XFEL Operations

Due to the current Covid situation and the associated restrictions, we have made it easier to access EuXFEL remotely. The operation restart next week as well as some studies during the next weeks will be carried out respectively will be supported by the run coordinators and system experts from their offices or from home. We have developed a new procedure to explain in detail how to enable remote access and what has to be taken care off.…

The XFEL restart next week is getting closer and for this reason there will be some blog posts with news around the XFEL this week. Let's start with the new computer hardware that that was installed in the control room. The first console on the right hand side of the EuXFEL desk is now a new Mac Pro. Please use this computer and compare it to the Linux machine, which you find on the exact opposite side of the table.…

The magnet middle layer server has a new functionality. We can now add ad-hoc groups with a few keystrokes and a mouse click. This can be very handy for setting all magnets in a certain section to zero current: Type C.*SA3 as a regular expression (this means any name that starts with C and ends with SA3) Click the "→ Ad-Hoc Group" button Press "Set Current to Zero" Regular expressions can be tricky. See https://regexone.com/ https://regexone.com/ for a tutorial.…