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- Initial MARS development
- Upgraded Manager Manual


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<P>
It is useful to drive a simulation of an instrument with the same interface as is used at
the original instruments. One of the better packages for performing simulations of neutron
scattering instruments, including samples, is McStas. This section describes SICS
scattering instruments, including samples, is McStas. This section describes the SICS
interface to McStas simulations. The interface consists of three parts:
<ul>
<li>A McStas controller module which controls the actual simulation.
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<dd>Tests if the McStas simulation is still running.
<dt>mcstasdump pid
<dd>Has to send a signal to McStas which causes it to dump its data without terminating.
Current versions of McStas do this on receiving the USR2 signal.
Current versions of McStas do this on receiving the USR2 signal.
<dt>mcstasstop pid
<dd>Stops the McStas simulation.
<dt>mcstasread
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must be configured through: mccontrol configure mcmonfile name-of-file.
<li>The mcstas simulation executable must be declared with allowexec in order to be able
to start with the Tcl exec command.
<li>Though McStas can be made to dump its data by sending it a USR2 signal, it is
much cleaner and simpler to have McStas dump its data regularly through the use of the
Progress_bar component.
</ul>
</p>
<h2>The McStas Reader</h2>
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<dd>The counter object into which the monitor is read. This is a limitation, with the
this McStas interface only counters can store monitors.
<dt>monitornumber
<dd>Monitornumber is the monitor channel into which the value is to be stored.
<dd>Monitornumber is the monitor\ channel into which the value is to be stored.
<dt>scale
<dd>Scale is an optional scale factor for the monitor. Real monitors have a
sensitivity of E-6, McStas monitors have an efficiency of 1.0. This factor allows to
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</dl>
The mccreader module also supports reading data from any ASCII file into SICS. Mcreader
close and open are not required then. For reading histogram memory data, the appropriate
data has to be parsed into a <a href="sicsdata.htm">SICSdata</a> object first. Then
data has to be parsed into a SICSdata object first. Then
data can be trasnferred using the following commands:
<dl>
<dt>mcreader insertmondirect counter num value
<dd>Assigns value to the monitor num at the counter object counter. Monitor 0 is the
actual counts data.
</dl>
<dt>mcreader inserthmfromdata hm data
<dd>Inserts the data in the SICSData object data into the histogram memory hm.
</dl>
</p>
<H2>The McStas Controller</h2>
<p>
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often.
<dt>mccontrol configure update monitorscale
<dd>Configures the scaling factor to use on the monitor in monfile. Normal monitors have
a efficeincy of 1E-6, the McStas monitor counts every neutron. This can be compensated
a efficiency of 1E-6, the McStas monitor counts every neutron. This can be compensated
for by this scaling factor. Note that this scaling factor may be dependent on the
wavelength used.
<dt>mccontrol configure mcmonfile filename