title: MxDC and MxLIVE: software for data acquisition, information management and remote access to macromolecular crystallography beamlines.
abstract: An integrated computer software system for on-site and remote collection of macromolecular crystallography (MX) data at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) is described. The system consists of an integrated graphical user interface for data collection and beamline control [MX Data Collector (MxDC)] which provides experiment-focused control of beamline devices, and a laboratory information management system [MX Laboratory Information Virtual Environment (MxLIVE)] for managing sample and experiment information through a web browser. The system allows remote planning and transmission of sample and experiment parameters to the beamline through MxLIVE, on-site or remote data collection through MxDC guided by information from MxLIVE, and remote monitoring and download of experimental results through MxLIVE. The system is deployed and in use on both MX beamlines at the CLS which constitute the Canadian Macromolecular Crystallography Facility.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Light Source, 101 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7V 1G5. michel.fodje@lightsource.ca
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fodje
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Janzen
authors.forename: Russ
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Shaunivan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Labiuk
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gorin
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grochulski
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003199:Computer Systems; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003625:Data Collection; D020407:Internet; D012984:Software; D017356:Synchrotrons / Q000295:instrumentation*