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CXI has two in-vacuum 2.3M CSPAD pixel-array detectors.  Each detector is stationed downstream of one of CXI's three interaction points and can be read-out individually, together, or independently – allowing CXI the capability to operate two experiments simultaneously using a single X-Ray beam.  When running two experiments during the same shift, the upstream experiment uses the DS1 CSPAD in the primary DAQ from cxi-daq, while the downstream parasitic experiment will use the DS2 CSPAD in the secondary DAQ from cxi-monitor.

The names DS1 and DS2 refer to the vacuum chambers that contain the CSPAD detectors.  The chambers also contain a handful of motorized beamline components such as pulse pickers, beamstops, vacuum gauges, and alignment stages.  Taking a look at the EPICS PV descriptions of the detector chamber motors, we can get an idea of what else is inside them.

Obtaining the descriptions of the DS1 motors using caget,

cxi-control:~> echo -e "Motor PV\t\t\tDescription:"; caget CXI:DS1:MMS:{01..14}.DESC
Motor PV                       Description:
CXI:DS1:MMS:01.DESC            vee_slide (m5) X US North
CXI:DS1:MMS:02.DESC            vee_lift (m4) Y US North
CXI:DS1:MMS:03.DESC            flat_lift (m3) Y US South
CXI:DS1:MMS:04.DESC            cone_slide (m2) X DS
CXI:DS1:MMS:05.DESC            cone_lift (m1) Y DS
CXI:DS1:MMS:06.DESC            In-Vacuum LS-180
CXI:DS1:MMS:07.DESC            Be lenses X
CXI:DS1:MMS:08.DESC            Be Lenses Y (not locked out)
CXI:DS1:MMS:09.DESC            ATT X
CXI:DS1:MMS:10.DESC            ATT Y
CXI:DS1:MMS:11.DESC            ATT Z
CXI:DS1:MMS:12.DESC            PP X Stepper Motor
CXI:DS1:MMS:13.DESC            PP Y Stepper Motor
CXI:DS1:MMS:14.DESC            Pulse Picker Motor

and DS2,

cxi-control:~> echo -e "Motor PV\t\t\tDescription:"; caget CXI:DS2:MMS:{01..07}.DESC
Motor PV                       Description:
CXI:DS2:MMS:01.DESC            X US North Lift
CXI:DS2:MMS:02.DESC            Y US North Lift
CXI:DS2:MMS:03.DESC            Y US South Lift
CXI:DS2:MMS:04.DESC            X DS Lift
CXI:DS2:MMS:05.DESC            Y DS Lift
CXI:DS2:MMS:06.DESC            In-Vacuum LS-180
CXI:DS2:MMS:07.DESC            Beamstop Y

we find the motors are for alignment stages, X-Ray focusing optics, a pulse picker, attenuator and more.  

EDM control GUIs for the detector chamber motors can be pulled up using the CXI Home Screen and clicking the "DS1" or "DS2" motor status circles as they appear under detector stand locations on the beamline map (top left of images).  Note that the motor control screens for the detector chamber motors are password protected and beamline staff have sworn a sacred oath to never speak the password to anyone ever.  If an HXR staff member reveals the password to you, please report them to Sebastien Boutet so he may take punitive action.  

DS1 and DS2 have companion mobile equipment racks, named D50 and D51 respectively.  The racks are nearly identical twins and each contain power supplies and readout electronics for detectors, a Digi, a 4-channel stepper motor controller and an EPICS IOC server.  A rack profile listing of the mobile racks' devices is shown below.  The mobile racks handle controls and feedback for detector power and diagnostics, some stepper motor control, and serve as an interface for detector data and timing input/output. 

Mobile Detector Rack Profile 
CSPAD ConcentratorHandles CSPAD data readout
Detector PDUConsolidates power from MPOD with other analog control and timing signals to detector input
MPODEPICS controllable High/Low voltage power supply for detectors
EPICS IOC ServerIOC for motors, encoders and power supplies running from the mobile rack
Digi Serial Port ServerSerial communication input/output terminal
Dumb Motor ControllerFor in-vacuum LS-180 CSPAD Z-stage
120V AC Power SupplyPower supply for mobile rack electronics
Motor Power SupplyPower supply for dumb motors

When a detector chamber changes locations, such as when DS2 moves from DSD to DSA, the mobile racks are powered down, IOCs disabled, and the detector chamber's external electronics are unplugged.  When it is mounted at its new location, the cables need to be reconnected and the mobile rack will need to be set up again and their IOCs restarted.  The CXI Home Screen will also need to be edited to draw the control buttons under the correct location. 

Shutting Down the Mobile Racks:

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psproc is a useful command for listing which IOCs are running on a host.

cxi-control:~> psproc ioc-cxi-protura1
PID   USER      SIOC                      COMMAND   HOSTNAME            PORT
3867  cxiioc    caRepeater                procServ  ioc-cxi-protura1    30000
4018  cxiioc    ioc-cxi-mmc-tst           procServ  ioc-cxi-protura1    34431
4020  cxiioc    ioc-cxi-ds1-ims           procServ  ioc-cxi-protura1    32520
4022  cxiioc    ioc-cxi-ds1-stand-ims     procServ  ioc-cxi-protura1    32519
4219  cxiioc    ioc-cxi-mpod-d51          procServ  ioc-cxi-protura1    30301
4379  cxiioc    ioc-cxi-d51               procServ  ioc-cxi-protura1    30101
4485  cxiioc    ioc-cxi-agilent           procServ  ioc-cxi-protura1    33632
4487  cxiioc    ioc-cxi-protura           procServ  ioc-cxi-protura1    30060

Use the force.

Setting Up the Mobile Racks: 

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