[NeXus-committee] Beam position monitors

[Eugen Wintersberger]

I agree with Pete. This was why I started with a new base class in the
first place. 
I was also thinking about NXmonitor. But similar as NXdetector the
semantics of a beam position 
monitor is quite different. 

On Tue, 2016-11-15 at 08:09 -0600, Pete Jemian wrote:

> A BPM has unique features that differentiate it from a 2D detector.
> For starters, it has no 2D image.  It has scaling information for each
> sensor (the gain and offset of the current amplifiers, in the most
> common design), each of which has a host of settings to be documented.
> The various fields and assumptions of NXdetector are a poor fit to
> describe BPMs.
> 
> 
> On Nov 15, 2016 7:27 AM, "Benjamin Watts" <benjamin.watts at psi.ch>
> wrote:
> 
>         Hi Eugen,
>            A BPM is essentially a 2D detector and so it should follow
>         NXdetector. In fact, wouldn't it make sense to just use
>         NXdetector to represent a BMP?
>         
>         Cheers,
>         Ben
>         
>         
>         
>         On 15/11/16 10:23, Eugen Wintersberger wrote:
>         
>         
>         > Hi folks,
>         >   I have currently a request for storing data from a beam
>         > position monitor within a NeXus file.
>         > As we currently have no base class to store such data and
>         > beam position monitors are rather common
>         > I made a small draft for a new base class NXbpm (see the
>         > attached PDF). 
>         > It is currently in a very early stage. I guess the best
>         > approach would be that we try this at
>         > DESY and discuss this during the next NIAC meeting in two
>         > years. 
>         > 
>         > Can you guys please have a look on the draft and let me know
>         > if there are some things I have missed 
>         > or if you have some good ideas about items to add or do
>         > differently?
>         > 
>         > best regards
>         >    Eugen
>         > 
>         > -- 
>         > Dr. Eugen Wintersberger 
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Dr. Eugen Wintersberger 
                        
FS-EC                   
DESY                     
Notkestr. 85                        
D-22607 Hamburg                 
Germany                             
                         
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