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Sardana/Spock/Taurus at DESY
Version August 5, 2020
Contents
List of Figures
The Introduction
General Remarks
Links
Acknowledgments
What to do, if ...
sudo
reboot, shutdown
mount network file systems
tango-starter
tango-db
Interlock Control System (ICS) Issues
Inconsistent states, tget example, P08, P09, 6.5.2017
ICS website doesn't work at P24, 19.4.2017
Impossible to start area search P09, 16.4.2017
Open/Close Beamshutter not possible P65.1, 16.4.2017
PC: fan failure during boot process
Experiment Control Issues
Spock: Scans start slowly
Perkin Elmer Tango server does not start
Find ZMX modules that do not respond
Motor limits out of sync
OmsVme58
VME: Reload sis1100 (needs root access)
Undulator, setPoint out of limits
Undulator wake-up
Gnome desktop troubles
Desktop broken, P11, 30.5.2017
Desktop becomes slow, P10, 19.4.2017
Desktop gets stuck
Maneouvering between workspaces
Blinking windows
Enable taskbar
keyring
Open an ASCII console
File system
GPFS is not automatically re-mounted
AFS is unavailable
Qt: Taurus GUIs freeze
The first steps
Notions
Configuration scripts
The very beginning
Exploring the system
The first scan
Scans
Environment variables for scans
FioAdditions
ScanRecorder (ALBA specific)
Scan Commands
Example: ascan
Scans involving 2D detectors
HiDRA
Configuring the MeasurementGroup
Configuring the MeasurementGroup in online.xml
Configuring the MeasurementGroup using macros from Spock
Configuring the MeasurementGroup with the ComponentSelector
Configuring the MeasurementGroup with expconf
Configuring the MeasurementGroup using SardanaChMg.py
Adding any Tango Attribute as a Counter to the MeasurementGroup
Adding XIA RoIs as Counter in the MeasurementGroup
Adding MCA RoIs as Counter in the MeasurementGroup
Adding SIS3302 RoIs as Counter in the MeasurementGroup
Adding Pilatus RoIs as Counter in the MeasurementGroup
Adding Xspress3 RoIs as Counter in the MeasurementGroup
Adding Lima RoIs as Counter in the MeasurementGroup
Adding Lima RoIs as Counter in the MeasurementGroup
Hooks
General hooks, conditions and on_stop function
Scan speed
Comparing NeXus and FIO I/O
Comparison with the Online scan speed
Previous speed tests
moveScan.py code
Slow down of motors if included in a PseudoMotor
Speed up scans of motors included in the diffractometer
Results from haspp08
Spock
Profiles
Configuration, multiline input, Debian-9
Interrupting Macro Execution
Callback function
Access to Tango Devices in Spock
Environment Variables
load_env
View Options
Get list of components: lsct, lsm, ls0d, ls1d, etc
Motor
Motor limits
Counter/Timer
IO Register
Macros
Run a sequence of macros
Logging
Debugging
Debug
LogMacro
edmac
www
The DOOR and MACRO_SERVER proxies
Scripting, Macros
Some remarks about macros
Interrupting Macros by Ctrl-C
Calling Macros from other Macros
Useful members of the Macro class
Examples
DESY Macros
check_mg
e2lambda, lambda2e
GalilRS, reset Galil controller
mvsa: move-scan-analysis
ppPurge, purges .fio data, MCA and image files
restart_server
Set the harmonic of an undulator
wait_for_petra
wait_for_petracurrent
timedMacro: measure the execution time of a Macro
Beamline specific macros
Find an optic barrier( Lichtschranke, P23)
Maia detector scan macro
Regions scan with maia scan at each point
Continuous scans with external trigger (Zebra & XIA & MCS)
Sweep Scans (p02)
GUI Tools
taurusgui macrogui
taurusform
taurustrend
Image Viewer: taurusimage
taurus device, accessing MacroServer environment
SardanaInfoViewer
SardanaMonitor
SardanaMonitor with no Door connected
SardanaMonitor in graphics-only mode
CursorApp
HasyUtils.toSardanaMonitor()
TngMonitorAttrs.py
TngTool
Command line interface
The tables
Move Motor
Selected MacroServer Variables
SardanaMotorMonitor
MCA
TangoExplorer
TangoExplorer: Pattern matching
SardanaAlarmMonitor
Examples of Customize TaurusGUI
TaurusForms with fast motors
Using your own widgets derived from Taurus base classes
Adding NXSelector into MacroGUI
PySpectra
PySpectra documentation
PySpectra Applications
toPyspMonitor()
Helpers
SardanaMacroTester.py
SardanaCheckOnlineXml.py
MotorLogger
Motor parameter before shutdown and after reboot
SardanaAdjustLimits.py
00-start.py
SardanaChMg.py
SardanaConfig.py
SardanaDiag.py
SardanaStatus.py
SardanaStopMacro.py
FioAdditions
ECMonitor
The HasyUtils module
getFioAdds, fioAddsToFile
assertServerRunning
createScanInfo
Door-MacroServer-Pool Class
TngUtility.py
Matching Rules
Server and Device Information
Server Operation
MeasurementGroup information
SimulationMode
Connected clients
Create TangoDump
Examples
nxsreader
The nxsreader CLI
The NxsReader Class
HomingKBP06.py
The Sardana NeXus Recorder
The first NeXus scan
Device Selection
Component Selector and MacroGUI integration in TaurusGUI
NeXus profile vs. measurement group
NeXus Macros
NeXus Scripts
NeXus Configuration
Components and data sources
NeXus file structure
Preparation of Components
Data acquisition process
Mandatory metadata
Current NeXus Configuration
Relation between components and datasources
Physical information in components
Instruction for experts
NeXus Servers
Check if nxsconfig mysql database exists on TANGO HOST
Setting up NeXus servers
Restarting NeXus servers
Creating and changing NeXus configuration
Component Selector Configuration
Creating a new TaurusGUI application with the Component Selector
Using the Selector Server without Sardana
Diffractometer Software
Configuration
Macros
add_reflection
affine
br (move to reciprocal space coordinate)
ca, caa (hkl2Angles)
compute_u
freeze (psi)
getmode, setmode
hscan, kscan, lscan, hklscan
or0, or1, or_swap
newcrystal, savecrystal
pa (print diffractometer info)
printmove
setaz (reference vector)
setlat
setor0, setor1
setorn
th2th
wh (print positions and parameterst)
Sardana configuration
Setting up the Pools and the MacroServers, SardanaAIO
Finishing the Sardana configuration: /online_dir/SardanaConfig.py
Selecting the devices: online.xml syntax
Detectors: Pilatus, PCO, PerkinElmer, etc.
1D devices: AmptekPX5, Kromo, SPADQDigitizer
Scan integration of Lambda detectors
Diffractometer
Measurement Groups
Adding any Tango Attribute as a Counter in the MeasurementGroup
Adding any Tango Attribute as a ZeroD experimental channel in the MeasurementGroup
Adding any Tango Attribute as a IORegister
Adding any Tango Attribute as a Motor
RoIs as counters
XMCD (PiLC) as counter
MHzDAQp01Channel mean and stddev values as counters
Maia, P06
SIS3302Master
Pool PseudoMotors
The configurations of the beamlines
Files
Motor positions: /online_dir/MotorLogs/motorLog.lis
Dump of the Tango DB: /online_dir/TangoDump.lis, /online_dir/TangoDump.py,
Spock startup file: 00-start.py
Additional .fio comments: /online_dir/fioAdds.py
Spock /home/p99user/.ipython/profile_spockdoor/ipython_config.py
Spock logs: /online_dir/ipython_log.py
MacroServer log files: /tmp/tango-<user>/MacroServer/<instance>/log.txt
MacroServer: environment defaults: /online_dir/SardanaConfig.py
MacroServer environment: /online_dir/MacroServer/macroserver.properties
MacroServer: hooks, $HOME/sardanaMacros/general_features.py
MacroServer: on-stop, $HOME/sardanaMacros/generalFunctions/general_functions.py
Motor positions: /online_dir/MotorLogs/ShutdownReboot.log
Tango devices: /online_dir/online.xml
Tango devices: /online_dir/onlineSardana.xml
Tango server logs: /var/tmp/ds.log
/online_dir/SardanaMonitor.log
/online_dir/Diag (MacroServer and Pool core dumps)
MacroServer environment variables
FlagFioWriteMotorPositions
ScanDir, ScanFile, ScanID
ShowCtrlAxis, ShowDial
SignalCounter
Examples
Miscellaneous
Access the MacroServer Environment from Python
Fetch MacroServer Environment Variables (P10)
Change the Attribute Configuration, %6.2f to %g
Sardana integration of attribute motors
Macro: Square Move, FS-DS
Tango attribute as counter
Hooks, conditions, on_stop
Example for a general_features.py file, including 2D detector setup
Absorber scans using general hooks and conditions
General hook for setting detector attributes (Pilatus, Lambda)
General hook for checking scan limits
Repeating scan points, specific scan class (XMCD)
ScanInfo in hooks
Example Macros
Hello world
Parameter Types
Environment Variables
A Loop of Scans
Access to Scan Data
Access to Scan Data, Modified
Access to Scan Data from a post-acq Hook
Move a Motor Asynchronously
A macro using the result of another macro
Read an ADC, return the result
A Hooked Scan
Move to the position calculated from the scan data
Mixed classes
Call on_stop, also from parent class
Interactive Macros
Index
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2020-08-05
