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Summary

Adds support for multiple cameras in a single IOC.

Changes

  • Implemented GenTL singleton so that GenTL is initialized only once per IOC
  • Added a configuration function in which one can specify the board (interface) and camera index
    • Kept the original configuration function intact to not break existing configurations
  • Added an example startup script which demonstrates the initialization of multiple cameras

Testing

  • Tested with 2 Basler cameras on an Euresys Octolink framegrabber.

Notes

  • Due to having two constructors (for the old and new config function) the compilation with --std=c++98 flag fails, because constructor delegation is not available in that standard. To resolve this a rather cumbersome initialization function would be required, which is not included to the PR atm.

Add support for multiple cameras
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  This commit enables the driver to support multiple cameras simultaneously
  by accepting different interface and camera IDs.

  Key changes:
  - implemented GenTL singleton so that GenTL is initialized only
    once per IOC, which is required for multi-camera operation
  - added thread-safe reference counting for GenTL lifecycle management
  - added ADEuresysConfig2() function that accepts interfaceIndex and
    deviceIndex parameters for explicit card and camera selection
    - kept the original function unchanged for backward compatibility
  - included a multi-camera configuration example with 3 cameras
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MarkRivers commented Feb 12, 2026

Could you please also update the documentation here to discuss the new configuration command and how it works with multiple cameras?
https://github.com/areaDetector/ADEuresys/blob/main/docs/ADEuresys/ADEuresys.rst

Thanks.

Expand the documetation for multi-camera support
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An explanation of the added IOC configuration command has been
added to the documentation.
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