Readout Software

Software

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The Readout Software family provides a comprehensive suite of applications designed to configure, control and acquire data from CAEN digitizers and acquisition boards across a wide range of experimental scenarios. These tools support both single-board and distributed multi-board systems, enabling synchronized acquisition, real-time monitoring and advanced waveform analysis through graphical or console-based environments.

The software ecosystem includes open-source and customizable platforms with modular architecture, allowing users to implement flexible acquisition workflows, manage configuration parameters and perform on-line signal processing. Features such as waveform visualization, spectral analysis, rate and noise monitoring, and FFT-based diagnostics enable detailed detector characterization and system tuning. Output data can be stored in multiple formats for off-line processing, ensuring seamless integration with custom DAQ frameworks and scientific analysis pipelines.

  • Complete control and synchronized acquisition for single- and multi-board digitizer systems

  • Real-time waveform visualization, spectral analysis and advanced signal diagnostics

  • Open-source and customizable tools for flexible integration into custom DAQ environments

  • Multi-format data storage and configuration management for reproducible experimental workflows

Readout Software Models

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CAENSCOPE
Discontinued

CAENSCOPE

  • User friendly single frame GUI with intuitive controls

  • Compatible with CAEN Waveform Digitizers

  • Extended plot and record capability up to 16 simultaneous traces
WaveDemo x743
New

WaveDemo x743

  • Basic Console application exclusive for x743 CAEN digitizers

  • Single and multi-board complete control

  • Synchronized mode management of V1743/VX1743
COMPASS

COMPASS

  • Software for simultaneous DPP acquisition, including DPP‑PHA, DPP-PSD and DPP-QDC
  • Multi-board management
  • Synchronization of multiple boards even from different families, Time Correlation between different channels
JANUS
New

JANUS

  • Model-dependent GUI for a quick and easy start

  • Open-Source for user customization

  • Management of the acquisition parameters of all connected boards
WAVEDUMP2
New

WAVEDUMP2

  • Open Source software, released under GNU LGPL 3.0 license

  • Graphical waveform recording application based on the Qt cross-platform framework

  • Oscilloscope-like display with simultaneous visualisation of up to 8 acquisition channels
WAVECATCHER

WAVECATCHER

  • Software by CNRS/IN2P3/LAL to control x743 digitizers
  • Single-board communication and data acquisition management
  • Multi-board control of V1743/VX1743 basing on multiple software instances
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Name
Description
Supported Comm. Interface
Supported Products
Supported Operating Systems
Features
CAENSCOPE
Discontinued

CAENSCOPE

Digitizer Software for Signal Inspection and Waveform Recording (New Version)

USB, Optical Link, VME

720, 724, 730, 751 Digitizer families

Windows, Linux

GUI application for 7xx digitizers running Waveform Recording firmware (D-WAVE)
WaveDemo x743
New

WaveDemo x743

CAEN x743 Digitizer Readout Application

USB, Optical Link, VME

743 Digitizer Family

Windows, Linux

Basic Console application exclusive for x743 CAEN digitizers
COMPASS

COMPASS

Multiparametric DAQ Software for Physics Applications

USB, Optical Link, VME

720, 724, 725S, 730S, 740D, 751, 2740, 2745, 2730 Digitizer families
780, 781, 782 MCA families
DT5790

Windows, Linux

DAQ software for 7xx / 27xx digitizer families (running the DPP-PSD, DPP-QDC, DPP-PHA), 78x MCA families and Pulse Processor DT5790
JANUS
New

JANUS

FERS-5200 DAQ software

USB, Ethernet

A5202, DT5202, A5203, DT5203, DT5215

Windows, Linux

Open source software for the control and readout of FERS boards
WAVEDUMP2
New

WAVEDUMP2

Readout Application for Digitizer 2.0

USB, Ethernet

725, 730, 740, 745, 751 Digitizer families

Windows, Linux

GUI application for 27xx digitizers running Scope firmware (D-WAVE)
WAVECATCHER

WAVECATCHER

Oscilloscope Tool for 743 digitizer family

USB, Optical Link, VME

743 Digitizer family

Windows

GUI application exclusive for x743 CAEN digitizers