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This page collects information that will be useful for the implementation of the IBEX control system on ARGUS.

Background & Timeline

ARGUS is a general purpose muon spectrometer at ISIS, on TS1. The ARGUS web page describes the background to the instrument.

Control System

ARGUS will migrate from the SECI control system to the IBEX control system in MMMMMMMM YYYY.

ARGUS Equipment

The equipment listed below is used on ARGUS. Please add new information (e.g. new items of equipment, new notes, information about drivers, etc. to this table).

Manufacturer Model Type Connection Driver Notes
ISIS DAE 2 Detector Electronics Ethernet see DAE note
ISIS ??? ISIS Vacuum System see Vacuum System note
Pfeiffer TPG300 Vacuum Gauge RS-232 EPICS see Vacuum System note
Eurotherm Temperature Controller All models at ISIS RS-232 EPICS see Eurotherm note
Julabo FP-50 Water Bath RS-232 see Water Bath note
Julabo FP-52 Water Bath RS-232 see Water Bath note
KEPCO BOP 100-10MG Bi-Polar Power Supply RS232 #187 see Kepco note
Kepco BIT 4886 I/F card GPIB, RS-232 see Kepco note
Thurlby EX355P PSU ??? see Thurlby note
Danfysik 8000 PSU RS232 DFKPS see Danfysik note
TDK Lambda Genesys PSU RS232 TDK_ LAMBDA_ GENESYS see Genesys note
Neocera LTC-21 Temperature Controller RS-232 see Neocera note
Oxford Instruments Triton Dilution Fridge RS-232 see Oxford Instruments note
Oxford Instruments Mercury Temperature Controller RS-232 see Oxford Instruments note
Oxford Instruments Cryogenic Equipment RS-232 see Oxford Instruments note
LakeShore 332 Temperature Controller RS-232 EPICS see LakeShore note
Lakeshore 372 Temperature Controller see Lakeshore note
LakeShore 460 Gaussmeter RS-232 EPICS see LakeShore note
Cryomagnetics LM500 Liquid Cryogen Level Monitor RS-232 see Cryomagnetics note
Leiden Cryogenics GHS-2T-1T-700 Dilution Fridge see Leiden Cryogenics note
Note: DAE

See multi-detector and single-detector below.

Note: Vacuum System

TPG300 support is implemented via #216 and #2063

Note: Eurotherm

Eurotherms are used to control temperature Orange Cryostat, CCR and Furnace devices.

Note: Water Baths
  1. Julabo Water Bath
    • no information on specific Julabo Water Baths - maybe ARGUS uses water baths from the pool?
    • consult the Julabo commands spreadsheet for specific details of which set of commands are used individual water baths.
  2. See also Water Baths list
Note: Kepco
  1. Kepco BIT 4886 is an interface card for Kepco bi-polar (BOP) power supplies. See also C:\LabVIEW Modules\Drivers\Kepco 4886 Serial
  2. Kepco BOP 100-10MG PSU.
    See also #3005
Note: Thurlby

Thurlby EX355P PSU - see #155 and #198.

Thurlby Thandar Instruments EX355P PSU

Note: Danfysik
  1. Danfysik Power Supplies: model 8000 appears to have been superseded by model 8500.
  2. User and Software Manuals for System 8500.
  3. See #1208 for comms settings.
Note: Genesys
  1. TDK Lambda Genesys Power Supplies.
  2. Safety, User and Programming Manuals for System 8500.
  3. See also #983, #2276, #2458
Note: Neocera

Low temperature experiments?Neocera LTC-21 Manual

Note: Oxford Instruments
  1. Dilution fridge: models to be determined.
    • Triton LabVIEW Driver : C:\LabVIEW Modules\Drivers\Triton
    • Triton Documentation : C:\LabVIEW Modules\Drivers\Triton\Documentation
    • See also #2915
  2. Blue Cryostat: models to be determined.
Note: LakeShore
  1. Model 332 temperature controller. Model 332 has now been superseded by Model 335.
  2. On muon instruments, the Triton fridges have an additional Lakeshore controller (the 372) to allow control and continuous readout of the sample temperature (the OI software doesn’t allow this using the in-built Lakeshore, despite the unit having a dedicated channel for the sample thermometry).
  3. Model 372 temperature controller.
  4. Model 460 gaussmeter. Model 460 has now been superseded by Model F71.
  5. There are EPICS drivers for a variety of Lakeshore devices.
Note: Cryomagnetics
  1. LM500 model appears to have been superseded by Model LM-510 Liquid Cryogen Monitor. Spec sheet for the LM500 is still available. See also spec sheets and manual on ICPDiscussions.
Note: Leiden Cryogenics
  1. ARGUS appears to have a Leiden Dilution Fridge.
    1. Manufacturer: Leiden Cryogenics
    2. Manufacturer VI: C:\LabVIEW Modules\Instruments\ARGUS\ARGUS - LEIDEN Dilution Fridge
      • The VI appears to date from 2004.
      • This model of dilution fridge (the GHS-2T-1T-700) is probably obsolete. It is no longer listed on the web-site.

ARGUS SECI Configs

Document information about ARGUS SECI configs here.

Configuration Name Sub-Configurations Last Accessed Required
ARGUS_place_holder1.conf - dd/mm/yyyy -
ARGUS_place_holder2.conf - dd/mm/yyyy -

ARGUS Genie Scripts

Similarly, Document information about ARGUS SECI Genie scripts here.

ARGUS Notes

ARGUS has the following specialist panels:

  1. serial port commands - individual commands via serial port (cf. SDTEST)
  2. ARGUS zero field controller
  3. CHRONUS Danfysik
  4. MUON Zero field controller (magnetselected.vi)
  5. ARGUS Leiden Dilution Fridge
  6. ARGUS Danfysik
  7. ARGUS Zero field controller

Obsolete ARGUS Equipment & SECI Configs

The equipment listed below is referenced in SECI config files on ARGUS. It is highly likely that the config files are no longer relevant (they are old, dating from 2011 or 2012), therefore, the references are to devices that are obsolete or simply not used on ARGUS.

Manufacturer Model Type Connection Driver Notes
ISIS Mk3 Chopper N/A see Chopper note
GALIL DMC2280 Motion Controller Ethernet EPICS
McLennan PM600 Motion Controller RS-232 EPICS see McLennan note
??? 4-blade jaws see Jaws note

ARGUS has the following panels, which make reference to (probably obsolete or no longer used) devices:

  1. PEARL pressure transducer
  2. WISH Jaws
  3. WISH Oscillating Radial Collimator
Note: Choppers

ARGUS has a Mk3 chopper. (well, actually, it doesn't)

Note: Jaws

Provide information about ARGUS jaws (nope, it doesn't have jaws either).

Note: McLennan

Support for McLennan devices is well established (see #1099 and #1100 and subsequent tickets.

  • muon instruments don't use motors in their sample environment
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