Data Collection at SSRL using Blu-Ice 5

• Getting Started
  • Starting Software
  • Blu-ice Interface
  • Status Bar
  • Message Window
  • The Log Tab
  • "Users" and "Staff" Tabs
• Hutch Tab
  • Pull-Down Menus
  • Adjusting Beam Attenuation.
  • Adjusting Beam Size and Energy
  • Adjusting Detector Position
  • Determining Resolution Limits
• Sample Tab
  • Mounting the Crystal
  • Sample Annealing
  • Adjusting Beam Size
  • Adjusting Sample Lighting
• Collect Tab
  • Data collection runs
  • Data collection parameters and commands
  • Run Dose Estimate
  • Diffraction Quality Strip Chart
  • Helical Data Collection
  • Starting a data collection run
  • Image display commands
  • Useful Tips
• Sorting tab
• Screening Tab
  • Uploading Crystal Information in a Spreadsheet
  • Viewing and Selecting Samples
  • Customizing the Spreadsheet Layout
  • Screening Configuration
  • Screening Task Window
  • Sample and Hutch Real-Time Video Display
  • Collecting Data after Automated Screening
• Scan Tab
  • MAD Scan
  • Excitation Scan
  • Appendix: Absorption edge and main emission line energies
• Raster Tab
• Microspec Tab
  • Introduction
  • Data Collection Procedure
  • Hardware Setup Tab
  • Snapshot (Single Spectrum) Mode
  • Phi-Rotation Mode
  • X-ray Exposure Mode
  • Time Mode
  • Interleaving Diffraction and Absorption Spectra Measurements
  • Spectroscopic Data Formats
  • Hardware Description
  • Tips and Tricks
• Helical Tab (replaced by new Collect sub-tab, see Helical Data Collection above)
  • Helical Collection Tab Widgets
  • Defining the Helical Collection Path
  • Defining the Helical Collection Parameters
  • Monitoring the Data Collection
• User Tab
  • Users pane
  • Chat pane
• Video monitoring of the beamline
  • Video Filters
  • Hutch
  • Robot
  • Electronics panel