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Welcome to the IBEX (ˈaɪbɛks) wiki!

These pages are used to document information about the IBEX project (formerly known as the Instrument Control Project) at ISIS. If you are looking for information about developing for or with IBEX, please consult the IBEX Developer's Manual. If you are looking for the IBEX user manual or related end-user documentation, please consult the IBEX User Manual.

Contents and Links

  1. Project Vision
  2. Future Ideas
  3. Instrument Migration Plan
  4. Instrument Information
  5. Releases
  6. Instrument Demos
  7. Instrument Control Drop in Session
  8. Information about Specific Instrument Devices
  9. Short Description of IBEX (for inclusion in papers)

Project Vision

Please see readme.md
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Future Ideas

The Future Ideas page collects ideas, suggestions and discussion points for things we might do in the future. Please add your own ideas as well as your comments, observations & suggestions for ideas proposed by others.
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Instrument Migration Plan

This is available on the internal ISIS Projects SharePoint site for the Instrument Control Project.
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Instrument Information / Hotfixes

IBEX is all about controlling instruments. In this section we document information about individual instruments. IBEX is expected to provide support for the instruments described below.

Live version numbers can be found here

Release GroupInstrument DetailsNotes / hotfixes
BALF
BCHRONUS
BARGUS
BCHIPIRCheck isisicp doesn't take lots of memory
ACRISP
ADETMON
AEMMA
BEMU
AENGINX
AENGINX_SETUP
AGEM
BHIFI
AHRPD
AHRPD_SETUP
AIMAT
AINES
AINTERhttps://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/8673
BIRIS
BIRIS_SETUP
ALARMORPython overlay from \\isis\inst$\Kits$\CompGroup\ICP\TomWillemsen\Python_3.10.6_tk_overlay
BLETCRYOSMS opi fixes & CRYOSMS IOC reverted to previous version on LET (from backup). Cryosms backups also available at \\isis\inst$\Kits$\CompGroup\ICP\TomWillemsen\FilesMovedFromInstruments\ndxLET\LET_cryosms_backup.
ALOQuk.ac.stfc.isis.ibex.preferences/show_values_of_invalid_blocks=true in GUI plugins\uk.ac.stfc.isis.ibex.e4.client_12.0.2\plugin_customization.ini
BMAPS
BMARI
BMERLINhttps://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/7820https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/ibex_gui/pull/1599
BMUONFEhttps://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/8222
BMUSR
BMUX
BNIMRODhttps://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/8504
AOFFSPEChttps://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/EPICS-refl/pull/60
BOSIRIS
APEARL
APEARL_SETUP
APOLARIS
APOLREF
BRIKENFESeparator Tuning Trace Update OPI (might be in release 13.0.1)
RKNMNTR IOC and OPI for calibrated magnet temperatures #7975#8060
genie_python load error fixed #8098 status of proper fix: #8099
AR79 Lab A
AR79 Lab B
BSANDALS
ASANS2D
BSELAB
BSELAB2
BSOFTMAT
ASURF
ASXD(mini-inst) running ATTOCUBE. When migrating check isisicp doesn't take lots of memory
BTOSCA
BVESUVIO
AWISH
AWISH_SETUP
AZOOM
BDCLAB
BDETMON
TEST
.DEMO
.SCIDEMO
.NDXTEST1config not pushed to git
.NDXTEST2config not pushed to git
.MOTION
Part Running (Mini-inst)
BHIFI_CRYOMAG
AENGINX_STRESS1
Part Running (Just small parts)
.IMAT-UCBrunning pixelman

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Releases

See here. Which is also linked from readme.md

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Information about Specific Instrument Devices

We document information about specific devices attached to individual instruments in the developer's manual

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