6. TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONTROL
The PILATUS3 S 6M detector has a combined temperature and relative humidity sensor. The temperature and humidity
control shuts down the detector when the relative humidity or the temperature of the sensor exceeds the limits in table 6.1.
Table 6.1:
Temperature and relative humidity limits
Shutdown Temperature
Shutdown Relative Humidity
Lower Limit
Upper Limit
Upper Limit
15
◦
C
35
◦
C
30 % at operation / 25 % at start-up
The communication with the detector control unit will remain active after a temperature shut down. To start the detector
correctly, please refer to chapter 7 and execute the correct start-up procedure.
If the temperature or humidity is out of range, the following error message appears:
[]$_ Camserver Output
*** ERROR - temperature too high: 31.1C (channel
#2)
Bad return from dcbe_initialize()
Camera initialization error -- press <enter> to exit
Make sure that the cooling unit is running at the specified temperature and that nitrogen or dry air flow is turned on at the
specified flow rate, given in section 5.4. Then restart the Camserver software.
The command THread in camserver displays the actual temperature and humidity of the sensors as shown below.
[]$_ Camserver Output
THread
Channel 1: Temperature = 25.7C, Rel. Humidity = 4.4 %
Channel 2: Temperature = 23.1C, Rel. Humidity = 8.2 %
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