The BCDA group has limited but growing SPEC expertise. However the APS does have a limited site licence with Certified Scientific Software.
Our cousins at the ESRF have many useful SPEC related items on their web site.
SPEC is a trademark of Certified Scientific Software.
| Packge |
Description |
Help |
Dependency |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| aalength.mac |
functions that are widely used in other packages. | None |
Tool |
|
| ccdscan_new.mac ccdscan_4.0.mac |
control Brian
Tieman's CCD
Image
Server(V2.5 or later), trigger
the area detector and save images at each scan point. For Image Server V4.0. |
ccdscan
|
aalength.mac uspec_column.mac |
Scan/Detector |
| ccdscan_mar.mac |
control MAR ccd through Mark
river's EPICS ccd interface. |
ccdscan | aalength.mac uspec_column.mac |
Scan/Detector |
| ccdscan_old.mac |
control Brian Tieman's CCD Image Server(earlier than V2.5), trigger the area detector and save images at each scan point. | ccdscan |
aalength.mac uspec_column.mac |
Scan/Detector |
| checkbeam.mac |
protects scans against storage ring trips. | None |
Miscellaneous |
|
| epics_mca.mac |
capable of scanning multiple Multi Channel Analyzers and saving selected ROIs to SPEC file. | epics_mca |
aalength.mac uspec_column.mac synApps DXP/MCA module |
Scan/Detector |
| hkl_ioc.mac |
macros to send the HKL value to a soft IOC. |
specioc |
specioc |
Interface |
| lp.mac |
prints outputs
from any spec
command to a printer. |
None |
Miscellaneous |
|
| mythen_strip.mac |
SLS MYTHEN detector support (low
level control via epics interface) |
similar to epicss mca |
aalength.mac uspec_column.mac |
Scan/Detector |
| plcounter.mac |
combines counters
and plotselect
to one command. |
See macro header |
None |
Miscellaneous |
| record_params.mac | to save spec scan peak fit
parameters to text file during |
Tool |
||
| showmotors.mac |
macros to group
motors and
display the grouped motor positions easily. |
aalength.mac | Tool |
|
| stripdet.mac |
NSLS strip detector
(HERMES-based) support |
similar to epicss mca | aalength.mac uspec_column.mac |
Scan/Detector |
| table.mac |
macros for moving and scanning EPICS optical table record ( even motors not configured in spec). | table |
None |
Scan/PV |
| temperature.mac |
implementation of spec
tempearature related macros (te measuretemp etc) for Lakeshore 330 /340 and Eurotherm 2000 controllers based on EPICS support. |
aalength.mac uspec_column.mac |
Scan/PV/control |
|
| trajectory.mac | uses the EPICS trajectory scan
support for Newport NM4005/XPS controller |
trajectory | None |
Scan/EPICS |
| uspec_column.mac |
adds/removes user defined columns to scan data. | uspec_column
|
None |
Tool |
| undulators.mac |
general APS type undulator
support. |
None |
Scan |
| Package |
Description |
Help |
Beamline/CAT |
Dependency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| undulators.mac |
macros for scanning the undulator. |
|
XOR/4ID
|
|
| temperature.mac |
temperature
control/scan macros. |
XOR/4ID |
||
| ccd_xpcsscan.mac(Image
Server
V4.0 or later) series_params_8idi.4.0 beamparams_8idi.4.0.mac ccdserver.mac (Image Server V2.5 ) ccdserver.mac (Image Server Older Version) series_params.mac |
CCD control macros
for XPCS at 8idi. |
XOR/8ID |
||
| mythen_ixs.mac |
calculate IXS
spectrum from the MYTHEN detector spectral
from energy scans for 9ID's spectrometer
configuration |
need mythen_strip.mac | XOR/9ID |
|
| dafs_pnc.mac |
macros that carry
out enery scan
for both kinematic and dynamic DAFS measurements |
PNC/XOR |
||
| PI865.mac |
control for the PI865 controller
(not EPICS based) |
NanoProbe/26 |
||
| Two_monos.mac |
switch the mono between the
kohzu and PSL |
UNI/33ID |
||
| merix.mac |
calculate the IXS(inelastic
x-ray scattering)spectrum from the strip-detector during an
energy scan. |
need stripdet.mac | XOR/30ID |
|
| energy_epics_DCM.mac |
UNICAT 33-BM-C double crystal
monochromator and mirrors control macros |
UNI/33BM |
Other spec utilities
A nice document written by Donald
Walko at Sector 7 that shows how to use spec macro hardware
for EPICS PVs.
Other sites at APS:
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Please email any bug reports and comments to Pete Jemian.