File	Date	Author	Commit
SCTE-Instrument	2011-09-08	Luiz C. Mostaco-Guidolin	[f5dcba] new line added to the end of file
experiments	2011-09-08	Luiz C. Mostaco-Guidolin	[f5dcba] new line added to the end of file
COPYING	2011-09-08	Luiz C. Mostaco-Guidolin	[9f0004] COPYING added
README	2011-09-08	Luiz C. Mostaco-Guidolin	[f5dcba] new line added to the end of file
THANKS	2011-09-08	Luiz C. Mostaco-Guidolin	[f5dcba] new line added to the end of file

Read Me

             SCTE - Software for Controlling Testing Equipment


What is it?
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  SCTE is a bundle of Perl scripts and a library, that aims to be a simple, yet
  powerful, data aquisition system. It is designed to control instruments, such 
  as oscilloscopes and signal generators, that use the SCPI programming 
  language [1] for communication, and are interfaced through the USB, and
  RS-232 (serial) ports.

  [1] SCPI - Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments.
      http://www.ivifoundation.org/scpi/default.aspx


The Latest Version
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  Details of the latest version can be found on the project page under
  http://scte.sf.net/.
  

Documentation
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  The documentation available as of the date of this release is available
  http://http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.4833. The most up-to-date documentation can
  be found at http://scte.sf.net.
  
  
SCTE Components
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  SCTE is comprised of two parts: SCTE-Instrument, and experiments.

  o 'SCTE-Instrument' is a Perl module that controls and interfaces instruments
    via USB or RS-232 ports. It requires installation and is necessary in order
    to run the 'experiments'.

  o 'experiments' is a directory containing two experiment examples (sub-
    directories experiment_1 and experiment_2) on how to use SCTE-Instrument 
    and develop a data acquisition system. The 'experiment_1' example, controls
    one oscilloscope connected via USB. The 'experiment_2', controls two
    instruments, one connected via USB and the other connected via RS-232. For
    details about each experiment, refer to the README files under each
    experiment directory, and consult the documentation (see Documentations
    section).


Installation
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  SCTE-Instrument requires installation, please see the file called INSTALL
  under 'SCTE-Instrument' directory.

  The companion experiment scripts don't require installation, and can be run
  directly, considering that it's dependencies have been met. Please see the
  README file under 'experiments' directory.


Known Bugs
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  There are no known bugs at this time, if you find one please report it. It is
  the only way we can correct it and improve SCTE stability and usability. For
  reporting bug, see Contacts section.


Contacts
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  For contacts and bug repots you can send an email to <lm.guidolin@gmail.com>.


Authors and Acknowledgments
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  See THANKS for details.


Licensing
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  SCTE bundle is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
  the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
  Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.

  SCTE bundle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 
  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
  details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
  SCTE; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

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