Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-16 Thread John Hardin
Dear All, Thank you for the insightful discussion and well-intentioned admonishments. Such open discourse is beneficial to all. Rigaku promptly provided us with a loaner detector while our unit is being repaired and we have been VERY happy with our detector and service overall. The original

Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-16 Thread Joseph Ferrara
[mailto:g...@globalphasing.com] Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2017 5:24 AM To: Joseph Ferrara <joseph.ferr...@rigaku.com> Cc: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues Dear Joe, On second thought, it seems to me that a vertical gap would be even better suited to t

Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-16 Thread Gerard Bricogne
sue that > > began this discussion. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Joe Ferrara > > > > -Original Message- > > From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of > > Gerard Bricogne > > Sent: Saturday, July 15,

Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-16 Thread Gerard Bricogne
t began > this discussion. > > Cheers, > > Joe Ferrara > > -Original Message- > From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Gerard > Bricogne > Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2017 4:31 PM > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [

Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-16 Thread Joseph Ferrara
To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues Dear John, Having just seen Andreas's message regarding the best source of support to address your enquiry, I have a further remark to make about your instrument. As this is a lab instrument, the Omega axis would

Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-15 Thread Keller, Jacob
Of Gerard Bricogne Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2017 5:31 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues Dear John, Having just seen Andreas's message regarding the best source of support to address your enquiry, I have a further remark to make about your instrument

Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-15 Thread John Hardin
Thank you Gerard. This seems to be a very valid point. I myself cannot fully rule out the possibility that greater minds than mine may present compelling arguments for installation with a horizontal gap orientation. Yet… taking your point, it is admittedly difficult for me to see any advantage

Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-15 Thread John Hardin
Thank you for the advice. I had hoped to ascertain the frequency of this issue amongst the user base and perhaps learn whether there is anything at all that we users can do to reduce the likelihood of its reoccurrence. I suspect that this is a rare issue and that it is likely an electronics

Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-15 Thread Gerard Bricogne
Dear John, Having just seen Andreas's message regarding the best source of support to address your enquiry, I have a further remark to make about your instrument. As this is a lab instrument, the Omega axis would be vertical, and indeed the beam stop shadow (vertical on the top module)

Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-15 Thread Andreas Förster
Dear John, I can't answer your questions with the limited information you supply, but I would recommend contacting the company that sold you the detector. Most probably that's the maker of your diffractometer. They'll be able to help you out. If it's something that requires repair, they might