September 2025 monthly summary: Focused on expanding instrument modeling capabilities and aligning terminology for instrument control across repos, delivering concrete features that improve simulation fidelity and beamline integration. Key outcomes include explicit SimMotor initialization with starting value and units, enabling reproducible simulations; PGM device support for i21 to facilitate Plane Grating Monochromator workflows; and a terminology refactor changing 'driver' to 'detector' for electron analyser beamlines to improve clarity and maintainability. No major bugs reported in this period; stability improvements were achieved in conjunction with these feature efforts.

August 2025 monthly summary for DiamondLightSource/dodal focusing on feature delivery, stability improvements, and business impact. Key improvements include implementing a robust default image mode setting for electron analyzers and a staging refactor to ensure consistent application of the mode across the workflow. The work lays groundwork for reliable imaging data, easier maintenance, and scalable enhancements.