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

Background & Timeline

HIFI is high magnetic-field muon instrument at ISIS, on TS1. The HIFI web page describes the background to the instrument.

Control System

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

HIFI Equipment

The equipment listed below is used on HIFI. 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
GALIL DMC2280 Motion Controller Ethernet EPICS see motion 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
Haake N6 Water Bath RS-232 see Water Bath 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
LakeShore 218 RS-232 EPICS see LakeShore note
LakeShore 340 RS-232 EPICS see LakeShore note
Lakeshore 372 Temperature Controller see Lakeshore note
Metrolab PT2025 Teslameter see Metrolab note
Note: DAE

See multi-detector and single-detector below.

Note: Motion

There is a project relating to the motion on the South Side Muons in progress, this information may be out of date

Note: Jaws

Provide information about HIFI jaws.

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.

There appears to be no driver for the Aeroflex 2023A in C:\LabVIEW Modules\. However, there is a driver for an Aeroflex 2030 in C:\LabVIEW Modules\Drivers\Aeroflex 2030.

Note: Water Baths
  1. Julabo Water Bath
    • no information on specific Julabo Water Baths - maybe HIFI 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. Haake Water Bath is now obsolete (replaced by Julabo, according to instrument scientist)
    • Haake Water Bath (apparently the following Haake water bath: WB9)
    • Haake N6 Water Bath. Haake has now been taken over by ThermoFisher. N6 model may be obsolete. Check existing SECI VI for logic and manual (see C:\LabVIEW Modules\Drivers\Haake N6).
  3. See also Water Baths list
Note: Neocera

Low temperature experiments?Neocera LTC-21 Manual

Note: Oxford ICE Cube

What is the Oxford ICE Cube? LabVIEW drivers are located here: C:\LabVIEW Modules\Drivers\ICEOxford

Note: CAEN

The CAEN V895 is a 16-channel Leading Edge Discriminator. See also C:\LabVIEW Modules\Drivers\Caen.

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 218:
  2. Model 336:
  3. Model 340: this model is now obsolete, having been replaced by the 336 and 350 models.
  4. 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).
  5. Model 372 temperature controller.
  6. There are EPICS drivers for a variety of Lakeshore temperature controllers.
Note: Metrolab
  1. PT2025 NMR Precision Teslameter
    • The PT2025 is now obsolete. Replaced by model PT2026.
    • See C:\LabVIEW Modules\Instruments\HIFI\Metrolab PT2025 NMR for SECI VI
    • See \\isis\shares\ISIS_Experiment_Controls\Metrolab PT2025 Teslameter for the technical manual.

HIFI SECI Configs

Document information about HIFI SECI configs here.

Configuration Name Sub-Configurations Last Accessed Required
HIFI_place_holder1.conf - dd/mm/yyyy -
HIFI_place_holder2.conf - dd/mm/yyyy -

HIFI Genie Scripts

Similarly, Document information about HIFI SECI Genie scripts here.

HIFI Notes

HIFI has the following specialist panels:

  1. MUSR RF Kit
  2. EMU MUON FrontEnd
  3. HIFI CryoMag Client
  4. HIFI Group 3 Hall Probe
  5. HIFI Field Viewer
  6. HIFI Laser Power
  7. HIFI Laser Timing
  8. HIFI Laser Client
  9. HIFI Magnets
  10. HIFI Metrolab PT2025 (NMR Readout)
  11. MUON FrontEnd Magnet Monitoring
  12. MUON Jaws

HIFI also has the following system:

  1. MUON Script (generator)
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