Diamond now provide remote access beamtime for users of I02, I03, I04 and I04-1. Please contact your local contact well in advance of your scheduled time if you wish to use remote access. Remote access to the beamlines is available at all times within certain guidelines.
Access Policy
You can use the beamline with a mixture of local and remote users during your scheduled experiment. If you have members of your team on-site for their beamtime then there is no restriction on when remote users can utilise the beamlines. The local users will be responsible for liaising with the remote users and ensuring their samples are placed in the robot dewar. Please bear in mind that if you wish to use the beamlines remotely you will need to be registered on the visit to access your collected data. For the remote users we would recommend that you have either used Diamond MX beamlines before or have an experienced Diamond user assisting you at the remote site. Following this policy will enable you to get the most out of your beamtime and data collection. If the on-site members of the team have not used Diamond beamlines I02, I03, I04 or I04-1 or the ACTOR/Irelec robot/Unipuck systems before they will need to be on-site before 5pm during week days and before 11am at weekends for training in how to use our systems.
If you wish to use the beamline remotely with no member of your team on-site then at present Diamond staff will reload dewars with shipped Unipucks up till 6pm during weekdays only. You will need to schedule your day accordingly if you wish to use the beamlines completely remotely in this manner. Note that NO exceptions will be made for swapping pucks after this time by Diamond staff.
As a user it is your responsibility to correctly pack and label your pucks (i.e. base plate numbers match puck numbers) and pass this information on to your local contact.
In the long term a number of different modes of remote access will be proposed and developed in conjunction with the user community. If you have specific suggestions on the current set-up and how you would like to see this mode of access develop at Diamond please contact us at remote.access@diamond.ac.uk.
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