mar345 Program Manual | 1 4 |
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The Change Parameters window is used to program data collection parameters. The window comes in 4 slightly different flavours, depending on the button choice in the Collect Menu:
−Single Data Set
−Multiple Data Sets
−Index Crystal
−MAD Data
The difference is, that in Multiple Data Sets one can program up to 64 data sets with the full range of parameters. The amount of data sets that are offered for programming can be controlled by the configuration file (entry SETS).
Index Crystal is a special way of collecting data with a ϕ movement inbetween each image. This ϕ movement is denominated "ϕ increment" and serves the purpose to collect a small number of images at different positions in ϕ .To collect 2 images that are 90 degrees away from eachother with a ϕ oscillation of 1.0 degree for each image one will have to give an increment of 89.0 degrees.
MAD Data is a special way of collecting data with anomalous signals. In this mode, a number of images is collected, then the ϕ axis moves forward and collects the same number of images in the equivalent position 180 degrees away.
Otherwise the items displayed in the window are as follows:
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ItemDescription
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Title | Single Data Set, Multiple Data Sets or Index Crystal. |
Directory | Directory where the images will be written to. |
Image root | Name root of image files. |
Scan mode | Choice of image plate diameter to be scanned (345, 300, |
| 240 or 180mm) and pixelsize used (0.1mm or 0.15mm) |
Output format | Usually only 1 choice: mar345. This format features a very |
| efficient image compression that requires approx. 70% less |
| disk space than uncompressed data. |
Collect mode | Time controlled or X−ray dose controlled ϕ movement. |
| The latter one should be used on X−ray sources with variable |
X−ray flux (synchrotrons).
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