https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/ 2026-04-04T12:14:19+00:00 https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/ https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:activity&rev=1695324205&do=diff Return to Contents Conferences, local meetings * [ Kirilov A. S., Morkovnikov I. A., Murashkevich S. M., Petukhova T. B. Sonix+ - the base instrument control software it the IBR-2 reactor instruments. (CMR_IBR-2_Dubna_2015)] (in russian) * * Kirilov A. S., Morkovnikov I. A., Murashkevich S. M., Petukhova T. B. Features, operating experience and prospects of the software complex Sonix+ (ECNS 2015) (poster) ---------- * [Набор компонентов для построения GUI в системах управлен… text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:auxilliary_clients&rev=1695324205&do=diff Return to GUI Auxilliary clients DevControl – is intended to handle mobile parts of instrument manually. The program interface is extremely simple. One must choose device in the field Motor, then - operation in the field Command and push the button Send to start movement. Current position andstatus are displayed online. It is possible to interrupt the movement, pressing the text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:axis_widget&rev=1695324205&do=diff The axes in Sonix+ can be not only stepper motors, but also virtual devices based on one or more available devices, for example, linear adapters. Manual control of the spectrometer axes is represented by several variants of widgets. If the number of axes is not large, it is advisable to use the second variant, where the combo box with the list of available axes for clarity is replaced by a table. text/html 2024-04-09T12:43:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:ctrlmodules&rev=1712666639&do=diff Return to Contents Here there is the list of available control modules, developed for the Sonix+, and apropriate controllers, served by them. Modul name Description Controller d_motor d_motor_smc32s d_motor_can Mortor drivers text/html 2024-04-09T08:45:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:dia_ctrl_widget&rev=1712652344&do=diff The widget is a panel that allows you to diaphragm control. Widget functionality: * Init - maximum opening of the diaphragm. * Set - opening the diaphragm according to the specified parameters (center coordinates, width and height of the open slit) text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:essey&rev=1695324205&do=diff Return to Contents History Sonix is abbreviation of SOftware for Neutron INstruments on X11 base. It was originated in 1992. First installation of Sonix prototype has been put into operation in 1995. This version works in the VME hardware platform in the environment of Os-9 real time operating system. The X window system is used for the graphical user interface ( text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:expo_ctrl_widget&rev=1695324205&do=diff The expo_ctrl_widget provides the full range of commands available for experiment control. Return to Manual interface --- AK 9.09.2013 text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:gdc_widget&rev=1695324205&do=diff The widget mds_widget (top window in the figure below) is a control panel that simplifies command input. First, the device must be selected, second, the desired command, third, an appropiate value for the parameter. The final step is running the command. The user can suspend/resume the execution or abort it. Actually, the widget represents a Python input panel and execution of the input string created from the input uses the Python interpreter. text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:gui_evolution&rev=1695324205&do=diff The following figures illustrates the evolution of the Sonix/Sonix+ GUI for the YuMO small-angle scattering instrument. 2000: VME, Os9, X11 2004: PC, Windows XP, Visual Studio (MFC) 2013: PC, Windows 7, PyQT Return to Contents --- AK 10.09.2013 text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:gui_old_new&rev=1695324205&do=diff Back to contents GUI versions The versatility created programs were keeping in mind during GUI development. The first version of GUI was created in 2004. It is implemented on the base of MFC (MS Visual Studio). The new GUI version was developed using PyQt and text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:history&rev=1695324205&do=diff Return to Contents History of development The cycle of works « Program complexes Sonix and Sonix + for instrument control at the IBR-2 reactor» is awarded with 1 premium at competition of scientific, methodical and applied works at FLNP in section « Applied and methodical works » in 2005. text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:howdoesitwork&rev=1695324205&do=diff Here you can see the scheme of WebSonix+. Base of the WebSonix+ system is web-server driven by Apache and GNU/Linux Debian. Web-server post to control computers commands through protocol based on socket technology and control computers push backward the text/html 2024-04-09T14:02:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:hvolt_widget&rev=1712671377&do=diff The widget allows the user to monitor the state of the detector power supply system (voltage, current) in real time. Return to Manual interface --- TP 09.04.2024 text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:index&rev=1695324205&do=diff Contents A short essay about the history of Sonic and his current capabilities Sonix+ * History * Sonix+ structure * Control modules * GUI evolution * User interface * Calibration program * Program for automatic registration of measurements WebSonix * About * Version revision Our publications, conferences, local meetings * Publications * Conferences and local meetings Useful references * Python * PyQt * matplotlib * NOBUGS conference * Control syst… text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:is_client&rev=1695324205&do=diff text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:jornal_program&rev=1695324205&do=diff Morkovnikov I. A., Ivankov O. I., Kirilov A. S. The Program for Measurement Registration at the YuMO Instrument (JINR,P10-2012-134) (in russian) The work is dedicated to the automation of the registration process of measurements performed on the IBR-2 instruments. Stored information is intended for those responsible for the instruments, in order to simplify measurements accounting, provide information search and assist in the preparation of reports. The general approach … text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:log_viewer&rev=1695324205&do=diff Log files viewing The history of a measurement is stored in a log file. The log file is opend automatically while loading / reloading the Sonix + modules. The widget allows the user to examine the current logfile, or to select an earlier one. There are possibilities for keyword search, the filtering of records by type, level, and so on. text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:mahual_interface&rev=1695324205&do=diff Although the script interpretaion is the standard way to perform a measurement, manual control may be necessary in some cases. To facilitate this, three widgets are provided for: * general device control * experiment control * stepping motor control The latter two are the most demanded . text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:manual_control&rev=1695324205&do=diff Back to contents Spectrometer control through command language Each program element is available spectrometer (engine, temperature controller, etc.) with TZ program is a “device” with its own set of commands. These teams form the lowest level of control (above are text/html 2024-04-09T14:01:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:manual_interface&rev=1712671297&do=diff Although the script interpretaion is the standard way to perform a measurement, manual control may be necessary in some cases. To facilitate this, three widgets are provided for: * general device control * experiment control * stepping motor control * Fourier chopper control * Diaphragm control * Monitoring the state of the detector power supply system Return to Manual interface --- AK 9.09.2013 text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:new_gui&rev=1695324205&do=diff The universal GUI client comprises the most important functions in a single window. The client works at all instruments running Sonix + without changes. This is possible because all the instrument specifics are borrowed from the instrument configuration file, the Varman database and libraries of instrument and device operations. The information from the latter is obtained by using Python introspection ability. text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:oldnews&rev=1695324205&do=diff News Archive * 29.01.2009: script validation check added(testing, testing, testing), added real YuMO * 23.01.2009: Load logfile button deleted as unneeded (need some testing) * 21.01.2009: added crystal theme icons to improve look&feel * 20.01.2009: show/hide database, fixed deletion in fav parameters text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:publications&rev=1695324205&do=diff Return to Contents Last publications Morkovnikov I. A., Kirilov A. S. System of Measurements Registration ®Journal ̄ on the Spectrometersof the IBR-2 Pulsed Reactor (JINR, P10-2018-63) (in russian) The work is devoted to the Journal system intended for automation of registrationprocess of measurements performed on the IBR-2 instruments. The system concept,requirements to a data model and service are considered. The offered concept wasoriginally conceived as uniˇed for the simplifying adap… text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:ru_spectra_viewer&rev=1695324205&do=diff Spectra Visualization (SpectraViewer et al.) Includes a number of widgets for visualization of data from point, 1D PSD and 2D PSD. A panel from matplotlib library is used for drawing, which allows to perform routine operations (zooming, panning, etc.) Added to those operations are: text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:ru_spectra_visualization_1d&rev=1695324205&do=diff 1D PSD data visualization For visualization of data from 1D PSD by users’ request a density map was used together with one-dimensional graphs of summed spectra by axes Tof and X. Additionally, the number of neutrons in the area enclosed by the cursors is counted. text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:ru_spectra_visualization_2d&rev=1695324205&do=diff 2D PSD data visualization Three-dimensional data is presented in the form of three density maps, each showing a spectrum summed by Tof, X or Y axis. On each tab there is a density map in the center and two one-dimensional graphs of the spectrum summed by both of the axes. text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:ru_spectra_visualization_mono&rev=1695324205&do=diff Point detector data visualization Visualization of data from point detectors has been implemented conventionally. An arbitrary number of graphs can be rendered within a frame, where color, line or marker type can be set manually. Spectra visualization text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:scp&rev=1695324205&do=diff Return to Index | Retun to universal set of clients The SCP clent The SCP (Sonix+ Control Panel) client is conceived as some initial program for the Sonix+ user interface, which * Facilitates load/reload and an unload of control modules (drivers and servers), and also - the general testing of their presence; text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:si_widget&rev=1695324205&do=diff Measurement control actually implies interpretation of a script. There are other possibilities to enter commands manually. The widget provides (see figure below): * editing the script manually or with the help of a program generator, as far as available for particular instrument (some people prefere to use generators, others create scripts manually) text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:sidebar&rev=1695324205&do=diff Sonix+ * History * Sonix+ structure * Control modules * GUI evolution * User interface * First GUI version * Second GUI version * Calibration program * Development history * REMUR interface * Program for automatic registration of measurements WebSonix * Main page * Reflector * LogViewer * SpectraViewer * Control text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:spectra_viewe&rev=1695324205&do=diff Spectra visualization includes a set of widgets for data visualization of point detectors, 1D PSD and 2D PSD. Spectra can be read from files (including zipped files) or from the memory directly. The matplotlib library[???] panel is used to display the graph. Besides curve drawing the panel implements typical operations like scaling, shifting, etc. text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:structure&rev=1695324205&do=diff Return to Contents Introduction Software control system instrument is a mandatory part of a modern integrated system of controlling any reactor. The Sonix software were used with all instruments on IBR-2 for a long time. Continuous development of instrument as well as new microelectronics and achievements of software technologies encouraged us to revise the conceptual decisions from the beginning of 90-th to today. When we had designed the new software system Sonix+ we had in mind a long-term … text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:surway&rev=1695324205&do=diff Return to Contents Control software reviews * [ Mark Könnecke. Data Acquisition System Comparison for ESS (October 2012)] * [Mark Könnecke. Data Acquisition System Design for ESS (October 2012 )] * [ Mark Könnecke, Owen Arnold. Control Systems Survey for ESS] * [ Mark Könnecke. Control Systems Survey] Return to Contents --- kirilov 2019/09/05 07:34 text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:tunning_history&rev=1695324205&do=diff Return to calibration programs The history calibration program development To simplify the process of REMUR instrument calibration a program ICE (Integrated Calibration Environment) was designed in 2003 by V.E.Yudin. This program was designed as an add-on for complex Sonix (former version for the Sonix +). The program was written in Visual C ++, it has been designed just for current configuration of instrument hardware and without the use of any graphics libraries. The program has been very … text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:tunning_programs&rev=1695324205&do=diff Return to index * Development history * New features of REMUR version Kirilov A.S. New Versions of Instrument Tuning Program and Visualization of Spectra for Reflectometers at the IBR-2 Reactor(JINR,P10-2015-40) Return to index --- kirilov 2015/12/03 09:43 text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:tunning_remur_main_features&rev=1695324205&do=diff Return to calibration programs Key features As noted above this version is very similar to initial V.E.Yudin’s one in functionality and interface. The measurements are grouped into projects, which consist of scans. Scan is the set of poins for single measurements. The user can open projects, delete them or create new ones. Similar operations are available for scans and points. text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:universal_set_of_clients&rev=1695324205&do=diff Return to GUI General universal GUI This stuff is able to satisfy requirement af any instrument and any measurement, because it is universal and has no instrument specificity Scp – is a client to load/unload Sonix+ control modules, check their presence at any time, to ease manipulating of user interface clients and control remote access to the instrument control computer from the Web Sonix site. text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:userinterface&rev=1695324205&do=diff Return to Contents The Sonix GUI was changed radically. On the right picture there is overall view of an old (Sonix)one The structural changes enable us create universal set of clients to satisfy formal requirements of any instrument and any measurement (left picture). It consists of * text/html 2024-04-09T08:55:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:vector_ctrl_widget&rev=1712652938&do=diff The widget is a panel that allows you to manually control the Fourier chopper on the HRFD spectrometer. The functionality of the widget is visible in the pictures. They include: * Setting sweep parameters and sweep start - Fig. 1. * starting the chopper at speed=Const - Fig.2. text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:w_list&rev=1695324205&do=diff Supervision of the instrument During the experiment, all measurement parameters are stored in a special storage called Varman database. Thus, the contens of Varman database completely describes the measurement. This storage provides very fast access to parameters. The widget allows the user to make a list of interesting parameters and keep watching them in real time. For inoperative devices the parameters are marked with a special sign. text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:webaboutwebsonix&rev=1695324205&do=diff Back to contents The work «Организация удаленного слежения и управления спектрометрами на реакторе ИБР-2M» удостоена 2 премии на конкурсе научных, методических и прикладных работ ЛНФ по разделу «Прикладные и методические работы» в 2009 году. text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:webfaq&rev=1695324205&do=diff Frequently Asked Questions text/html 2023-09-21T19:23:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sonix-wiki.jinr.ru/doku.php?id=en:webfeatures&rev=1695324205&do=diff Back to contents WebSonix+ features * you can view current status of instrument * you can view graphs of current spectra * you can view log files of experiments * you can control the experiment through Python script Improvements in version 2.0 * improved: some parts have been rewritten with AJAX technology