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What CORA needs the TomoWISE team to confirm before the model can be trusted.

TomoWISE is in the design phase, so this page is long by design: almost every value in the Inventory is a TDR design specification, not a commissioned measurement. Each row below is a fact the beamline team or the TDR owns, not a CORA modelling choice. It is a delete-on-answer queue: when an item is answered, the answer lands in the descriptor and the row is removed (with the reason in the commit). Priorities are Blocks-build (needed before the model is built for real), Blocks-go-live (needed before first users), and Nice-to-have.

Control and safety

ID Priority Question CORA assumes Resolves
CTRL-1 Blocks-build What are the Tango/Sardana device and attribute names for each device? Control handles are unassigned; CORA leaves the device handle empty (no EPICS PV). Wiring each Asset to a real control handle.
PSS-1 Blocks-build What are the PSS permit signals and access-interlock names for the optics and experiment hutches? Both hutches exist with permit signals to be named. The Enclosure permit signals.

Sources and optics

ID Priority Question CORA assumes Resolves
OPT-1 Nice-to-have Which MLM coating is selected? The TDR text lists W/SiC or W/B4C; Table 8.3 lists W/Si. The MLM is one Monochromator Asset; coating is a setting. The MLM coating setting.
LAYOUT-1 Nice-to-have What is the single z-coordinate reference for the layout? The TDR mixes "from the CPMU14 source" (front end) and "from the straight-section centre" (optics and downstream), about 505 mm apart. z values are carried as approximate from-source and flagged confirm. Exact device z positions.

Endstations

ID Priority Question CORA assumes Resolves
NANO-1 Blocks-go-live Are the nanotomography sample-manipulator model bindings final? The TDR specifies the six-axis stack in Table 9.5 (tilt, coarse X/Y/Z, continuous rotary, fine Xs/Zs); only the per-axis model procurement remains. The TDR-specified stack, reusing the micro-endstation Families, with a "(target)" model per axis carried unbound. The nanotomography stage Model bindings.
STAGE-1 Blocks-go-live Is the rotary stage the Lab Motion Systems RT100AX, and are its specs final? The "(target)" RT100AX, used as the trigger master clock. The rotary stage Model binding.
STAGE-2 Nice-to-have Is the sample positioning stage the Lab Motion Systems XY150B-12? The "(target)" XY150B-12. The sample positioning Model binding.

Detector

ID Priority Question CORA assumes Resolves
DET-1 Blocks-go-live Which camera models will be procured for cameras I to IV? (Chosen in project year 2.) Four cameras at the stated design-target sensors/speeds; models unbound. The camera Model bindings.
DET-2 Blocks-go-live Confirm the microscope optics model. Each Housing binds the 2-BM candidate optique_peter_micrx080; the TDR names only the vendor (Optique Peter), so confirm this model or name the procured alternative (project year 2). Two microscopes (MicLFOV, MicHR) composed as Microscope Assemblies, Housing model bound to optique_peter_micrx080 pending confirmation. The microscope Model confirmation.
TRIG-1 Blocks-go-live Will the rotary TTL (3600 pulses/rev) feed the camera triggers directly, or is an FPGA conditioner needed? Direct TTL, no conditioner; may evolve once camera trigger requirements are firm. The trigger/sync chain.