SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING DATA COLLECTION, BASED ON

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 分布式控制系统（DCS）和随附的图形用户界面Blu-Ice一直在不断改进，Blu-Ice于2004年首次用于非晶体散射/衍射实验，以使光束线控制和数据收集高效，直观和用户友好。 为配合新BL 4 -2站的建设，DCS/Blu-Ice进行了重大升级。 升级后的DCS/Blu-Ice有一个新的用户管理协议，消除了多台计算机上的用户帐户的需要，从而使软件更加安全和用户友好。 升级还包括最新的硬件服务器，其中包括用于运动控制的额外Galil服务器和用于脉冲和电压监测的新服务器。 这些新的硬件服务器能够消除旧的运动控制和脉冲计数硬件，并使光束线控制和数据采集更加平稳和可靠。 除了主要的升级，今年开发的新功能和改进功能包括：1）新的图形用户界面，供工作人员控制光束线光学器件; 2）新的虚拟组合设备，用于以前不由Galil控制的真实的电机; 3）新的工具，供工作人员定制光束线控制和优化; 4）新的和改进的功能，用于流动池的溶液样品处理。 升级和改进的DCS/Blu-Ice已成功测试，并由工作人员和一般用户在新的BL 4 -2站上使用。

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. Improvements have been continuously made to the distributed control system (DCS) and accompanying graphical user interface Blu-Ice, which was first used for non-crystalline scattering/diffraction experiments in 2004, in an effort to make beam line control and data collection highly efficient, intuitive, and user friendly. In concert with the construction of the new BL4-2 station, a major upgrade of DCS/Blu-Ice was performed. The upgraded DCS/Blu-Ice has a new user administration protocol, which eliminated the need of user accounts on multiple computers and thus made the software more secure and user friendly. The upgrade also included the most recent hardware servers, which include additional Galil servers for motion control and a new server for pulse and voltage monitoring. These new hardware servers enabled elimination of the old motion control and pulse counting hardware, and made beam line control and data acquisition more smooth and reliable. Besides the major upgrades, new and improved capabilities developed this year include: 1) new graphical user interfaces for staff members to control beam line optics; 2) new virtual combination devices for real motors that were previously not controlled by a Galil; 3) new tools for staff members to customize beam line control and optimization; 4) new and improved functionalities in solution sample handling with a flow cell. The upgraded and improved DCS/Blu-Ice has been successfully tested and used on the new BL4-2 station by the staff members as well as general users.