Beam delivery and automating other beamline tasks using State Notation Language

Abstract The EPICS State Notation Language (SNL) and associated sequencer can be used to design a sequence of events which are defined by states. This state function ability has prompted us to investigate application of SNL to automate beamline tasks starting with a simpler process of automating monochromator warming. Further extending the idea to implement beam delivery. Our aim here is to drive the optical components of the beamline in a learned manner, to deliver beam from source to sample position.