D-line Notes: Default Motor Configuration


D-line motor naming conventions differ somewhat from the rest of CHESS. Please check the link for a scheme and the current spec configuration.

As D-line runs in many configurations, but has only 16 channels of motor control available (at best), it makes more sense to program a flexible interface into spec, rather than attempting to run in a static configuration. This is done by chosing suggestive names for the various functions of xz stages, goniometers, etc., saving their parameters in the config file, but only assign actual motor channels to the motors that are used in a specific experiment.

Basic Motors

Optical Tables

The incident beam optical table (see link) and the detector optical table are controled by GALIL controllers via private ethernet. Each table comprises six jacks  uxu,uxd,uyt,uzu,uzdf,uzfr  (u=upstream, d=downstream, f=front, r=rear) (positions: wujacks) which are combined into three overall translations uxt,uyt,uzt and three overal roatations upitch,uroll,uyaw by employing the macromotor feature of spec (use wut to see the positions). Additionally the motor group uxu,uzu,uxd,uzd can be used to line up each table with a pinhole (wupin). For the downstream detector table replace the first u in the motorname with d.

Slit System

The ADC slit system in the hutch is run on a serial line independent of the rest of the motor control system. Although both physical and macromotors (for gap and offset) are configured, I have found it to be more reliable to move one blade at a time.

Sample stages

Flightpath, beamstop, detector

Capillary set-up

The new capillary setup for microSAXS and microGIWAXS uses the micropositioning table shared with the glass puller group.
(More info to be added soon.)

Special Motors

For some recurring experiments, some special motor channels have been reserved. Presently predefined motor settings exist for
For more detail see Multiconfiguration spec setup