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Detector

The Eiger area detector, the fluorescence detector, the beamstop, and the beam monitors. PVs verified against the fmx-profile-collection startup files.

FMX's science detector is the Eiger, reading the rotation diffraction; a Mercury multi-element detector reads fluorescence to pick the absorption edge for anomalous data collection.

Asset Family PV What it serves
AreaDetector Camera XF:17IDC-ES:FMX{Det:Eig16M} rotation diffraction (the MX data)
FluorescenceDetector EnergyDispersiveSpectrometer XF:17IDC-ES:FMX{Det:Mer} XRF edge selection (anomalous MX)
BeamStop BeamStop XF:17IDC-ES:FMX{BS:1} blocks the direct beam ahead of the Eiger
BeamPositionMonitor BeamPositionMonitor (loose) XF:17IDA-BI:FMX{BPM:1} beam-position diagnostics
FluxMonitor FluxMonitor XF:17IDC-BI:FMX{Keith:1} beam-intensity photocurrent (I0)

The Eiger

The AreaDetector is an Eiger 16M pixel-array detector (XF:17IDC-ES:FMX{Det:Eig16M}, with a detector cover at XF:17IDC-ES:FMX{Det:FMX-Cover}); it reuses the Camera family (Detector Role), as i03's Eiger does. Its threshold energy, beam centre, and exact model are calibration to confirm (DET-1). The detector frames flow through the LSDC / mxtools data plane (the MXFlyer), referenced by CORA as a Dataset rather than re-modelled.

The fluorescence detector

The FluorescenceDetector is a Mercury multi-element detector (XF:17IDC-ES:FMX{Det:Mer}), an energy-dispersive multi-channel analyzer that reads the XRF spectrum so the operator can pick the absorption edge for SAD / MAD anomalous phasing. It reuses the catalog EnergyDispersiveSpectrometer family (a small modelling step beyond i03, which deferred its fluorescence detector); element count and ROI map are pending (DET-1).

Beam monitors

The BeamStop reuses BeamStop. The BeamPositionMonitor binds the loose BeamPositionMonitor family (the Prosilica BPM cameras and the sector XBPM SR:C17-BI{XBPM:2} for photon local feedback; held, DIAG-1). The FluxMonitor is a Keithley picoammeter reading the I0 photocurrent, reusing FluxMonitor.