SPEC: Align and Acquire

• Enter alignment mode:

pre_align

• Move selected sample chamber into the beam:

select_SAMPLE1

There are 9 chambers in total.

• Move Sample Stage X and Z to the Center:

umv samx 0; umv samz 0

• Align in x direction

Open the shutter;
Scan samx from -3 mm to 3 mm relative to current position, 81 steps and 0.1 s exposure per step;
Close the shutter.

sb; lup samx -3 3 60 0.1; bb;

• Align in z direction:

Same as samx, but change samx to samz

sb; lup samz -3 3 60 0.1; bb;

Note down the boundary and center position at each sample chamber.

• Enter acquisition mode:

post_align

• Run your scan macro

qdo UserName.do

In Case You:

Accidentally closed Matlab:

Open a terminal, type matlab;
In the new Matlab window, type specr;
Look for spec file in ~/spec_data/2020/Aug2020;

Accidentally closed Spec:

Open a terminal, type spec8IDI;

Accidentally closed the editor on your macro:

Open a terminal and go to: ~/batches/2020/Aug2020;
Run ls to show all files in this folder; Run gedit Name_of_the_macro.do to display the macro in text editor