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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).