ALF

This page collects information that will be useful for the implementation of the new control system on ALF.

Background & Timeline

The ​ALF web page describes the background to the instrument.

GUI

ALF will use the IBEX control system.

ALF Equipment

The equipment listed below is used on ALF. Please add new information (e.g. new items of equipment, new notes, information about drivers, etc. to this table).

Manufacturer

Model

Type

Connection

Driver

Notes

ISIS

DAE 2

Detector Electronics

Ethernet

#218

see DAE note

Galil

DMC2280

Motion Controller

Ethernet

EPICS

see Galil note

JAWS

#179, #180

see Jaws note

unknown

6-axis

Goniometer

see Goniometer note

Note: DAE

Location: Screened Room
DAE-2

Note: Galil

Model: DMC2280.
Photograph of ALF Galil Crate.
Note that GALIL_02 had trouble communicating asynchronously so Freddie switched it to synchronous (done by making the third argument of GalilCreateController("Galil", "$(GALILADDR02)", 20) negative in galil2.cmd).

Note: Jaws

Location: various
Driven by Galils.
Photograph of ALF Slits/Jaws.

Note: Goniometer

Model: 6-axis Goniometer, unknown model & manufacturer.
Driven by Galils.
See ALF Goniometer Axes for details of how the Goniometer is set up and configured.
Photographs of ALF Goniometer (1) and ALF Goniometer (2).