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<TITLE>POLDI Reference Manual</TITLE>
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<H1>POLDI Reference Manual</H1>
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<p>
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Welcome to the Strain Scaning diffractometer POLDI at SINQ! This manual
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describes how to operate POLDI through the means of the instrument
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control software system SICS. SICS means: Sinq Instrument Control
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System. SICS is a client server system. This means there is a magic server
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program running somewhere which does all the work. The user interacts
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only with client applications which communicate with the server
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through the network. Most instument hardware (motor controllers,
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counter boxes etc.) is connected to the system through RS-232 serial
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connections. These RS-232 ports are connected to a terminal server
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(name: PSTS240) by means of a special program running on it. The SICS server
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communicates with this terminal server and other devices through the network.
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</p>
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<h1>General User Commands</h1>
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<p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="sicsinvoc.htm">logging</a> in to SICS.
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<li><a href="drive.htm">Driving</a> motors.
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<li><a href="poldimo.htm">List</a> of POLDI motors.
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<li>Controlling the <a href="chopper.htm">chopper system</a>.
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<li><a href="count.htm">Counting</a>.
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<li><a href="logging.htm">logging</a> actions.
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<li><a href="logbook.htm">logbook</a>.
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<li><a href="commandlog.htm">commandlog</a>.
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<li><a href="batch.htm">Batch</a> processing.
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<li><a href="token.htm">Grabbing control</a>.
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</UL>
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</p>
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<h1>Advanced Topics</h1>
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<p>
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<UL>
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<li>Handling <a href="samenv.htm">sample environment</a> devices in SICS.
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<li>Configuring <a href="histogram.htm">histogram memory</a>
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<li>Configuring <a href="poldiwrite.htm">data storage.</a>
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<li><a href="motor.htm">Motor Parameters</a>.
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<li>Dealing with the <a href="counter.htm">counter box</a>.
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<li>Directly access a <a href="ctrl.htm">serial device.</a>
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<li>SICS <a href="system.htm">system commands</a>.
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<li>Doing a <a href="topscan.htm">scan</a>.
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<li>Configuring a <a href="config.htm">client connection</a> manually.
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<li><a href="trouble.htm">Trouble</a> shooting.
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</UL>
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</p>
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<h1>Download Manual</h1>
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<li><a href="poldiman.ps">Postscript Format</a>,246KB
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<TITLE>Chopper Control</TITLE>
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<H1>Chopper Control</H1>
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<P>
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POLDI is equipped with a Dornier Disk Chopper. The SICS program handling
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RS-232 requests at the chopper control computer
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is rather slow. This would slow the SICS server to unacceptable
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levels, if any request would be handled through the RS-232 interface. In order
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to cope with the problem, the SICS server buffers chopper
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information. This information is updated any minute if not set otherwise.
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The chopper system control is divided into several distinct objects: There
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is the actual chopper controller which mainly serves for answering
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status requests. One virtual motor (chopperspeed) is available which
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represent the modifiable parameter of the disk chopper. The parameter can
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be driven through the normal <a
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href="drive.htm">drive</a> command. The commands understood by the
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chopper controller object are:
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<dl>
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<DT>choco list
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<DD>prints a listing of all known chopper parameters. Parameters phase and ratio are not used.
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<DT>choco <i>name</i>
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<DD>print only the value of parameter name. Possible values for name
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can be extracted from the list printed with choco list (example choco <i>speed</i>).
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</dl>
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The following virtual motor variable exists.
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<dL>
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<DT>chopperspeed
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<DD>disk chopper speed
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</DL>
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The variable <i>chopperspeed</i> kindly prints its current value when given as a command. Modifying the value happens through the normal drive
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command. For instance the command:
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<pre>
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drive chopperspeed 10000
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will drive the disk chopper to 10000 RPM eventually and if no problem occurs.
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Please check your input carefully for all chopper commands.
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Dornier has provided no way to stop an erraneous command in its software. So, if you intend to run the chopper to 1000 RPM and mistyped it as 10000 then
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you'll wait for 20 minutes until the chopper is at speed!
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<TITLE>POLDI motors</TITLE>
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<H1>POLDI motors</H1>
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<h2>Physical Motors</h2>
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<DL>
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<DT>D1HL
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<DD>2-axis diaphragm - horizontal translation (left)
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<DT>D1HR
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<DD>2-axis diaphragm - horizontal translation (right)
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<DT>D2HL
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<DD>4-axis diaphragma - horizontal translation (left)
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<DT>D2HR
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<DD>4-axis diaphragma - horizontal translation (right)
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<DT>D2VU
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<DD>4-axis diaphragma - vertical translation (upper side)
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<DT>D2VL
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<DD>4-axis diaphragma - vertical translation (lower side)
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<DT>SHU
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<DD>sample table x-translation
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<DT>SHL
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<DD>sample table y-translation
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<DT>SV
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<DD>sample table z-translation
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<DT>SA
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<DD>sample table rotation
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<DT>SGU
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<DD>sample goniometer rotation (alpha)
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<DT>SGL
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<DD>sample goniometer rotation (beta)
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<DT>RSU
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<DD>sample table overlay for radioactive samples (x-translation)
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<DD>sample table overlay for radioactive samples (y-translation)
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<DT>RSA
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<h2>Virtual motors</h2>
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drive and run commands, though they are not physical motors. Mostly
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this encompasses coordinated movements of motors around several axis
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or other lengthy and error prone hardware operations.
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<DT>flightpathlength
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<DD>distance between chopper and detector [in mm]
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<DD>distance between chopper and sample [in mm]
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<DT>chopper_dia
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<DD>distance between chopper and 2-axis diaphragma [in mm]
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<DT>dia1_dia2
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<DD>distance between 2-axis diaphragma and 4-axis diaphragma [in mm]
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<DD>distance between 4-axis diaphragma and sample position [in mm]
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<DD>distance between sample position and detector [in mm]
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<DD>disk chopper speed
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<DD>scattering angle to the middle of the detector
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<DD>centre of the detector circle (x-coordinate)
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<DD>centre of the detector circle (y-coordinate)
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<DD>number of detector cells (400 really cells exist)
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<DT>det_size
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<DD>size of a single detector cell [in mm]
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a cell size of 2.5 mm
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<DT>det800
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<DD>automatic configuration of the histogram memory to 800 detectors
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(including 400 virtual detectors) with a cell size of 1.25 mm
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Note: The adjustments of det400 and det800 will be activated after giving a
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HM init command!
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<h2>Special POLDI scan command</h2>
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Additionally a special POLDI scan command was programmed which offers the
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possibility to scan variables (motor) against detector count rate. For this
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purpose the 400 detector cells are divided into 4 groups (5-100, 101-200,
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201-300, 301-395) where the count rates (stored in the histogram memory)
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The command syntax for the POLDI specific scanning is like this:
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scanhm <i>var start delta np preset</i>
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All parameters must be specified. The parameters and their meanings:
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<LI><b>np</b> is the number of points to scan.
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The scan data are saved in ASC-format in the directory /home/POLDI/scan.
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Additionally the typical NeXus-files are available for each step of the scan.
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The NeXus files are saved in the directory /home/POLDI/data/2002.
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POLDI writes data into portable binary NeXus files. The scheme implemented
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predefined intervalls during counting operations. All this is commonly
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command. However, data file writing can be initiated and configured
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