Jenet: a "New age" CAMAC crate controller

Summary form only given. Despite the age of CAMAC standard, camac boards are ubiquitous in any HEP laboratory and still used for small experiments or test setups. A new kind of CA-MAC crate controller has been designed to simplify and speed up the hardware and software development of DAQ systems. Its main features include: easy connectivity by means of a 10/100Mbit Ethernet link and full remote control through a TCP socket connection. IP access security features: full implementation of all CAMAC functions including DMA; local dynamic web server for remote monitoring, configuration and crate diagnostic; embedded Linux processing core. Eight programmable NIM I/Os on front panel allow easy implementation of stand-alone DAQ systems: I/Os can be programmed to accept trigger signals and generate BUSY levels. for precise event measurements. or as programmable pulse generator. All NIM I/O functions and controls are accessible through TCP socket connection and from within the local web pages. An ASCII-based command protocol . a builtin script interpreter, ANSI C and TCL libraries make software development fast and easy. Web-based remote controls allow simple use even to non-expert people.