Current features and future plans

Current featues

At the moment, the scanning tool has the following features:

  • User friendly GUI

  • Collect data from detectors simultaneously (currently from three detectors ICs, KETEK and FICUS)

  • Ability to calibrate the DCM energy based on the choosen metal foil

  • Moves the DCM energy in eV or K units

  • Runs as “unattended scanning mode”

  • The tool is smart enough to pause in case of problems (e.g. current goes below certain limits, shutter is closed, problem in the vacuum, …etc )

  • Runs as “unattended scanning mode”

  • Enable data writing in xdi files

  • Online data visualization

  • Online / offline logging

  • Automatic data transfer to data center (after each scan)

  • Input data validation

  • Public documentation targeting end-users (how-to)

Scanning tool | future plan

  • Finalize automatic proposal and user metadata extraction from users DB

  • Store the data in HDF5 dxFile format

  • Develop a tool to convert HDF5 dxFile to xdi files

  • Apply on-fly scanning mode (fast scan)