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# The `PSD_monitor` Component

Position-sensitive monitor.

## Identification

- Site:
- Author: Kim Lefmann
- Origin: Risoe
- Date: Feb 3, 1998

## Description

    An (n times m) pixel PSD monitor. This component may also be used as a beam
    detector.

    Example: PSD_monitor(xmin=-0.1, xmax=0.1, ymin=-0.1, ymax=0.1, nx=90, ny=90, filename="Output.psd")

## Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name | Unit | Description | Default |
nx | 1 | Number of pixel columns | 90 |
ny | 1 | Number of pixel rows | 90 |
filename | string | Name of file in which to store the detector image | 0 |
xmin | m | Lower x bound of detector opening | -0.05 |
xmax | m | Upper x bound of detector opening | 0.05 |
ymin | m | Lower y bound of detector opening | -0.05 |
ymax | m | Upper y bound of detector opening | 0.05 |
xwidth | m | Width of detector. Overrides xmin, xmax | 0 |
yheight | m | Height of detector. Overrides ymin, ymax | 0 |
restore_neutron | 1 | If set, the monitor does not influence the neutron state | 0 |
nowritefile | 1 | If set, monitor will skip writing to disk | 0 |

AT ( | , | , |  | ) RELATIVE |  |
ROTATED ( | , | , |  | ) RELATIVE |

## Links

- Source code for `PSD_monitor.comp`.

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