configuration file for startup parameter passing (instead of command line)

  What's New in Rel. 1.03
  --------------------------

   New Features and Important Notes
   --------------------------------

   - N957_ReadData now returns N957Success if no data available (i.e. no signal 
      applied)

  What's New in Rel. 1.02
  --------------------------

   New Features and Important Notes
   --------------------------------

   - N957_GetRawData now returns data on 16 bit (the 3 LSBs are not meaningful)
   - N957_GetData now returns data on 13 bit
   - Some new APIs added
   - Some new register added
   - Some Control Register's bit added
   - Minor fixes on data readout
   - Porting to x86 64 bit architecture
                 
  What's New in Rel. 1.01
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   New Features and Important Notes
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   - First release              
                         
  Determining Your Software Release
  ---------------------------------

  To determine the complete software release of the N957Lib installed 
  in your machine, you can run the application demo a look at screen the output.
                         

  How to get support
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  Our Software Support Group is available for questions, support and any other 
  software related issue concerning CAEN products; for software support
  visit the page www.caen.it/computing/support.php.

