Documentation of procedures¶
The intention of this section is to enable new beamline staff or trainees as quickly as possible to work autonomously at/with the beamline. Non-routine tasks.
ToDo: Create a documentation for changing cameras and optics/magnifications.
Put in filters and observe the beam for the first time. -> adjustment of the beam for the experiment.
alignment too¶
Here should be another reference sample alignment
after shutdown¶
do search of the optics hutch
are all chillers and other devices turned on (e.g. the chiller of the monochromator), are all symbols in the dashboad green? If everything seems ok click reset to refresh them and see if the shutters can be opened.
open the gauge valves
check with Yazeed if any motors need to be homed, especially if there was a power cut
experimental hutch: CVD Window 2: water flow for cooling should be >= 3.5, below 3 it gives an interlock
Changing cameras¶
Selecting detector, start of IOC, getting initial images¶
FLIR needs to be plugged in PCO needs to be switched on on top, its chiller is in “follow-mode”.
Refining slit settings and detector posotion¶
Potential obstacles¶
could be that wire scanner, diagnostics screen, white beam blocker (WBB), CVD window are “in the beam” and give artefacts
Change radiation and energy settings¶
The beamline energy can be changed using the Energy CLI.
Start the Energy CLI:
1cd /home/control/energy/iocBoot/iocEnergy_2BM
2python3 -i start_energy.py
Set energy to 20.0 keV (W/B4C stripe):
1energy set --energy 20
Set energy to 20.0 keV (Ru/B4C stripe):
1energy set --energy 19.99
— maybe list more settings + filtered radiation?
changing detectors¶
Videos + photos
How to switch on the cameras. : plug in power supply or simply switch on
increase distance between sample and detector to e.g. 1m
- Det1/Det3 - optique peter:
remove lead box untighten small crews place the camera in a safe place (e.g. a hanging, CLEAN bag) connections
Det3 (poly radiation): connect all five available cables Det3 (mono radiation with objectives): connect Foc1/Rot1
- Det2 - Hasselblad:
open black housing (heavy, perhaps use the crane)
changing optics/magnification¶
Videos + photos
cleaning the scintillator¶
Mount proposal folders¶
Warning
The following commands are for the beamline staff only.
Mount proposal ExpData
and recon
folders on BL-BEATS-WS01:
cd ~
./petra_prop_mounter.sh
Check mount points:
df -h
Unmount proposal folders:
umount /PETRA/SED/BEATS/SEM_6/20235010
umount /PETRA/SED/BEATS/SEM_6_recon/20235010
Mount proposal ExpData
and recon
folders on Win Data Dispenser and Dragonfly VizServer:
./petra_prop_recon_smb_mounter.sh
Note
For proposals belonging to a different semester the scripts petra_prop_mounter.sh
and petra_prop_recon_smb_mounter.sh
must be modified.
Endstation alignment¶
Note
The endstation is aligned by the beamline staff at the start of your beamtime. Generally, you don’t need to repeat these operation and you can jump to sample alignment
Endstation pitch
Endstation X-axis
Camera rotation
Detector focus