Beamline Staff Pages [staff only]

The information provided on this page is directed towards helping beamline staff.

Quick Links

1. Digital camera web server

2. Analog camera web server

3. Ceiling camera web server

4. Jira ticket system

5. SRX Posted SAFs

6. SRX Olog

7. SRX Radiation Safety Component Checklist

8. NSLS-II Controls Documentation

9. NSLS-II Sharepoint Documentation

10. Former SRX Wiki Staff Page

Todo

• Fix IOCs reference

Setting up Users

1. Post SAF to PASS Admin

2. Start the experiment using the proposal ID by running the command:

   $ start-experiment -b SRX -p {proposal_id}
   

3. Perform beamline specific training. 5-ID BST Form

Setting up the analysis environment

1. Setting up SRX Autosave for XRF maps

   • Open a terminal and login as the user:

     su - username
     

   • Change directory to the scripts folder:

     cd /nsls2/data/srx/shared/config/bluesky/profile_analysis/scripts
     

   • Start SRX Autosave

     ./run-srxautosave-new
     

   • Confirm the input parameters including output directory and run.

2. Setting up the XAS exporter

   • Open a terminal and login as the user:

     su - username
     

   • Change directory to the proposal folder:

     cd /nsls2/data/srx/proposals/2024-1/pass-{proposal_id}
     

   • Open the conda environment.

     conda activate $BS_ENV
     

   • Open iPython and load the exporter. If the export file is not there, please ask a beamline scientist to copy it from another proposal directory.

     ipython
     %run -i export_xanes.py
     

   • Now a scan can be exported into the proposal directory using the exporter function.

     exporter(scanid)
     

3. Setting up a file browser

   • Open a terminal and login as the user:

     su - username
     

   • Launch the file browser

     nautilus
     

4. Setting up a Athena

   • Open a terminal and login as the user:

     su - username
     

   • Launch Athena

     dathena
     

5. Setting up pyXRF

   • Open a terminal and login as the user:

     su - username
     

   • Change directory to the scripts folder:

     cd /nsls2/data/srx/shared/config/bluesky/profile_analysis/scripts
     

   • Start pyXRF

     ./run-pyxrf
     

Virtual Machine Information

A properly managed, Windows-based virtual machine is setup at the beamline. The purpose of this machine is to run Windows, vendor-provided software at the beamline. The virtual machine can be pinged in the command line and accessed with Guacamole.

Hostname: xf05id2-win1
Guacamole Title: “Windows VM 1”
Password: See shared vault in Bitwarden

Fly-scanning spectroscopy

Fly-scanning spectroscopy is still in beta. Below is some information on how to use this capability.

In order to have coordinated motion, the IVU Delta Tau will take complete control over the motion for the IVU, HDCM Bragg, and HDCM C2X. When a scan is started, the IVU will request control, and when the scan is complete, the IVU will disable control. If the scan is stopped or aborted, this may not clean up properly so it is important to check that control is disabled before moving components in bluesky or CSS.

CSS-Pages

To get to the IVU Scan Mode page, please navigate from
5ID Main -> Insertion Device -> 5 SRX -> IVU 21 Operator Page -> Scan Mode

SRX IVU 21 scan mode CSS page.

Tiled Notes

While in a bluesky session, it is possible to continue using db and it’s associated commands. This will still use tiled as the backend and allow for a familiar interface using db. For tiled specific usage, the bluesky startup scripts define c as a catalog of scans. This can be accessed from the bluesky session.

If logging in from a separate session, the catalog will need to be initialized. For completeness, all steps are shown here.

[akiss@xf05id2-ws2 ~]$ conda activate 2024-1.0-py310-tiled
(2024-1.0-py310-tiled) [akiss@xf05id2-ws2 ~]$ ipython
In [1]: from tiled.client import from_profile
In [2]: c = from_profile("srx")["raw"]

Similar to databroker API, a scan can be accessed using a scan ID

bs_run = c[12345]
bs_run
<BlueskyRun {'primary'} scan_id=12345 uid='e8b02669' 2018-03-04 15:15>

The start/stop documents can be displayed using

bs_run.start
bs_run.stop

This BlueskyRun object behaves like a dictionary. To access the data, start adding keys. This display all keys, use

bs_run["primary"]["data"].keys()[:]

The data can then be extracted using

d = bs_run["primary"]["data"]["fluor"][:]

Fly-scanning XAS Commands

Run a fly spectroscopy scan. num_scans is optional. scan_type can be set to uni or bi to determine if the scan will only in one direction or both.:

RE(fly_multiple_passes(e_start, e_stop, e_width, dwell, num_pts,
                       num_scans=1, scan_type='uni'))

Export scan data.:

export_flyer_id_mono_data(uid_or_scanid)

Recover the bluesky environment from an aborted scan.:

RE(flying_xas_reset())

Debugging

If there is a problem with the scan and it is stopped or aborted, bluesky might not recover properly. A function has been put together to try to recover nicely, where it aborts any scans, disables the IVU control, unstages the flyer, and resets the scaler. If this does not recover the bluesky environment, then bluesky will need to be quit and restarted. The function to recover the environment is

RE(flying_xas_reset())

If the HDCM Bragg or C2X motors are not moving, it is good to check if the IVU scan mode is enabled. If the scan mode is enabled and a move is tried from CSS or bluesky, the motor can be put into an alarm state with a following error. On one of the motor pages, such as the SRX Align page, you can see a red box around the motor in alarm. To confirm a following error, you can go from
5ID Main -> HDCM -> <motor> More -> PMAC Axis Status

SRX HDCM Bragg axis page.

To reset the amplifier fault, go to the asyn page to send commands to the motor controller.
5ID Main -> HDCM -> <motor> More -> Asyn -> More -> Asyn Octet Interface I/O

SRX HDCM Bragg asyn page.

Check that the IVU control is disabled. Type the following command on the motor’s asyn page and hit Enter:

ena plc 6

After executing the command, the alarm will clear after moving the motor.

Beamline Setup

These tasks are typically done once a cycle.

Todo

• Beamline alignment

• Setting up the Merlin

• Setting up the Dexela

• Setting up the Xspress3

Preparing for a new cycle

This is a comprehensive list of things to consider before the start of a cycle.

• Close all system safety work permits.

• Check cryocooler pressure and load.

• Check all vacuum, temperature, water systems.

• Check and top-off the PPS burn-through.

• Confirm the RGA in the A-hutch is connected and scanning.

• Perform a Radiation Safety Component Checklist.

• Post a valid SAF and ESR.

• Test and deploy the latest bluesky environment.

Aligning the Beamline

Historically, the beamline and storage ring take about a day to stabilize. Therefore, on day 1 of operations, it makes sense to open the front-end shutter and get light through the monochromator. Since components will drift, optimization should take place on day 2 and after a local bump is performed.

1. Previous motor positions should be captured at the end of each cycle. As a precaution, capture the current motor positions.

2. Check front-end (FE) slits, white-beam (WB) slits, and mirror (HFM) position.

   • Open the gap of the undulator to 18 000 μm. Insert the camera in the HFM tank.

   • Open the FE shutter. Open the WB slits all the way (4 mm x 4 mm). Turn off mirror pitch feedback and reset the voltage to 30 V. Remove the HFM by dropping the pitch to 0.0 mrad and translating in the positive direction by 3 mm.

   • Tweak the FE slits so the slits are just protecting the mask.

   • Tweak the WB slits so the slits are centered. Return the WB slit gaps to their previous values (0.5 mm V x 2.0 mm H).

   • Bring the HFM back in. Center the mirror on the incoming beam and confirm the mirror is parallel to the beam. Pitch to the nominal 2.5 mrad. Enable the mirror pitch feedback.

   • Close the FE shutter and retract the camera.

3. Align the monochromator to allow light through.

   • With the FE shutter closed, insert the BPM 1 camera (this can be slow).

   • In bluesky, set the energy to the last used value. If starting from scratch, choose a higher energy such as 12 keV. By using bluesky, this will set the undulator gap, and monochomator positions to a reasonably close value.

   • Open the pink-beam (PB) slits to a 4.0 mm gap to make sure they are fully open.

   • Open the FE shutter and hopefully light will come through onto the camera.

   • If not, set the exposure time on the camera to something large, like 0.1 s. This will help you see the light come through while you scan the motors. There are 4 motors that can be off: Bragg, crystal offset, roll, and pitch. Hopefully, by starting with Bragg you can start to see some light and then optimize by tweaking pitch and roll. Finally, the position of the beam can be translated with the crystal offset.

   • The PB slits can be centered and closed so they are just intercepting the beam.

   • Once the light is through the monochromator, the FE shutter can be closed, the camera removed, and alignment downstream can continue.

4. Tweak monochromator and mirror alignment to center secondary source aperture (SSA).

Focusing the K-B Mirrors

These are the complete instructions for focusing the K-B mirrors. Some steps can be skipped if the optics are already aligned and the goal is to tweak the optics.

1. Check that the local bump is at the nominal values.

2. Open the slits: JJ Slits (2.0 x 2.0 mm), SSA (1.0 x 0.05 mm).

3. Move the K-B mirrors out of the beam. They should return to 0 pitch and translate out of the beam path.

4. Make sure the X-ray beam goes through the system. Check the X-ray eye. The ion chambers should see X-rays. The X-rays should pass through the nanoKB chamber. The X-ray beam should be about 1.5 x 1.2 mm (HxV) on the Merlin detector. Be sure to keep the total counts below 100k.

5. Check that the JJ slits are centered on the X-ray beam. Close down the JJ slits to 0.3 x 0.6 mm (HxV).

6. Move in and roughly align the K-B mirrors:

   • Start with the fine pitch motors for both K-B mirrors at 15 μm (the middle of their range).

   • Move in the vertical mirror. Check that the mirror is flat and set to zero. Move to the middle of the X-ray beam.

   • Move in the horizontal mirror. Check that the mirror is flat and set to zero. Move to middle of the X-ray beam.

   • Pitch the vertical mirror to 3 mrad. Translate the mirror down by 0.63 mm.

   • Pitch the horizontal mirror to 3 mrad. Translate the mirror outboard by 0.15 mm.

   • Check that the focused beam can be seen by the Merlin and the VLM is not blocking the focused beam. VLM positions January 2022 (X, Y, Z) = (0.332, -3.730, 0.196)

7. Put in the diving board. Look for the fiducial marker patterns (Pt/Cr, 50 nm) with 5 μm wide horizontal and vertical features on the very edge.

8. Use the VLM and fluorescence signal to roughly align the X-ray position cross-hair.

9. Start with the vertical focus alignment:

   • Run a knife-edge scan across a line to get an initial beam size. RE(nano_knife_edge(nano_stage.sy, -10, 10, 0.2, 0.1))

   • If the beam size is greater than 1 μm, move the coarse Z by 500 μm and look for a smaller beam size. Be aware line features will move horizontally when changing coarse Z.

   • Repeat until the beam size is smaller than 1 μm.

   • Run the slit-scan script. Here we as scanning the sample from -8 to 8 μm to move across the Pt line. The JJ slits are set to a gap of 0.1 mm and scanned a total of 1 mm centered around the beam center. Some of the knife-edge scans will not hit the mirror, so these scans will need to be excluded from the final analysis. RE(focusKB('ver'))

   • The slit-scan script will perform a calculation with orthogonality=False and ignoring the first and last scans. If further adjustment is needed, you can manually run the slit_nanoflyscan_cal function.

   • The script will show a plot of the Pt line center and report some values. In particular, pay attention to the defocus amount. Move the sample by the defocus amount using the coarse Z stage.

   • Run another knife-edge scan to make sure the focus improved.

   • Run the slit-scan script and calculation again. Hopefully upon calculation, the defocus amount is small (< 100 μm) and the curve is relatively flat. In that case, change the orthogonality flag to True and run the calculation again. Otherwise, repeat until the defocus amount is small.

   • With orthogonality True, the fine vertical pitch is adjusted. Move the fine pitch actuator for the vertical pitch. Move the coarse Z stage as well.

   • Run a knife-edge scan to check the focus improved.

   • Repeat the slit-scan and knife-edge scans with orthogonality True until the focus is acceptable.

10. Focus the horizontal K-B mirror

    Warning

    For horizontal mirror alignment, only horizontal mirror pitch should be moved to prevent astigmatism in the two focal planes.

    • Find a line for scanning and run a knife-edge scan to get the initial beam size.

    • Run the slit-scan to scan the JJ slits across the mirror. RE(focusKB('hor'))

    • Perform the slit-scan calculations with orthogonality=False

    • The calculation will output an amount to move the horizontal K-B mirror in mrad. To translate this to a linear distance for the fine actuator, multiply by 100 mm. Move the horizontal fine pitch actuator by this amount.

    • Similar to the vertical mirror, run a knife-edge scan to make sure the actuator was moved the correct direction and measure the new focus.

    • Repeat the slit-scans until the focus is acceptable.

    • Check the horizontal focus as a function of SSA width.

Calibrating the monochromator

Calibrating the monochromator is done by collecting XANES spectra across several element absorption edges. A least-squares fitting routine will then calculate the HDCM parameters for the calibration

1. Collect XANES scans at 3-5 different energies. For the best fit, a wide range of energies is best. Typically, scans are performed using V, Cr, Fe, Cu, Se, Zr foils. It is a good idea to record the C1 Roll and C2 Pitch values for each energy. These can be used for a lookup table to improve the peakup function.:

   Bluesky@SRX [1] X = getbindingE('Fe')
   Bluesky@SRX [2] %mov energy X
   Bluesky@SRX [3] RE(peakup_fine())
   Bluesky@SRX [4] RE(xanes_plan([X-50, X+50], [1], 1.0))
   

2. Define a dictionary in bluesky with element symbols mapped to scan IDs.:

   Bluesky@SRX [5] scanlogDic = {'V' : 1000,
                                 'Cr': 1001,
                                 'Fe': 1002,
                                 'Cu': 1003,
                                 'Se': 1004,
                                 'Zr': 1005}
   

3. Run the braggcalib() function with the dictionary as input. The function will go through each scan and display a plot marking where the edge was found. Finally, this will output the new HDCM parameters.:

   Bluesky@SRX [6] braggcalib(scanlogDic=scanlogDic, use_xrf=True)
   

4. Update the values in the bluesky profile (10-machine.py). Save and restart bluesky.

Beamline Maintenance

Todo

• Calibrating the Xspress3

• Power loss preparation and recovery

Cryocooler

The manual for the cryocooler can be found here.

Todo

• Upload cryocooler manual

Warming the cryocooler

1. Connect a turbo-pump station to the monochromator tank. Pump the turbo so that it reads a pressure in the 10^-8 Torr range.

2. Close the beamline gate valves to isolate the monochromator.

3. Open the manual valve between the monochromator and turbo-pump.

4. Turn off the ion pump. This should automatically put the cryocooler in “Stop” mode.

5. The cryocooler will warm up over several days.

Cooling the cryocooler

1. Verify the monochromator cold cathode gauge is on and the cryocooler is not inhibitted. This typically means a pressure reading better than 10^-7 Torr.

2. Purge the system according to the cryocooler manual, section 3.3.1, on page 28. Note: V10 and V11 are variable values, 0% = Close, 100% = Open.

   • Verify N₂ gas source is at a pressure between 1.5 and 3.0 bar.

   • Verify the monochromator ion pump and cold cathode gauge are on.

   • Close all the valves.

   • Open V9, V10, V20, and V21 fully. Purge for 30 min.

   • Close V9 and open V11. Purge for 15 min.

   • Close V11. Open V17 and purge for 15 min.

   • Close all the valves.

3. Following the cryocooler manual, section 4.2.1.1, fill the sub-cooler to 15% and fill the heater vessel to 20%.

   • Verify the liquid N₂ source valve is open.

   • Open V19 to start filling the sub-cooler.

   • Close V19 when the sub-cooler reaches 15%.

   • Open heater vessel valve to start filling the heater vessel.

   • Close heater vessel valve when level reaches 20%.

4. Follow the automatic cool down proceedure from the manual, section 4.3.

   • Verify the liquid N₂ source valve is open.

   • From the cryocooler CSS page, click “Cool Down”.

   • Once full, in CSS click on the “A” to enable automatic filling of the cryocooler.

Controls

IOC Monitoring

The manage-iocs tool can be used to monitor the IOC status. SSH into the server that hosts the IOC (e.g. xf05idd-ioc1) and run:

• List all IOCs

  $ manage-iocs report
  

• Show IOC status

  $ manage-iocs status
  

• Start IOC, softioc-example. The name of the IOC can be found using manage-iocs. Do not include the “softioc-” in the name.

  $ dzdo manage-iocs start exampleIOC
  

• Stop IOC, softioc-example. The name of the IOC can be found using manage-iocs. Do not include the “softioc-” in the name.

  $ dzdo manage-iocs stop exampleIOC
  

• You can also telnet into the IOC using

  $ manage-iocs attach exampleIOC
  $ telnet localhost port
  

• To exit the telnet, type Ctrl+] and then q.

Motion Controls

Todo

• Insert table with: Motor controller, IOC, Motor, PV, Bluesky object

• Rearrange table to be motor, bluesky, IOC, controller, PV?

• List of all IOCs on each server

xf05ida-ioc1 motors

Motor Controller	IOC	Motor	PV	Bluesky Object
mc01	softioc-mc01	testmotor	XF:	bs.motor

xf05idd-ioc1 motors

Motor Controller	IOC	Motor	PV	Bluesky Object
mc01	softioc-mc01	testmotor	XF:	bs.motor

xf05idd-ioc3 motors

Motor	Bluesky Object	Motor Controller	IOC	PV
nanoKBv angle calc	bs.motor	none	softioc-anglecalc	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:vert-Ax:PC}Mtr
nanoKBh angle calc	bs.motor	none	softioc-anglecalc	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:horz-Ax:PC}Mtr
testmotor	bs.motor	fpsensor1	softioc-fpsensor	XF:05IDD-ES:1{FPS:1-Chan0}Pos-I
testmotor	bs.motor	fpsensor1	softioc-fpsensor	XF:05IDD-ES:1{FPS:1-Chan1}Pos-I
testmotor	bs.motor	fpsensor1	softioc-fpsensor	XF:05IDD-ES:1{FPS:1-Chan2}Pos-I
nanoKBv Fine Pitch	bs.motor	PI E518	softioc-mcd19	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:vert-Ax:PFPI}Mtr
nanoKBh Fine Pitch	bs.motor	PI E518	softioc-mcd19	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:horz-Ax:PFPI}Mtr
nanoKBh Coarse Pitch	bs.motor	PI E712	softioc-mcd20	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:horz-Ax:PC}Mtr
nanoKBv Coarse Pitch	bs.motor	PI E712	softioc-mcd24	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:vert-Ax:PC}Mtr
Sample Coarse Z	nano_stage.z	Smaract	softioc-mcd26	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:Smpl-Ax:sz}Mtr
Sample Coarse X	nano_stage.x	Smaract	softioc-mcd26	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:Smpl-Ax:sx}Mtr
Sample Coarse Y	nano_stage.y	Smaract	softioc-mcd26	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:Smpl-Ax:sy}Mtr
Sample Theta	nano_stage.th	Smaract	softioc-mcd26	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:Smpl-Ax:th}Mtr
Sample Top Z	nano_stage.topx	Smaract	softioc-mcd26	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:Smpl-Ax:zth}Mtr
Sample Top X	nano_stage.topz	Smaract	softioc-mcd26	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:Smpl-Ax:xth}Mtr
Sample Scanner X	nano_stage.sx	nPoint	softioc-nPoint	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:Smpl-Ax:ssx}Mtr
Sample Scanner Y	nano_stage.sy	nPoint	softioc-nPoint	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:Smpl-Ax:ssy}Mtr
Sample Scanner Z	nano_stage.sz	nPoint	softioc-nPoint	XF:05IDD-ES:1{nKB:Smpl-Ax:ssz}Mtr
testmotor	bs.motor	picoscale	softioc-picoscale	XF:
nanoZebra	nanoZebra	none	softioc-zebra	XF:05IDD-ES:1{Dev:Zebra2}

xf05idd-det1

Motor Controller	IOC	Motor	PV	Bluesky Object
mc01	softioc-mc01	testmotor	XF:	bs.motor

xf05idd-det2

Motor Controller	IOC	Motor	PV	Bluesky Object
mc01	softioc-mc01	testmotor	XF:	bs.motor

xf05idd-ioc2

Motor Controller	IOC	Motor	PV	Bluesky Object
mc01	softioc-mc01	testmotor	XF:	bs.motor

EPS

Todo

• Upload wiring diagrams