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    CAENVME Tool Rel. 1.2 
    
    Installation and Use Instructions

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    April 2007

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 The complete documentation can be found in the CAENVME Library Manual
 available on this CD or on CAEN's Web Site at http://www.caen.it.


 Content 
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 |- CAENVMEToolReadme.txt          :  This file
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 |- CAENVMEToolReleaseNotes.txt    :  Release Notes of the last software release
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 |- CAENVMETool-1.0.tar.gz         :  Gzipped tar file with the CAENVMETool 
                                      library and demos
    
      
 System Requirements
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 - CAEN V1718 USB-VME Bridge and/or CAEN A2818 PCI-CONET Board
 - Linux kernel Rel. 2.4/2.6 with gnu C/C++ compiler
 - For compiling graphical demos only: 
   download from the available software Packages of the CAEN Bridges (V1718, V2718, VX1718, VX2718)
   the Gzipped tar file with the wxWidgets 2.6.3 library (GTK build).
- for wxWidgets Library:  see www.wxWidgets.org 



 Installation notes
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 - Decompress the gzipped tar file ( tar -xvf CAENVMETool-1.0.tar.gz ).
 
 - Install the dynamic library ( go to the ./CAENVMETool/Lib/src folder 
   and type make install ).
 
 - Make sure that the CAENVMELib is properly installed

 Notes
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 - Tested with Linux version 2.4.21-4.ELsmp, GCC-3.2.3, CAENVMELib-2.5, wxGTK-2.6.3
