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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 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
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
Aeroflex/IFR 2030 Signal Generator RS-232 see Aeroflex 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
LakeShore 332 Temperature Controller RS-232 EPICS see LakeShore note
LakeShore 460 Gaussmeter RS-232 EPICS see LakeShore note
Neocera LTC-21 Temperature Controller RS-232 see Neocera note
ICE Oxford ICE Cube ??? see Oxford ICE Cube note
CAEN V895 Discriminator ??? see CAEN 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
Cryomagnetics LM500 Liquid Cryogen Level Monitor RS-232 see Cryomagnetics note

Note: DAE

See multi-detector and single-detector below.

Note: Choppers

ARGUS has a Mk3 chopper.

Note: Jaws

Provide information about ARGUS jaws.

Note: McLennan

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

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: Aeroflex/IFR

Aeroflex has been through a complicated series of sales in recent years. The Aeroflex manuals are probably a good place to start, along with any existing VIs. See also IFR 2023A

Note: Water Baths

ARGUS uses Julabo water baths

  1. Julabo (which model(s)?)

Note: Kepco System
  1. Kepco BIT 4886 is an interface card for Kepco bi-polar (BOP) power supplies.
  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: TDK Lambda Genesys
  1. TDK Lambda Genesys Power Supplies.
  2. Safety, User and Programming Manuals for System 8500.
  3. See also #983, #2276, #2458

Note: LakeShore
  1. Model 332. Model 332 has now been superseded by Model 335.
  2. Model 460.

There are EPICS drivers for a variety of Lakeshore temperature controllers.

Note: Neocera

Low temperature experiments?Neocera LTC-21 Manual

Note: Oxford ICE Cube

What is the Oxford ICE Cube ?

Note: CAEN

The CAEN V895 is a 16-channel Leading Edge Discriminator.

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
  2. Blue Cryostat: models to be determined.

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.

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
  8. PEARL pressure transducer
  9. WISH Jaws
  10. WISH Oscillating Radial Collimator
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