IMPLEMENTATION OF BLU-ICE

该子项目是利用NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为中心机构，不一定为研究者机构。NE-CAT光束线的当前数据收集图形用户界面（GUI）是区域探测器系统公司（ADSC）界面。选择它是为了熟悉和方便。在90年代末和21世纪初，许多配备ADSC探测器的光束线使用这种GUI。同样，光束线使用了MARResearch GUI。这些接口可以在NSLS、CHESS和APS中看到并仍在使用。虽然它仍然是熟悉的一些用户，用户必须使用两台计算机和两个程序与扩展的限制，限制了这些接口的增长，以新的光束线。 我们决定通过实现Blu-Ice版本4-2软件包来升级当前的接口。该系统由SSRL的结构生物学小组与蛋白质晶体学用户密切互动开发。它由一个直观的图形用户界面（GUI）组成，隐藏了另外两个较低的级别，即分布式控制系统服务器（DCSS）和分布式硬件服务器（DHS）级别。这种架构为我们提供了一个框架，用于扩展光束线的能力。 该程序安装在NE-CAT弯磁束线8-BM上。2005年10月演示了单波长数据采集的调试。调试包括控制用户操作光束线所需的所有基本必需品。它现在能够多用户访问，控制ADSC 315 CCD探测器，Galil电机控制器和通信到CONSOLE，目前的光束线控制程序。MAD数据采集处于调试模式。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The current data collection Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the NE-CAT beamlines is the Area Detector System Corp. (ADSC) interface. It was chosen for familiarity and expediency. In the late 90¿s and early 2000¿s many beamlines equipped with ADSC detectors used this GUI. Similarly, beamlines have used the MARResearch GUI. These interfaces could be seen and are still used at the NSLS, CHESS, and the APS. Though it is still familiar to some users, the necessity for users to use two computers and two programs with the limitation for expansion have limited the growth of these interfaces to new beamlines. We decided to upgrade the current interface by implementing the Blu-Ice, release 4-2, software package. This system was developed by the structural biology group at SSRL with close interaction with the protein crystallography users. It consists of an intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) that conceals two other lower levels, a Distributed Contol System Server (DCSS) and a Distributed Hardware Server (DHS) level. This architecture provides us with a framework for expanding the capabilities of the beamline. The program is installed at the NE-CAT bending magnet beamline 8-BM. Commissioning of singlewavelength data collection was demonstrated in October of 2005. Commissioning covered control of all the basic necessities that a user would require to operate the beamline. It is now capable of multiple user access, controlling the ADSC 315 CCD detector, the Galil motor controller and communication to CONSOLE, the current beamline control program. MAD data collection is in commissioning mode.