Online -tki

TkI - The Perl/Tk Interface to Online
Version January 2, 2024
by
Thorsten Kracht

Contents
List of Figures
The Introduction
Acknowledgments
What to do, if ...
- GRA_GCI: Used memory > 90% of total space
- online -tki: START_TIMER: T1 is busy
- online -tki: no file scan_list.pl
News
General Remarks
- Command Line Options
- Tango: Alternative online.xml
- Tango: Use tags for selecting devices from .xml file
  - Tags, use case 1: detectors
  - Tags, use case 2: user vs. expert view
The Toplevel Widget
- The Startup Script TkIrc.pl
- The File Menu Button
- The Scan Menu Button
- The Diff Menu Button
- The Misc Menu Button
- The Options Menu Button
- The Table Menu Button
- The Diag Menu Button
- Selectable Applications
- Beamline Specific Code
- Stop Function
Scans
- The Scan Widget
- The 'Scan Device Selection' Menu
- Continuous Scans
  - Scan interval too small
- Nexus Output
- Performance
Diffractometer
- Creating the Diffractometer Server
  - 4-Circle
  - 6-Circle
- E4C vs. E6C
- The Diffractometer GUI (SOLEIL)
- The Orientation
  - Differences: Petra III (SOLEIL) and DORIS
- The UB Matrix Widget
- The Diffractometer Alignment Widget
- The hklScan Widget
- The Perl Interface
- The .gra Interface
Sweep
- The Widget
- SweepList.pl
- SweepList.pl with device specification
Preliminary: The General Scan
- A Template for a General Scan Module
The Move Widget
- The Motor Properties Widget
- The Encoder Widget
- Virtual Motors
- Slits
The MCA Widget
The DSO Widget
Beamline Specific Code by Examples
- 'Hello world', Button
- Energy
- Entry Widgets
- Buttons, Keithley-428
- Motors
- Monochromator
- hkl
- Pilatus-300K, B1, BW4, P03, P09
- MAXV Encoder, Tango
- Spk/Slt, Tango
- VHSC005N, HV PS, ISEG
- Lom, Compound Device, P08, Tango
- FMB Oxford DCM, CalibrationUnits, P01, P02, Tango
- MAR-CCD
- Hexapod, Tango, P03
- Analyzer, Tango, P09
- MultipleMotors, Tango, P09
- Lenses Box, Tango, P10
- LCX, P10
- Photonic Science Camera, P03
- VFCADC, gain, offset and polarity
- Perkin Elmer Detector
- Prosilica Camera
- Mythen Detector
- TwoThetaP07
- PCO4000 Detector
- Roper QuadRO
- MarCCD
- PiezoPiE712
- Galil Slit
Symbols
- Introduction
- DORIS_MCA
- FLAG_TKI_STOP
- INTERRUPT_SCAN
- RETURN_VALUE
- SCAN_NAME_DONE
Functions
- Util::display_text()
- Util::edit_file()
- FileSelector
- Util::log()
- Util::prompt()
- Util::refresh()
- Util::yesno()
- Util::zoom()
Examples
- Sweep with outer loop motor, P10
- PE image series, incl. loop over SDD positions, P02
- Interrupting Perl code that was started from online -tki (P10)
- Optimizing a motor position, while the MCA menu is active (P01)
Bibliography
Index
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