diff --git a/script/optics/ExitSlitYScan.py b/script/optics/ExitSlitYScan.py
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+"""
+exit slit calibration scan
+
+manual settings: photon energy 800 eV (G1200), FE = 1 x 1
+"""
+
+POSITIONERS = (ExitSlitY)
+SENSORS = (SampleCurrent, RefCurrent, AuxCurrent, MachineCurrent)
+STARTPOS = (-0.5)
+ENDPOS = (1.5)
+STEPS = 0.01
+LATENCY = 0.1
+DWELL = 1.0
+
+value = DWELL * 10.0
+SampleCurrentAveraging.write(value)
+RefCurrentAveraging.write(value)
+AuxCurrentAveraging.write(value)
+
+SampleCurrentGain.write("L, 10^7")
+RefCurrentGain.write("L, 10^9")
+AuxCurrentGain.write("L, 10^8")
+
+def trig():
+    wait_beam()
+    caput("X03DA-OP-10ADC:TRG.PROC", 1)
+
+lscan(POSITIONERS, SENSORS, STARTPOS, ENDPOS, STEPS, LATENCY, before_read=trig, after_read=after_readout)