ELFT HÍRADÓ

[Bottyán László <bottyan.laszlo AT wigner.hu>]

Dear Colleagues,

We are very glad to announce the first BNC seminar of 2025. Everyone is 
welcome to attend.

Date and time: 30 January, 2025,  14:00
Location:      On-line, see link below
Speaker:       Jens Krüger (Mayer-Leibniz Zentrum, Garching) 
Title:
        "Principles and practice of instrument control in neutron
                   facilities - the NICOS software system"
Join:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3aQtQ_LQhBREzKCg8zOfxRqRQRweT9idkWr9lHVfQoyA81%40thread.tacv2/1737127278496?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22f44a99b6-b8f5-4e2e-983e-b01357a9fd32%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%227f04d546-a75d-4cae-afd3-b67bdcc5dc68%22%7d

The meeting will be recorded and will be made available at www.bnc.hu/seminar

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Abstract:
This presentation will give an overview of NICOS as a software environment 
to control neutron scattering instruments. The control of instruments 
using neutrons as probes is challenging, so that a system to fulfill this 
task must meet a number of requirements. For example, it must work for a 
variety of unique instruments and it must reconcile different, sometimes 
contradictory requirements. These include a high level of user acceptance 
and user-friendliness, interactive operation and the ability to perform 
measurements of long runtime (typically overnight) smoothly using scripts.

The aim here is to make effective use of the limited neutron intensity and 
available beam time at the neutron scattering centers. The NICOS system, 
which was developed by scientists for scientists, meets the requirements 
due to its high modularity. It has been successfully used at the MLZ 
(Garching, D) and PSI (Villigen, CH) and will be used as well at the ESS 
(Lund, S). It may also be of interest to the BNC colleagues, beyond upon 
replacement of existing control systems or for use on new or relocated 
instruments.