Robot mounting and user interface

The robot interface is a web page that is accessed through the pypanel robotic arm icon. Across the top there are tabs:

• Mount: controls the robot to mount and prefetch samples.

• Sample Centering: sample camera and click to centre for mounted samples.

• Staff: the tab for inspection, calibration and probing controls, only available after staff sign in.

• Log: robot log of actions.

If you are using the robot to mount samples, staff will add your samples to the robot dewar and probe them before your experiment starts. Probing essentially involves the robot testing that it can correctly pull out each sample pin. Samples must be probed before they can be mounted.

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1. Tab for mounting / dismounting samples and parking robot.

2. Tab for centering the sample prior to collection.

3. Tab with log information which may reveal details about why an error occurred.

4. Button to take control of the robot. Only one interface can be logged in at a time.

5. Status of robot.

6. The sample mounted on the goniometer.

7. The sample that has been prefetched so that it will be faster to mount.

8. The sample that will be mounted next when the "Mount and Prefetch" button is clicked. If this is not the sample that is currently Prefetched, the Prefetched sample will be first returned. This will add about 25 seconds to the mounting time.

9. The sample that will be prefetched when the "Mount and Prefetch" button is clicked.

10. Button to mount sample at the top of the Mount Queue and Prefetch the sample that is 2nd in the Mount Queue.

11. Button to park the robot in the heater to allow access to the hutch. The sample on the goni will be left there.

12. Button to return the sample on the goni and the prefetched sample to the puck adaptor to allow entry in the hutch.

13. Status messages.

14. Tabs to select the left, middle or right position in the dewar.

15. Click on sample to add it to the Mount Queue

16. Click "All" button to add all samples that aren't "bad" (red) or empty (black) to the Mount Queue.

17. Add all samples from the puck adaptor to the Mount Queue.

18. Clear the Mount Queue.

19. Sample that will be mounted next.

20. Sample that will be prefetched after the mount is complete.

21. Change this number and hit Enter to change the position of this sample in the Mount Queue.

22. Remove this sample from the Mount Queue.

23. Button to Start and Stop 3-Click centering

24. Buttons to rotate the sample a known amount (90 or 180 degrees)

25. Box to dial an angle to rotate the sample to

26. Arrows to move the sample ~2 microns either up, down, left or right instead of using the mouse click on the video feed

27. Video feed where mouse clicks will move the sample position. Small red crosshairs in the middle is where the X-ray beam is