Ace configuration¶
ACE is an electronic module NIM, two units wide, dedicated to provide all signal and power for an Avalanche photo-diode in X-ray counting. This module includes an easy user interface in local and remote control mode. The unit is based on a micro controller Hitachi and a programmable counter implemented in a Complex Programmable Logic Device from Xilinx. Computer control will communicate to the module through one of the two available serial line ports (RS232 and RS422) or by a parallel GPIB port. The local user interface will be providing by a graphic LCD display with touch panel facility.
The BLISS Ace controller provides (bliss.controllers.sca.ace):
3 SoftAxis (pseudo-axes):
-
low-level threshold of discriminator (tag:
low) -
window width (high - low) level threshold (tag:
win) -
head high voltage setpoint (tag:
hhv)
4 Counters:
-
pulse counter (tag:
counts) -
head temperature (tag:
htemp) -
head current (tag:
hvcurr) -
high voltage monitor (tag:
hvmon)
Example configuration¶
- class: Ace
module: sca.ace
plugin: bliss
name: ace
timeout: 10
#serial:
# url: ser2net://lid00limace:28000/dev/ttyS0
gpib:
url: tango_gpib_device_server://id10/gpib_40/0
pad: 9
axes:
- axis_name: apdthl
tag: low
- axis_name: apdwin
tag: win
- axis_name: apdhv
tag: hhv
counters:
- counter_name: apdcnt
tag: counts
mode: LAST
- counter_name: apdtemp
tag: htemp
unit: °C
mode: SINGLE
- counter_name: hvcur
tag: hvcur
unit: uA
mode: SINGLE
- counter_name: ace_cnt_hvmon
tag: hvmon
unit: V
mode: SINGLE
Usage¶
Out [16]: ACE card: acedet, ACE 01.04a
GPIB type=TANGO_DEVICE_SERVER url='tango_gpib_device_server://id10/gpib_40/0'
primary address='9' secondary address='0' tmo='13' timeout(s)='10' eol='
'
HEAD MAX CURRENT: 11 mA (range [0, 25])
HEAD MAX TEMPERATURE: 40 °C (range=[0, 50])
HEAD CURRENT TEMPERATURE: 26.1 °C
HEAD BIAS VOLTAGE SETPOINT: 420 V (ON) (range=[0, 600])
COUNTING SOURCE: SCA
SCA MODE: WIN
SCA LOW: 0.1 V (range=[-0.2, 5])
SCA WIN: 2.6 V (range=[0, 5])
SCA PUSLE SHAPING: 20 ns (range=[5, 10, 20, 30])
GATE IN MODE: NIM
TRIGGER IN MODE: NIM
SYNC OUTPUT MODE: GATE POS
ALARM MODE: HEAD RATE CURR
RATE METER ALARM THRESHOLD: 5e+07 (range=[0, 1e8])
ALARM THRESHOLD: 6 mA (range=[0, 25])
BUFFER OPTIONS: DOUBLE FULL
DATA FORMAT: DWORD DEC WBSWAP
Axes
----
low: apdthl
win: apdwin
hhv: apdhv
Counters
--------
counts: apdcnt
htemp: apdtemp
hvcur: apdcurr
hvmon: apdhvmon
EH1_EXP [5]: ascan(apdthl, 0, 0.1, 10, 1,ace, save=False)
Out [5]: Scan(number=9, name=ascan, path=)
Scan 9 Wed Mar 18 18:57:30 2020 eh1_exp user = opid10
ascan apdthl 0 0.1 10 1
# dt[s] apdthl[V] apdcnt apdcurr[uA] apdhvmon[V] apdtemp[°C]
0 0 0 3.97172e+07 0 421.3 26.1
1 1.06521 0.01 1.70204e+07 0 421.3 26.1
2 2.11069 0.02 5.88341e+06 0 421.3 26.1
3 3.20752 0.03 1.72699e+06 0 421.3 26.1
4 4.27623 0.04 446087 0 421.3 26.1
5 5.32162 0.05 106288 0 421.3 26.1
6 6.36807 0.06 23025 0 421.3 26.1
7 7.43761 0.07 4793 0 421.3 26.1
8 8.50213 0.08 901 0 421.3 26.1
9 9.55439 0.09 174 0 421.3 26.1
10 10.6151 0.1 39 0 421.3 26.1
Took 0:00:13.145863
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