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Welcome to the reflectometer AMOR at SINQ! This manual describes how
to operate AMOR through the SICS instrument control software.
SICS means: Sinq Instrument Control System. AMOR can be operated in
one out of two modes:
<ul>
<li>Single Counter Mode. In this mode normal scans are performed with
a single counter.
<li>Time-Of-Flight Mode. In this mode the position sensitive detector
is operated in time of flight mode with a chopper providing the time
structure of the neutron beam.
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<h1>SICS Introduction</h1>
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SICS is a client server system. This means there is a magic server
program running on the instrument computer which does all the work.
The user interacts with SICS
only with client applications which communicate with the server
through the network. Most instrument hardware (motor controllers,
counter boxes etc.) is connected to the system through RS-232 serial
connections. These RS-232 ports are connected to a terminal server
which is accessed through another server program, the SerPortServer
program, which is also running on the instrument computer. Then there
is the position sensitive detector. Neutrons collected in the PSD are
formatted into a special message format by the elctronics and
forwarded through a fibre optic link to the histogram memory
computer. This is a VME Motorola on board computer which then is
responsible for summing the neutrons events appropriatetly. The on
board computer is connected to the TCP/IP network and acts as a
server as well which handles the configuration and readout of the
histogram memory.
The SICS server communicates with this terminal server and other
devices through the network.
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<h1>Starting and Stopping</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="sicsinvoc.htm">Logging</a> in to SICS.
<li>The <a href="amorcli.htm">AMOR client</a> program.
</ul>
<h1>General User Commands</h1>
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<ul>
<li><a href="drive.htm">Driving</a> motors.
<li><a href="amomot.htm">List</a> of AMOR motors.
<li><a href="amor2t.htm">AMOR Two Theta</a> virtual motor.
<li><a href="logging.htm">Logging</a> actions.
<li><a href="batch.htm">Batch</a> processing.
<li><a href="token.htm">Grabbing control</a>.
<li><a href="amomisc.htm#shutter">Shutter</a> control.
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<h1>AMOR in Single Counter Mode</h1>
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<ul>
<li>Some <a href="amorsingle.htm">general</a> remarks.
<li>Doing a <a href="topscan.htm">scan</a>.
</ul>
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<h1>AMOR in Time-Of-Flight Mode</h1>
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<ul>
<li>General <a href="amortof.htm">Remarks</a>.
<li>Configuring the <a href="amortof.htm#conf">histogram memory</a>.
<li>Configuring <a href="amortof.htm#chop"> chopper</a> related
parameters.
<li><a href="count.htm">Counting</a>.
<li><a href="amorstore.htm">Data Storage</a>
</ul>
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<h1>Advanced Topics</h1>
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<li>Handling <a href="samenv.htm">sample environment</a> devices in SICS.
<li>Configuring <a href="histogram.htm">histogram memory</a>
<li><a href="motor.htm">Motor Parameters</a>.
<li>Dealing with the <a href="counter.htm">counter box</a>.
<li>Directly access a <a href="ctrl.htm">serial device.</a>
<li>SICS <a href="system.htm">system commands</a>.
<li>Configuring a <a href="config.htm">client connection</a> manually.
<li><a href="trouble.htm">Trouble</a> shooting.
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<h1>Download Manual</h1>
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<li><a href="amorman.ps">Postscript Format</a>,246KB
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