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Previous sprints/releases

Version 14.0.1, January 2024

Enhancements since the last release

release v14.0.

Specific questions

  • What do you think is the best thing about IBEX?
  • What would you most like to change about IBEX?
  • Have you been using the script server?
  • Do you pay attention to the flashing alarms or log messages? How can we make these more useful? Are there specific alarms that are always on that we need to sort out?

Older sprint/release demos

Group A Timetable - January 2025

Group and Instruments IBEX Demo Team Date/Time Feedback
Engineering and Imaging
ENGIN-X/IMAT
DK&DM 13/2/25 11:00 The members of IMAT noted that they had an issue when writing a file between two computers. They found a workaround by killing the process in the console. We suggested that they should contact Experimental Controls the next time this issue occurs, to provide greater context and resolve the issue.

Concerns over Windows 11 migrations were raised; however, DK replied that this would not be a concern for another few years.

A request for a link to the latest build of IBEX was made, and DM will email those groups with this information.
Reflectometry
CRISP/INTER/OFFSPEC/POLREF/SURF
JH&JD 12/2/25 13:30 https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/8668 https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/8669
SANS
LARMOR/LOQ/SANS2D/ZOOM
FA&SC 10/2/25 14:00 No major issues reported. Discussed script checking changes, they raised a question about whether instrument (as opposed to user scripts) had or would need changing which Freddie said he would check and subsequently emailed clarification as well as links to demo slides and examples/video on type checking
Crystallography
GEM/HRPD/INES/PEARL/POLARIS/
SXD/WISH
LJ&TW 11/2/25 11:00 Blocks/OPIs taking a long time to reconnect: pointed out refresh PVs button and right-click refresh in OPI. Longstanding issue.

Mentioned they wanted ability to order blocks. Showed scientists how to use the existing options to order groups by size, and how to move blocks within a group live during the demo. This seemed to mostly satisfy the request, they will come back to us if there are further improvements they would like.

Beam status view showing "flat lines" - fixes itself if you swap to 1h and back to 24h. Issue.

SXD would like to use Raman Spectrometer. Same as HRPD's, entirely different from TOSCA's. Raised with KB/GR as this is a bigger task - will get prioritised via usual route involving group leader etc.[#3354]

GEM Biologic potentiostat. May already be supported (variant of a model IBEX already supports). Inst. scientist is going to check whether the existing driver works and report back if not.
Group A Misc
EMMA/CRYOLAB R80
With Engineering and Imaging 13/2/25 11:00 A request for a link to the latest build of IBEX was made, and DM will email those groups with this information.
Muon catch up
All Muon Instruments
KB&GR 31/1/25 14:30 With the ease of editing the tpar files concerns relating to using known good files and reverting to specific versions was raised.
There are some historic tickets, https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/6669 and https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/5081 KB will add these to lists of things to look between now and the next deploy.
EMU and HIFI would both like to start using the HVCAEN system, KB will create a task for this to be looked at in a future shutdown.
Script generator changing things on the fly was also brought up as something that is in a confused state.
https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/6841 is the ticket detailing what KB thought had been added to allow this to happen and has some instructions for using the system within it. Whilst the layout has changed since this ticket, the Run, Pause, and Stop buttons do all still exist. As KB understands the requirement, this is correct, feedback of what should be different has been requested.

Group B Timetable - August 2024 Release

Group and Instruments IBEX Demo Team Date/Time Feedback
Industrial and Business
CHIPIR(not yet on IBEX)
N/A
Muons
ARGUS/CHRONUS/EMU/
HIFI(not yet on IBEX)/MUSR/
MUONFE/RIKENFE
Molecular Spectroscopy
OSIRIS/IRIS/TOSCA/VESUVIO
KB & JD 12/11/2024 15:30 4 members of the science group present. Asked for the link to the training slides (will send when sourced). Potential for potentiostats in the future, but TBC. Using and liking synoptics, apart from when the block and the synoptic values are out of step with each other. Added a re-requested label, and added to the items for the next PI.
Excitations
ALF/LET/MAPS/MARI/MERLIN
LC & ES 15/11/2024 15:00
  • On MAPS and MARI, the refl tab has appeared, though normally disabled. Could it please be disabled
  • They also asked that Script Server and Script Generator tabs could also be hidden from view for simplicity
  • There’s a general consensus that alarms are not terribly useful, people tend to ignore them, they don’t give much more information than they could get -- We have enabled alarm latching, you can acknowledge alarms and they will go away, this might be solution. Perhaps better communication on why we have certain alarms, and if there are alarms which would be more useful for them could be created.
  • There was interest in queuing scripts together, but also desire to disable script server perspective, possibly meaning that there hasn't been clear enough communication on what the Script Server and Generator can do and its usefulness.
Disordered Materials
NIMROD/SANDALS
DK & IG 14/11/2024 09:00
  • Environment monitoring would be really useful, especially with regard to equipment constraints, avoiding/diagnosing equipment veto interlocks. There may be a request from users at a later stage to implement something.
  • On NIMROD it would be nice not to have the pressure alarm when they have to vent for sample changing. Setting a large upper limit could work or disable the alarm permanently. Further discussions are required to firm up requirements and context.
  • ZA would like to attend the next training session.
Group B Misc
SELAB/SOFTMAT/DCLAB/DETMON
LJ & GR 27/11/2024 16:00
  • Zoom in/Zoom out functionality on spectra plots lacks clarity (possibly size of icons or location of them?)
  • #8583.

Group A Timetable - January 2024

Group and Instruments IBEX Demo Team Date/Time Feedback
Engineering and Imaging
ENGIN-X/IMAT
DK, ES Friday 19 April 11:30 JK, RR, WK, SB present
Multiple spectra plots: WK said very useful, JK asked if it could show combined plots
MOXA perspective: all said very useful to see which ports are connected/free
JK asked how to bring up code-completion box in script console window without '.'
PEARL PC disabled tab: JK said could be used in some other OPIs on ENGINX
WK & SB interested in script generator and server. Will wait for further development and training
Reflectometry
CRISP/INTER/OFFSPEC/POLREF/SURF
FA, SC Thursday 13 June, 11:00
SANS
LARMOR/LOQ/SANS2D/ZOOM
KB, IH Friday 19 April 11:30 Link
Crystallography
GEM/HRPD/INES/PEARL/POLARIS/
SXD(not yet on IBEX)/WISH
LJ, DM Friday 17 May 15:30 RS, GP & MG present
RS: Manager mode – Cryostat(?) temperature controller set point currently requires manager mode when changing the set point. RS has stated that Freddie stated this feature could easily be taken out.
MG: Someone from muons has stated that the script generator was making a mistake with copies, either getting numbers wrong or the order wrong
Group A Misc
EMMA
DK, ES Friday 19 April 11:30
With Engineering, Cryolab_R80, SELAB2
No Show
Group A Extras
DETMON
DK, ES Friday 19 April 11:30 No Show

Group B Timetable - August 2023

Group and Instruments IBEX Demo Team Date/Time Feedback
Industrial and Business
CHIPIR(not yet on IBEX)
N/A
Muons
ARGUS/CHRONUS/EMU/
HIFI(not yet on IBEX)/MUSR/
MUONFE/RIKENFE
FA + SC
Molecular Spectroscopy
OSIRIS/IRIS/TOSCA/VESUVIO
LC + WS Mon 18/9/23 15:00 None
Excitations
ALF/LET/MAPS/MARI/MERLIN
KB + ZK + IH Thu 21/9/2023 10:30 None - no one was able to attend other than the IBEX team on the day
Disordered Materials
NIMROD/SANDALS
DK + ES CR11 @ Thu 21/9/2023 11:00 Lots. Notes elsewhere.
Group B Misc
SELAB/SOFTMAT/DCLAB/DETMON
TL + DM Thu 21/9/2023 15:00
Group B Extras
PEARL/INTER
With Disordered Materials CR11 @ Thu 21/9/2023 11:00 Lots. Notes elsewhere.

March 2020

Instrument Scientists Team IBEX Demo Team Date/Time Feedback
Crystallography
ENGIN-X/IMAT/HRPD John, James 02/03 - 15:30 CR11 Link
GEM/POLARIS/SANDALS/INES/NIMROD Tom, Chris MS 10/03 - 14:30 G06 Link
Excitations
MAPS/MERLIN/ALF/MARI/LET Dominic, Alistair 12/03 - 11:00 CR11 Link
Large Scale Structures
LARMOR/ZOOM/LOQ/(SANS2D) Thomas, Chris C 03/03 - 14:00 G06 Link
Molecular Spectroscopy
IRIS/VESUVIO/TOSCA/OSIRIS Freddie, Bishal 05/03- 13:00 CR11 Link
Other
EMMA/MUONFE/RIKENFE Kathryn, Aaron 28/02 - 15:00 G06 Link
Support groups
Cryogenics/SELAB/SOFTMAT/
PSU support/Motion Control
David, Alexandru 04/03/2020 13:00 CR11 Link

December 2018

Instrument Scientists Team IBEX Demo Team Date/Time Feedback
Crystallography
ENGIN-X/IMAT/HRPD Aaron, Dom 2018-12-03 11:00 Link
GEM/POLARIS/SANDALS/INES John, Gareth 2018-11-23 14:00 Link
Excitations
MAPS/MERLIN/ALF Thomas, Alistair 2018-12-04 11:00 Link
Large Scale Structures
LARMOR/ZOOM Freddie, Tom 2018-12-04 14:00 Link
Molecular Spectroscopy
IRIS/VESUVIO/TOSCA/OSIRIS Rory, Chris 2018-11-22 14:00 Link
Other
EMMA/MUONFE/RIKENFE Rory, Thomas 2018-12-04 15:00 Link

June/July 2018

Instrument Scientists Team IBEX Demo Team Date/Time
Crystallography
ENGIN-X/IMAT/HRPD John, Rory, Gareth 28 June 2018 11:00
GEM/POLARIS/SANDALS Dom, Tom 6 July 2018 14:00
Excitations
MAPS/MERLIN/ALF Tom, Alistair 2 July 2018 15:00
Large Scale Structures
LARMOR/ZOOM Freddie, Rory 9 July 2018 11:30
Molecular Spectroscopy
IRIS/VESUVIO David, Alistair 03 July 2018 @ 15:00
Other
EMMA/MUONFE/RIKENFE John, Kathryn 18 July 2018 @ 15:00

February 2018

Instrument Scientists Team IBEX Demo Team Date/Time
ALF John, Eilidh 10:30, 28/2/18
EMMA John, David 10:30, 22/3/18
ENGINX Adrian, Aidan 15:00, 28/2/18
HRPD Tom, Eilidh 10:30, 14/3/18
IMAT Freddie, Kathryn 13:30, 08/3/18
IRIS Tom, David 11:00, 29/03/18
LARMOR Dom, Kathryn 11:00, 14/3/18
MERLIN Thomas, Aidan 15:30, 05/3/18
MUONFE Freddie, Aidan
POLARIS Adrian, Eilidh 14:00, 27/2/18
RIKENFE Not needed Not needed
SANDALS Dom, Gareth 15:00, 22/3/18
VESUVIO Thomas, Gareth Scientists not available
ZOOM John, Kathryn 14:00, 28/2/18

October 2017

Instrument Scientists Team IBEX Demo Team Date/Time
ALF John, Adrian 16:00, 08/11/17
ENGINX Dom, Matt, Sam 10:30, 08/11/17
HRPD Adrian, Thomas 09:00, 30/10/17
IMAT Matt, David, John 11:00, 07/11/17
IRIS Dom, Tom
LARMOR Adrian, Chris
MERLIN Freddie, Tom 15:00, 31/10/17
MUONFE Adrian, Tom 14:00, 30/10/17
POLARIS Thomas, Freddie 14:00, 08/11/17
RIKENFE / Not needed
VESUVIO Tom, Gareth
ZOOM Kathryn Done

May 2017

Instrument Scientists Team IBEX Demo Team Date/Time
ALF
IMAT Adrian, Freddie 15/6/17 15:00-15:30
HRPD Adrian, Matt 12/6/17 14:00-14:30
IRIS Chris, John 8/6/17 13:00-13:30
LARMOR John, David 26/6/17 11:00-11:30
MUONFE Kathryn, (Tom?) 19/6/17 15:00
POLARIS Tom, Matt 19/6/17 11:00-11:30
VESUVIO Tom, Matt 21/6/17 13:30-14:00
ZOOM Kathryn, Tom 9/6/17 14:00

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