MCA¶

Information

DEMO [1]: fx8
 Out [1]: MCA:
              object: <class 'bliss.controllers.mca.xia.FalconX'>
              Detector brand : XIA
              Detector type  : FALCONX
              Acquisition mode : MCA
              Spectrum size    : 2048

          ROIS:
              Name      start    end
              ------  -------  -----
              Aula        888   1234
              NoiSe         3    123

          XIA:
              configuration file:
                - default : falconx8_2ch.ini
                - current : falconx8cyril.ini

          FALCONX:
              address: tcp://wid424:8000

spectrum_size / spectrum_range

DEMO [3]: fx8.spectrum_range
 Out [3]: (0, 2047)

DEMO [4]: fx8.spectrum_size
 Out [4]: 2048

detector_brand detector_type (in fact brand and type of electronic ???)

DEMO [19]: fx8.detector_brand
 Out [19]: <Brand.XIA: 2>

DEMO [20]: fx8.detector_type
 Out [20]: <DetectorType.FALCONX: 2>

ROIs counters¶

To see which ROIs are defined:

DEMO [1]: simul_mca.rois
 Out [1]: Name    start  end
          ------  -----  -----
          my_roi  200    800

add/remove a ROI¶

To add a ROI: rois.set(<name>, <start>, <stop>)

<name> (str): name of the ROI (must be unique)
<start> (int): start channel index
<end> (int): end channel index

Example:

DEMO [7]: fx8.rois
 Out [7]: Name      start    end
          ------  -------  -----
          Aula        888   1234
          NoiSe         3    123

DEMO [8]: fx8.rois.set("NiKa", 222, 333)

DEMO [9]: fx8.rois
 Out [9]: Name      start    end
          ------  -------  -----
          Aula        888   1234
          NoiSe         3    123
          NiKa        222    333

DEMO [11]: fx8.rois.remove("NiKa")

DEMO [12]: fx8.rois
 Out [12]: Name      start    end
           ------  -------  -----
           Aula        888   1234
           NoiSe         3    123

Each ROI adds several counters:

DEMO [13]: fx8.counters
 Out [13]: Namespace containing:
           .Aula_det0
           .NoiSe_det0
           [...]
           .Aula_detN
           .NoiSe_detN
           .Aula
           .NoiSe

To add a roi counter in a measurement group, the fullname must be used.

Tip

lscnt() command can be used to easily retrieve the full name of a roi counter.

ROI in config¶

???

Acquisition¶

???

Acquisition modes¶

DEMO [22]: fx8.supported_acquisition_modes
 Out [22]: [<AcquisitionMode.MCA: 1>]

Triggering modes¶

DEMO [24]: fx8.trigger_mode
 Out [24]: <TriggerMode.SOFTWARE: 1>

DEMO [27]: fx8.supported_trigger_modes
 Out [27]: [<TriggerMode.SOFTWARE: 1>,
            <TriggerMode.SYNC: 2>,
            <TriggerMode.GATE: 3>]

To set a trigger mode:

DEMO [3]: fx8.trigger_mode = "GATE"

DEMO [4]: fx8.trigger_mode
 Out [4]: <TriggerMode.GATE: 3>

DEMO [22]: from bliss.controllers.mca import TriggerMode

DEMO [23]: fx8.trigger_mode= TriggerMode.GATE

DEMO [24]: fx8.trigger_mode
  Out [24]: <TriggerMode.GATE: 3>

NB: fx8.trigger_mode = None set trigger mode to "SOFTWARE"

preset modes¶

DEMO [23]: fx8.supported_preset_modes
 Out [23]: [<PresetMode.NONE: 1>,
            <PresetMode.REALTIME: 2>,
            <PresetMode.LIVETIME: 3>,
            <PresetMode.EVENTS: 4>,
            <PresetMode.TRIGGERS: 5>]

DEMO [25]: fx8.preset_value
 Out [25]: 300.0

Acquisition commands¶

start_acquisition()
stop_acquisition()
is_acquiring()
get_acquisition_data()
get_acquisition_statistics()

Saving¶

???

Statistics counters¶

realtime: total time from start to end of the acquisition
trigger_livetime:
energy_livetime:
triggers:
events:
icr: Input Count Rate
ocr: Output Count Rate
deadtime:

Sums¶

Correction¶

plotting¶

via Flint

debug¶

XIA Specific features¶

configuration¶

configuration_directory: PATH to configuration files on windows computer.
current_configuration:
default_configuration: the configuration file defined in YAML config file.

DEMO [6]: fx8.configuration_directory
 Out [6]: 'C:\\\\blissadm\\\\falconx\\\\config\\\\examples'

DEMO [7]: fx8.current_configuration
 Out [7]: 'falconx8cyril.ini'

DEMO [8]: fx8.default_configuration
 Out [8]: 'falconx8_2ch.ini'

available_configurations: to be improved… menu ?

sub-directories ?

DEMO [13]: fx8.available_configurations
 Out [13]: ['Cubo_HighRate_20keV_092016.ini', 'falconx4.ini', 'falconx8.ini',
            'falconx8cyril.ini', 'falconx8cyrilPP.ini', 'falconx8_2ch.ini',
            'falconx8_2ch_test.ini', 'falconx8_ch0_MirionXPIPS_Ketek_D2R2.ini',
            'fx82.ini', 'perceval.ini']

load_configuration:

DEMO [12]: fx8.load_configuration("falconx8cyril.ini")
DEMO [13]:

reload_configuration(): Force a reload of the current configuration.
reload_default(): Load .default_configuration

Mercury specific features¶

set_hardware_scas

reset_hardware_scas get_hardware_scas

XMAP¶

FalconX¶

DEMO [9]: fx8.url
 Out [9]: 'tcp://wid424:8000'

refresh_rate:

DEMO [1]: fx8.refresh_rate
 Out [1]: 0.1