Component Manual for the Neutron Ray-Tracing Package McStas, version 3.8.6

15.11  The Vitess_input McStas Component

Read neutron state parameters from VITESS neutron filename.

Identification

Description

Source-like component reading neutron state parameters from a VITESS neutron filename. Used to interface McStas components or simulations into VITESS. Each neutron is 104 bytes.

Example: Vitess_input(filename="MySource.vit", bufsize = 10000, repeat_count = 2)

%BUGS We recommend NOT to use parallel execution (MPI) with this component.

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name

Unit

Description

Default

filename

string

Filename of neutron file to read. Default (NULL) is standard input. Empty string "" unactivates component

0

bufsize

records

Size of neutron input buffer

10000

repeat_count

1

Number of times to repeat each neutron read

1

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