Set up for serial experiments on I24

To set up an enviroment to run the serial crystallography collection scripts, please follow the instructions in Get Started with mx-bluesky. Once this is done, the environment can be started by running:

cd /path/to/mx-bluesky
source .venv/bin/activate

On beamline I24, the package will be saved in /dls_sw/i24/software/bluesky.

Deploying a local version of the EDM screens

Every time a change is made to the template EDM screens saved in the repo, a new set should be deployed to the beamline ot to the dev environment to get the update. The deploy_edm_for_ssx.sh will create a local copy of the all EDM screens - both for a fixed target and for a serial jet collection - in a edm_serial/ directory with all the shell commands pointing to the correct scripts/edm locations.

./path/to/mx-bluesky/utility_scripts/deploy/deploy_edm_for_ssx.sh

Setting the current visit directory

A new visit directory might need to be set before every user or commissioning beamtime. This can be done by a member of the beamline staff by modifying the file /dls_sw/i24/etc/ssx_current_visit.txt to point to the current visit and then running the command:

./path/to/mx-bluesky/src/mx_bluesky/beamlines/i24/serial/set_visit_directory.sh

Note that the default experiment type for the script setting the directory will be fixed-target. In case of an extruder collection, to set the correct visit PV the experiment type should be modified from the command line.

./path/to/mx-bluesky/src/mx_bluesky/beamlines/i24/serial/set_visit_directory.sh extruder