Monitor Spectrum number limited to 0 -100

[kjwoodsISIS]

As a scientist, the DAE GUI (Experiment Setup/Data Acquisition tab) currently restricts me to using Monitor Spectrum numbers in the range 0-100. I need to be able to use higher numbers (e.g. 1537 on ALF).

Acceptance Criteria

1. I can enter any valid monitor spectrum value.

Notes

1. What are the valid monitor spectrum limits?

This issue originated as:
Query Number 68388
This is a copy of the most recent response to query number 68388 in the FBU IT Servicedesk.
Customer : ALF Instrument
Query Subject : INSTRUMENT (ALF): Computing: User Interface: IBEX DAE setup impossible to have monitor spec >100
Query Status : Allocated
This email has been CC'd to : (permanent) ross.stewart@stfc.ac.uk, russell.ewings@stfc.ac.uk, kevin.woods@stfc.ac.uk, john.holt@stfc.ac.uk
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Query Description (newest entry at top)

Entered on 09/02/2017 at 11:35:40 GMT (GMT+0000) by ISIS Computing Support:
The ALF monitor is spectrum number 1537, but when setting up the DAE in IBEX 
(client v.3.1.0.42, server 3.1.0.46dd4e1) in DAE -> Experiment setup -> Data 
Acquisition I can only specify 1-100 for the monitor spectrum (presumably for 
logging / monitor counts display etc).

Reported by: Russell Ewings (mailto:russell.ewings@stfc.ac.uk)
ISIS Instrument: ALF
Name of computer problem was submitted from: ndxalf.isis.cclrc.ac.uk
Current ISIS Cycle: 16/5
Product: Instrument Problem/Bug Report
Category: Computing: User Interface
Severity: major
Priority: P2
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Response from Freddie

Entered on 09/02/2017 at 14:01:32 GMT (GMT+0000) by Akeroyd, Freddie:
Hi,
As a quick workaround, are you able to set it via the genie python change_monitor() command ?
Regards,
Freddie

[kjwoodsISIS]

Response from Freddie

Entered on 09/02/2017 at 15:32:28 GMT (GMT+0000) by russell.ewings@stfc.ac.uk:
Hi Freddie,

I can issue that command, and no error is thrown. Also if I change the time window then that 
change is propagated into the GUI. But the spectrum number shown in the GUI is still the 
maximum value (100) even when I set it to 1537 in the script. So now I don’t know which is 
correct… Is there any way of finding out what is actually going on, or would I need neutrons 
for that?

Russell