Current Users Help

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Users' Data Folder

Today your data are located in :

 /data_cys/User/E8834/2009-11-21 

• in this folder you'll find 5 sub-folders which are

1. Collect (set of data, consecutive frames)
2. Screen (snapshot, to test crystals, basically one pattern at a time)
3. Scan (when performing a fluorescence scan around a specific edge)
4. Process (where you can process all data from the computer val)
5. Log (for dcs software, and is useless for you)

• You can access this directory through any of three computers at beam line.

Note: When you do screening and data collection, please make sure you are under your data folder

• If you can't understand what's on the Terminal running DCS : >>

click on the terminal task bar and then on reset and clear"

Start Data Processing Software

 dcs-start-test 2009-11-21

 Select the option 2 and type enter You are the first user today so no need to choose

Then wait for about 30 seconds (required for the client to connect to all servers, at this point you should see current values in all windows)

OR type

 restart

 Select the option 2 and type enter You are the first user today so no need to choose

in your folder

Shut Down the Data Processing Software

In the Hutch tab click on exit and in the terminal where DCS was started type

 stop-server

If all terminal and the DCS gui are closed: make sure that the data collection is finished on VAL. If the data collection is finished open a terminal on CYS, at the prompt type:

>stop-server.

All related functions will be closed and you can now start a new DCS session as described above.

Beam Position

Beam Position is approx 135.8 135.5 (depending on the detector to sample distance)

Contact your local contact

• Jean Jakoncic
  

Phone: 631-344-3930 (office)
Cell: 631-681-1393

• Vivian Stojanoff
  

phone: 8375 (office), (from beamline phone) *2928609

home: 744 0611; cell phone : 680 0186

from any other phone add area code 631

• Kun Qian
  

Phone: 631-344-8089 (office)
Cell: 631-703-5019

Make Sure

That when restarting the program your ZOOM is set to 3 ("3" should be highlighted)

During screening leave "Auto Beam Sense" OFF

Adxv Problems (high resolution screen only)

if diffraction doesn't show up in the collect tab : exit from adxv (in the Adxv Control window : File > Exit) and in a new console restart it : adxv -autoload the diffraction image will appear in a separate window and always update.

The other option is to restart DCS. go to your current folder if not already there and type restart, DCS will quit and start and click on Collect tab, if the window is white you are good to go, otherwise try again to restart DCS, and hit Collect tab etc ....

Useful Links

1. Hutch Interlock
2. X6A Experiment Camera
3. Prepare Automouter crystal Spreadsheet
4. Load spreadsheet and Add Runs
5. Run Automounter Experiment
6. User Data Back Up

• Scan reference table