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+# Make and configure an ANSTO beam monitor counter.
+# This must be sourced before the hmm_configuration.tcl until we separate the scan setup from the hmm setup
+MakeCounter bm anstomonitor [ params host "das1-wombat" port "30000" ]
+bm SetExponent 0