An integrated remote data collection system for macromolecular crystallography beamline at SSRF

Abstract

Remote data collection is a rapidly growing area in many synchrotrons. With the increasing requirement for remote data collection from users of macromolecular crystallography beamline BL17U1 in Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF), an integrated remote data collection system based on Blu-Ice/DCS has been developed. Owing to the advances in the beamline instruments, the process of diffraction data collection which include the sample mount, crystal centering and data set collection can be executed full automatically on site. To let the external users access the intranet of SSRF, a VPN is set with authorization. The authorized user could login to the control computer and lunch the user graphic interface under the beam time management system. The remote users conduct their experiment from the virtual desktop by NoMachine client. To improve the efficiency on the high data-rate macromolecular crystallography beamline, data process pipeline display the results by web page.