\subsection{Timer Fanout}

The MX timer fanout driver is used to control multiple MX timers in software
as if they were one timer.

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\MxTimerZfanoutDriverFields
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\textbf{WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING}

This driver does \textbf{NOT} attempt to ensure that all of the timers start
at exactly the same time.  This means that devices gated by different timers
may not be gated on for exactly the same timer interval, although the lengths
of time they are gated on for should be the same.  The result is that you 
may get \textbf{SYSTEMATIC ERRORS} if you do not use this driver intelligently.
It is up to you to decide whether or not this makes a difference to the
experiment you are performing.  The \textit{best} solution is to make sure
that all of your measuring devices are gated by the same hardware timer,
but if that is not possible, then this driver may be useful as a stopgap.

\textit{Nevertheless,} many experiments have been successfully
performed using this driver.  If your experiment needs all of your devices
to measure for the same amount of time, but not necessarily the exact
same time interval, then this driver should work for you.  For example,
if you are using this timer in a step scan, where the motors are stopped
during the measurement interval, then in most cases this driver will
work fine.

