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Amber Herold, 04/23/2010 10:12 AM

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Robot node sits between robot controlling program and other Leginon acquisition





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Leginon Robot node communicates with the grid-loading robot controlling program to





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<member> check that the robot exists and is activated</member>





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<member> tell the robot to load/unload a specific grid</member>





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<member> hear from the robot when the grid loading/unloading is successful/failed</member>





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Note: This node works only with NRAMM grid loading robot. You should modify it to suit





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your robot for the above functions. As long as it has the same event binding to perform the





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following functions, your custom node can be used with any Leginon acquisition





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For normal MSI application, the user select grids from exisiting grid tray in the Robot





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node first, then the node interacts with an acquisition sequence in Leginon application





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<member> start the image acquisition sequence</member>





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<member> recieve a notice that the acquisition sequence is completed</member>





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<member> recieve information on which grid to be loaded</member>





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<member> Robot - (MakeTargetListEvent) -> MosaicTargetMaker</member>





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Required bindings for 2nd Pass application that re-registrate targets on the specific





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<member> Robot - (GridLoadedEvent) -> RobotAtlasTargetFinder</member>





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<member> RobotAtlasTargetFinder - (UnloadGridEvent) -> Robot</member>





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<member> RobotAtlasTargetFinder - (QueueGridEvent) -> Robot</member>





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Additional Requirement: project database with robot grid and tray information.