Bring Up the Beamline Cameras

camViewer

  • Type > camViewer in a terminal
  • It opens the dg1_yag camera by default
  • The drop-off menu gives a list of cameras. The ones starting cxi are most relevant. However, we do occasionally need to bring up other beamline cameras for FEL diagnostics, e.g., the upper stream xcs_yag3m camera. 
  • > camViewer -c cameraName brings up a specific camera with the name
  • > camViewer -c cameraName -m brings up the EDM control panel for manual controls
  • > camViewer -c cameraName -r resets the camera IOC

cxi_dg1_yag

  • This is at the beginning of the hutch, the YAG/camera is after the DG1 slits
    • Looking at this camera for DG1 slits
  • The YAG/camera is after the pre-focus lens
    • Looking at this camera for centering the pre-focus lens to the DG1 slits
  • Everything is aligned to DG1 slits
    • Align all other apertures, including the slits and lenses to the DG1 slits
    • If the FEL is off, pointing it with HOMS mirror or ACR undulator
      • Use undulators to adjust the vertical pointing
      • Use HOMS mirror to adjust the horizontal pointing
    • Never change the position of DG1 but sometimes the width
      • Don’t home the motors
      • Don’t change the centers

cxi_dg2_yag

  • The YAG/camera is after the KB1 up and down slits, and DG2 slits 
    • Looking at this camera for centering these slits to the DG1 slits
  • The YAG/camera is after the DG2 lens
    • Looking at this camera for centering the DG2 lens to the DG1 slits

timetoolCam

  • The time tool sample paddle is in the DSB chamber
  • Use this camera to see the stack of time tool targets

cxi_sc1_inline 

  • The sc1_inline holely mirror is in the SC1 chamber, which couples the light out of the chamber and imaged by the Questar tele-lens
  • Looking at this camera for centering the DSB slits and the SC1 piezo slits to the DG1 slits
  • It is used to look at the interaction point (IP)/gas cell & pinhole, and the frosted YAG attached to the gas cell
    • The YAG is used for checking the laser and X-ray spatial overlap 

cxi_sc3_inline_opal 

  • The sc3_inline holely mirror is in the SC3/SSC chamber,  which couples the light out of the chamber and imaged by the Questar tele-lens
  • It projects the image of X-ray beam after the gas cell 
    • Use this camera to align the gas cell x & y, pitch & yaw using the unfocused X-ray beam
    • Use this camera to align the pinhole x & y using the unfocused X-ray beam
  • We have replaced the slow OPAL with a Manta GigE, maybe we should change the name and camera info in the camViewer -c cxi_sc3_inline_opal -m too. 

cxi_dg3_yag

  • Not in use yet

Camera Orientation

  • cxi_dg1_yag: 270 deg
  • cxi_dg2_yag: None
  • cxi_sc1_inline: None
  • TimetoolCam: None
  • sc1navitar: 180 deg
  • cxi_sc3_inline: 180 deg