Detectors used in the LCLS instruments

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Table of contents

Waveform detectors:

Acqiris waveform digitizer

Psana code

Pyana code

Point detectors:

IPIMB

Intensity Position and Intensity Monitoring Board

Psana code

Pyana code

Encoder

Psana code

Pyana code

Image detectors:

Opal1000 camera

Psana code

Pyana code

Pulnix camera

Psana code

Pyana code

Princeton Instruments camera

Psana code

Pyana code

FCCD (Fast CCD) camera

Psana code

Pyana code

PnCCD camera

Psana code

Pyana code

from pypdsdata.xtc import TypeId

    def __init__ ( self, addr = "" ):
        self.addr = addr

    def beginjob(self, evt, env):
        config = env.getConfig(TypeId.Type.Id_pnCCDconfig, self.addr )

    def event(self, evt, env):
        frame = evt.get(TypeId.Type.Id_pnCCDframe, self.addr )

CSPad (Cornell-SLAC Pixel Array Detector)

Psana code

Pyana code

from pypdsdata.xtc import TypeId

    def __init__ ( self, addr = "" ):
        self.addr = addr

    def beginjob(self, evt, env):
        config = env.getConfig(TypeId.Type.Id_CspadConfig, self.addr )

    def event(self, evt, env):
        element = evt.get(TypeId.Type.Id_CspadElement, self.addr )

Mini CSPad (Cornell-SLAC Pixel Array Detector)

Psana code

Pyana code

from pypdsdata.xtc import TypeId

    def __init__ ( self, addr = "" ):
        self.addr = addr

    def beginjob(self, evt, env):
        config = env.getConfig(TypeId.Type.Id_CspadConfig, self.addr )

    def event(self, evt, env):
        element = evt.get(TypeId.Type.Id_Cspad2x2Element, self.addr )

Other data types

Control

xtc

Epics

Beam Line Detector (bld)

Lusi (LCLS Ultrafast Science Instruments)

Event receiver (evr)