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fix: update readme documentation

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@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ You might want to run cSAXS copy scripts before in case you want to have the for
3. Start Epics iocs
4. Start BEC, BEC server and load/modify the device config with relevant hardware
5. BEC commands
6. Troubleshooting and common problems
6. Start BEC widgets (GUI for motor control, eiger live plot)
7. Troubleshooting and common problems
## 1. Clone cSAXS BEC repository
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ ssh gac-x12sa@localhost
cd ~/Software/Eiger/
./launch_ioc
```
A live view of status and images for std_daq can be found here [xbl-daq-29:5000](xbl-daq-29:5000).
### Pilatus_2
First, start the cam server.
@@ -104,13 +107,23 @@ tmux attach -t bec
Open another teminal on pc15543 and start BEC:
``` bash
cd ~/Data10/software
source bec_venv/bin/activate
bec
```
Note: In case there is a warning after starting BEC that it was not able to import *scilog*, you will have to pip install scilog in the bec_venv to be able to send printouts to scilog from the command line.
Within a new terminal:
```bash
cd ~/Data10/software
source bec_venv/bin/activate
pip install scilog
```
Device config from csaxs-bec plugins
```bash
bec.config.update_session_with_file('/sls/X12SA/data/e20639/Data10/software/csaxs-bec/bec_plugins/configs/bec_device_config_sastt.yaml')
bec.config.save_current_session('~/Data10/software/current_config')
bec.config.save_current_session('~/Data10/software/current_config.yaml')
```
The second command is helpful if you adjust limits of motors, which will then be stored in the config and loaded if a reload of the configuration is needed.
@@ -134,7 +147,33 @@ scans.line_scan(dev.samx, -1, 1, dev.samy, -1, 1, steps=20, exp_time=0.5, readou
scans.sgalil_grid(start_y = , end_y = , interval_y = , start_x=, end_x=, interval_x =, exp_time=0.5, readout_time=3e-3, relative=True)
```
## 6. Troubleshooting and common problems
## 6. Start BEC widgets (GUI for motor control, eiger live plot)
To start the BEC widgets, the first step is to make the bec_widgets_venv using the start startup script.
Follow the commands below:
``` bash
cd ~/Data10/software/csaxs-bec/bin
./setup_bec_widgets.sh
```
Afterwards, activate the environment on either cons-01 comp-1/2
``` bash
cd ~/Data10/software/
source activate bec_widgets_venv/bin/activate
```
Each Plot needs their own shell with activate environment
1. Eiger Plot
``` bash
cd ~/Data10/software/bec-widgets/bec_widgets/examples/eiger_plot
python eiger_plot.py
```
2. Motor Controller
``` bash
cd ~/Data10/software/bec-widgets/bec_widgets/examples/motor_movement
python motor_example.py --config csaxs_config.yaml
```
## 7. Troubleshooting and common problems
Sometimes the data backend for the Eiger gets stuck or misses frames, this will result in an error
``` python
@@ -146,5 +185,3 @@ This happens more likely after CTRL C of a scan. To recover from this more relia
scans.acquire(exp_time=0.02, frames_per_trigger=100, readout_time= 3e-3)
```
Afterwards, you should be good to continue with 2D gridscans.