ICALEPCS2013 - List of Authors (Jamroz, J.J.)

Paper

Title

Page

Em# Project. Improvement of Low Current Measurements at Alba Synchrotron

798

X. Serra-Gallifa, J.A. Avila-Abellan, J.J. Jamroz, O. Matilla
CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

After two years with 50 four-channels electrometer measurement units working successfully at Alba beamlines, new features implementation have forced a complete instrument architecture change. This new equipment is taking advantage of the targets achieved as the remarkable low noise in the current amplifier stage and implements new features currently not available in the market. First an embedded 18 bits SAR ADC able to work under up to 500V biasing has been implemented looking for the highest possible accuracy. The data stream is analysed by a flexible data processing based on a FPGA which is able to execute sample-by-sample real-time calculation aimed to be applied in experiments as the current normalization absorption between two channel acquisitions; being able to optimize the SNR of an absorption spectrum. The equipment is oriented from the design stage to be integrated in continuous scans setups, implementing low level timestamp compatible with multiple clock sources standards using an SFP port. This port could also be used in the future to integrate XBPM measures into the FOFB network for the accelerator beam position correction.

Poster TUPPC094 [0.545 MB]

MOPPC086

Manage the MAX IV Laboratory Control System as an Open Source Project

299

V.H. Hardion, J.J. Jamroz, J. Lidón-Simon, M. Lindberg, A. Milán, A.G. Persson, D.P. Spruce
MAX-lab, Lund, Sweden
P.P. Goryl
Solaris, Kraków, Poland

Free Open Source Software (FOSS) is now deployed and used in most of the big facilities. It brings a lot of qualities that can compete with proprietary software like robustness, reliability and functionality. Arguably the most important quality that marks the DNA of FOSS is Transparency. This is the fundamental difference compared to its closed competitors and has a direct impact on how projects are managed. As users, reporters, contributors are more than welcome the project management has to have a clear strategy to promote exchange and to keep a community. The Control System teams have the chance to work on the same arena as their users and, even better, some of the users have programming skills. Unlike a fortress strategy, an open strategy may benefit from the situation to enhance the user experience. In this topic we will explain the position of the MaxIV KITS team. How “Tango install party” and “coding dojo” have been used to promote the contribution to the control system software and how our projects are structured in terms of process and tools (SARDANA, GIT… ) to make them more accessible for in house collaboration as well as from other facilities or even subcontractors.

Poster MOPPC086 [7.230 MB]

MOPPC109

Status of the MAX IV Laboratory Control System

366

J. Lidón-Simon, V.H. Hardion, J.J. Jamroz, M. Lindberg, A.G. Persson, D.P. Spruce
MAX-lab, Lund, Sweden

The MAX IV Laboratory is a new synchrotron light source being built in Lund, south Sweden. The whole accelerator complex consists of a 3GeV 300m long full energy linac, two Storage Rings of 1.5GeV and 3GeV and a Short Pulse Facility for pump and probe experiments with bunches around 100fs long. First x-rays for the users are expected to be delivered in 2015 for the SPF and 2016 for the Storage Rings. This paper describes the progress in the design of the control system for the accelerator and the different solutions adopted for data acquisition, synchronisation, networking, safety and other aspects related to the control system

Poster MOPPC109 [0.522 MB]

THPPC013

Configuration Management of the Control System

1114

V.H. Hardion, J.J. Jamroz, J. Lidón-Simon, M. Lindberg, A. Milán, A.G. Persson, D.P. Spruce
MAX-lab, Lund, Sweden

The control system of big research facilities like synchrotron involves a lot of work to keep hardware and software synchronised to each other to have a good coherence. Modern Control System middleware Infrastructures like Tango use a database to store all values necessary to communicate with the devices. Nevertheless it is necessary to configure the driver of a PowerSupply or a Motor controller before being able to communicate with any software of the control system. This is part of the configuration management which involves keeping track of thousands of equipments and their properties. In recent years, several DevOps tools like Chef, Puppet, Ansible or SpaceMaster have been developed by the OSS community. They are now mandatory for the configuration of thousands of servers to build clusters or cloud servers. Define a set of coherent components, enable Continuous Deployment in synergy with Continuous Integration, reproduce a control system for simulation, rebuild and track changes even in the hardware configuration are among the use cases. We will explain the strategy of MaxIV on this subject, regarding the configuration management.

Poster THPPC013 [4.620 MB]

THPPC103

Timing System at MAX IV

1300

J.J. Jamroz, V.H. Hardion, J. Lidón-Simon, L. Malmgren, A. Milán, A.M. Mitrovic, R. Nilsson, M. Sjöström, D.P. Spruce
MAX-lab, Lund, Sweden

The MAX IV Laboratory is the successor of the MAX-lab national laboratory in Sweden. The facility is being constructed at Brunnshög in the North Eastern part of Lund and will contain one long linac 3GeV (full energy injector), two storage rings (SR 1.5GeV and SR 3GeV) and a short pulse facility (SPF). This paper describes the design status of the timing system in 2013.

Poster THPPC103 [7.134 MB]

Paper	Title	Page
TUPPC094	Em# Project. Improvement of Low Current Measurements at Alba Synchrotron	798
	X. Serra-Gallifa, J.A. Avila-Abellan, J.J. Jamroz, O. Matilla CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
	After two years with 50 four-channels electrometer measurement units working successfully at Alba beamlines, new features implementation have forced a complete instrument architecture change. This new equipment is taking advantage of the targets achieved as the remarkable low noise in the current amplifier stage and implements new features currently not available in the market. First an embedded 18 bits SAR ADC able to work under up to 500V biasing has been implemented looking for the highest possible accuracy. The data stream is analysed by a flexible data processing based on a FPGA which is able to execute sample-by-sample real-time calculation aimed to be applied in experiments as the current normalization absorption between two channel acquisitions; being able to optimize the SNR of an absorption spectrum. The equipment is oriented from the design stage to be integrated in continuous scans setups, implementing low level timestamp compatible with multiple clock sources standards using an SFP port. This port could also be used in the future to integrate XBPM measures into the FOFB network for the accelerator beam position correction.
	Poster TUPPC094 [0.545 MB]

MOPPC086	Manage the MAX IV Laboratory Control System as an Open Source Project	299
	V.H. Hardion, J.J. Jamroz, J. Lidón-Simon, M. Lindberg, A. Milán, A.G. Persson, D.P. Spruce MAX-lab, Lund, Sweden P.P. Goryl Solaris, Kraków, Poland
	Free Open Source Software (FOSS) is now deployed and used in most of the big facilities. It brings a lot of qualities that can compete with proprietary software like robustness, reliability and functionality. Arguably the most important quality that marks the DNA of FOSS is Transparency. This is the fundamental difference compared to its closed competitors and has a direct impact on how projects are managed. As users, reporters, contributors are more than welcome the project management has to have a clear strategy to promote exchange and to keep a community. The Control System teams have the chance to work on the same arena as their users and, even better, some of the users have programming skills. Unlike a fortress strategy, an open strategy may benefit from the situation to enhance the user experience. In this topic we will explain the position of the MaxIV KITS team. How “Tango install party” and “coding dojo” have been used to promote the contribution to the control system software and how our projects are structured in terms of process and tools (SARDANA, GIT… ) to make them more accessible for in house collaboration as well as from other facilities or even subcontractors.
	Poster MOPPC086 [7.230 MB]

MOPPC109	Status of the MAX IV Laboratory Control System	366
	J. Lidón-Simon, V.H. Hardion, J.J. Jamroz, M. Lindberg, A.G. Persson, D.P. Spruce MAX-lab, Lund, Sweden
	The MAX IV Laboratory is a new synchrotron light source being built in Lund, south Sweden. The whole accelerator complex consists of a 3GeV 300m long full energy linac, two Storage Rings of 1.5GeV and 3GeV and a Short Pulse Facility for pump and probe experiments with bunches around 100fs long. First x-rays for the users are expected to be delivered in 2015 for the SPF and 2016 for the Storage Rings. This paper describes the progress in the design of the control system for the accelerator and the different solutions adopted for data acquisition, synchronisation, networking, safety and other aspects related to the control system
	Poster MOPPC109 [0.522 MB]

THPPC013	Configuration Management of the Control System	1114
	V.H. Hardion, J.J. Jamroz, J. Lidón-Simon, M. Lindberg, A. Milán, A.G. Persson, D.P. Spruce MAX-lab, Lund, Sweden
	The control system of big research facilities like synchrotron involves a lot of work to keep hardware and software synchronised to each other to have a good coherence. Modern Control System middleware Infrastructures like Tango use a database to store all values necessary to communicate with the devices. Nevertheless it is necessary to configure the driver of a PowerSupply or a Motor controller before being able to communicate with any software of the control system. This is part of the configuration management which involves keeping track of thousands of equipments and their properties. In recent years, several DevOps tools like Chef, Puppet, Ansible or SpaceMaster have been developed by the OSS community. They are now mandatory for the configuration of thousands of servers to build clusters or cloud servers. Define a set of coherent components, enable Continuous Deployment in synergy with Continuous Integration, reproduce a control system for simulation, rebuild and track changes even in the hardware configuration are among the use cases. We will explain the strategy of MaxIV on this subject, regarding the configuration management.
	Poster THPPC013 [4.620 MB]

THPPC103	Timing System at MAX IV	1300
	J.J. Jamroz, V.H. Hardion, J. Lidón-Simon, L. Malmgren, A. Milán, A.M. Mitrovic, R. Nilsson, M. Sjöström, D.P. Spruce MAX-lab, Lund, Sweden
	The MAX IV Laboratory is the successor of the MAX-lab national laboratory in Sweden. The facility is being constructed at Brunnshög in the North Eastern part of Lund and will contain one long linac 3GeV (full energy injector), two storage rings (SR 1.5GeV and SR 3GeV) and a short pulse facility (SPF). This paper describes the design status of the timing system in 2013.
	Poster THPPC103 [7.134 MB]