8–12 Jun 2026
ALBA Synchrotron
Europe/Madrid timezone

Chain relations between synchronizers in Sardana (with new expconf GUI)

11 Jun 2026, 12:30
30m
Nikola Tesla Training Room

Nikola Tesla Training Room

Hands-on Sardana Workshop Sardana Workshop

Speaker

Jordi Aguilar (ALBA Synchrotron)

Description

We present a new feature in Sardana: if an experiment implements a trigger chain between the hardware involved (for example: a motor triggers a shutter that triggers a detector), this chain (tree) relation between TriggerGate elements can be now defined in an experiment. This will bring two advantages: 1) "Start" calls to the synchronizers will be performed in up-stream order (from leaves to root) and 2) the corresponding TriggerGate Controllers will receive information about the current tree configuaration in order to properly configure themselves.
This "tree" configuration is per measurement group, and aims to move configuration logic from the macros to the Sardana core.
A new GUI that facilitates setting the relations between triggers and replaces the current "expconf" will be shown.

Tags Sardana, trigger chain, experiment configuration GUI

Primary authors

Jordi Aguilar (ALBA Synchrotron) Oriol Vallcorba (ALBA Synchrotron) Roberto Javier Homs Puron (ALBA Synchrotron)

Presentation materials