ICALEPCS2013 - List of Authors (Janulis, M.)

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Commissioning the MedAustron Accelerator with ProShell

314

R. Moser, A.B. Brett, U. Dorda, M. Eichinger, M. Hager, M. Janulis, J. Junuzovic, M. Junuzovic, M. Marchhart, H. Pavetits, C. Torcato de Matos
EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria
A.B. Brett, U. Dorda, M. Eichinger, J. Gutleber, M. Hager, M. Janulis, J. Junuzovic, M. Junuzovic, M. Marchhart, R. Moser, H. Pavetits, C. Torcato de Matos
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

MedAustron is a synchrotron based centre for light ion therapy under construction in Austria. The accelerator and its control system entered the on-site commissioning phase in January 2013. This contribution presents the current status of the accelerator operation and commissioning procedure framework called ProShell. It is used to model measurement procedures for commissioning and operation with Petri-Nets. Beam diagnostics device adapters are implemented in C#. To illustrate its use for beam commissioning, procedures currently in use are presented including their integration with existing devices such as ion source, power converters, slits, wire scanners and profile grid monitors. The beam spectrum procedure measures distribution of particles generated by the ion source. The phase space distribution procedure performs emittance measurement in beam transfer lines. The trajectory steering procedure measures the beam position in each part of the machine and aids in correcting the beam positions by integrating MAD-XX optics calculations. Additional procedures and (beam diagnostic) devices are defined, implemented and integrated with ProShell on demand as commissioning progresses.

Poster MOPPC092 [2.896 MB]

MOPPC123

Extending WinCC OA for Use as Accelerator Control System Core

395

M. Marchhart, A.B. Brett, M. Hager, M. Janulis, J. Junuzovic, M. Junuzovic, R. Moser, H. Pavetits, C. Torcato de Matos
EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria
A.B. Brett, J. Gutleber, M. Hager, M. Janulis, J. Junuzovic, M. Junuzovic, M. Marchhart, R. Moser, C. Torcato de Matos
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
J. Dedič
Cosylab, Ljubljana, Slovenia

The accelerator control system for the MedAustron light-ion medical particle accelerator has been designed under the guidance of CERN in the scope of an EBG MedAustron/CERN collaboration agreement. The core is based on the SIMATIC WinCC OA SCADA tool. Its open API and modular architecture permitted CERN to extend the product with features that go beyond traditional supervisory control and that are vital for directly operating a particle accelerator. Several extensions have been introduced to make WinCC OA fit for accelerator control: (1) Near real-time data visualization, (2) external application launch and monitoring, (3) accelerator settings snapshot and consistent restore, (4) generic panel navigation supporting role based permission handling, (5) native integration with interactive 3D engineering visualization, (6) integration with National Instruments based front-end controllers. The major drawback identified is the lack of support of callbacks from C++ extensions. This prevents asynchronous functions, multithreaded implementations and soft real-time behaviour. We are therefore striving to search for support in the user community to trigger the implementation of this function.

Poster MOPPC123 [0.656 MB]

MOPPC123

Extending WinCC OA for Use as Accelerator Control System Core

395

M. Marchhart, A.B. Brett, M. Hager, M. Janulis, J. Junuzovic, M. Junuzovic, R. Moser, H. Pavetits, C. Torcato de Matos
EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria
A.B. Brett, J. Gutleber, M. Hager, M. Janulis, J. Junuzovic, M. Junuzovic, M. Marchhart, R. Moser, C. Torcato de Matos
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
J. Dedič
Cosylab, Ljubljana, Slovenia

The accelerator control system for the MedAustron light-ion medical particle accelerator has been designed under the guidance of CERN in the scope of an EBG MedAustron/CERN collaboration agreement. The core is based on the SIMATIC WinCC OA SCADA tool. Its open API and modular architecture permitted CERN to extend the product with features that go beyond traditional supervisory control and that are vital for directly operating a particle accelerator. Several extensions have been introduced to make WinCC OA fit for accelerator control: (1) Near real-time data visualization, (2) external application launch and monitoring, (3) accelerator settings snapshot and consistent restore, (4) generic panel navigation supporting role based permission handling, (5) native integration with interactive 3D engineering visualization, (6) integration with National Instruments based front-end controllers. The major drawback identified is the lack of support of callbacks from C++ extensions. This prevents asynchronous functions, multithreaded implementations and soft real-time behaviour. We are therefore striving to search for support in the user community to trigger the implementation of this function.

Poster MOPPC123 [0.656 MB]

Paper	Title	Page
MOPPC092	Commissioning the MedAustron Accelerator with ProShell	314
	R. Moser, A.B. Brett, U. Dorda, M. Eichinger, M. Hager, M. Janulis, J. Junuzovic, M. Junuzovic, M. Marchhart, H. Pavetits, C. Torcato de Matos EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria A.B. Brett, U. Dorda, M. Eichinger, J. Gutleber, M. Hager, M. Janulis, J. Junuzovic, M. Junuzovic, M. Marchhart, R. Moser, H. Pavetits, C. Torcato de Matos CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	MedAustron is a synchrotron based centre for light ion therapy under construction in Austria. The accelerator and its control system entered the on-site commissioning phase in January 2013. This contribution presents the current status of the accelerator operation and commissioning procedure framework called ProShell. It is used to model measurement procedures for commissioning and operation with Petri-Nets. Beam diagnostics device adapters are implemented in C#. To illustrate its use for beam commissioning, procedures currently in use are presented including their integration with existing devices such as ion source, power converters, slits, wire scanners and profile grid monitors. The beam spectrum procedure measures distribution of particles generated by the ion source. The phase space distribution procedure performs emittance measurement in beam transfer lines. The trajectory steering procedure measures the beam position in each part of the machine and aids in correcting the beam positions by integrating MAD-XX optics calculations. Additional procedures and (beam diagnostic) devices are defined, implemented and integrated with ProShell on demand as commissioning progresses.
	Poster MOPPC092 [2.896 MB]

MOPPC123	Extending WinCC OA for Use as Accelerator Control System Core	395
	M. Marchhart, A.B. Brett, M. Hager, M. Janulis, J. Junuzovic, M. Junuzovic, R. Moser, H. Pavetits, C. Torcato de Matos EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria A.B. Brett, J. Gutleber, M. Hager, M. Janulis, J. Junuzovic, M. Junuzovic, M. Marchhart, R. Moser, C. Torcato de Matos CERN, Geneva, Switzerland J. Dedič Cosylab, Ljubljana, Slovenia
	The accelerator control system for the MedAustron light-ion medical particle accelerator has been designed under the guidance of CERN in the scope of an EBG MedAustron/CERN collaboration agreement. The core is based on the SIMATIC WinCC OA SCADA tool. Its open API and modular architecture permitted CERN to extend the product with features that go beyond traditional supervisory control and that are vital for directly operating a particle accelerator. Several extensions have been introduced to make WinCC OA fit for accelerator control: (1) Near real-time data visualization, (2) external application launch and monitoring, (3) accelerator settings snapshot and consistent restore, (4) generic panel navigation supporting role based permission handling, (5) native integration with interactive 3D engineering visualization, (6) integration with National Instruments based front-end controllers. The major drawback identified is the lack of support of callbacks from C++ extensions. This prevents asynchronous functions, multithreaded implementations and soft real-time behaviour. We are therefore striving to search for support in the user community to trigger the implementation of this function.
	Poster MOPPC123 [0.656 MB]

MOPPC123	Extending WinCC OA for Use as Accelerator Control System Core	395
	M. Marchhart, A.B. Brett, M. Hager, M. Janulis, J. Junuzovic, M. Junuzovic, R. Moser, H. Pavetits, C. Torcato de Matos EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria A.B. Brett, J. Gutleber, M. Hager, M. Janulis, J. Junuzovic, M. Junuzovic, M. Marchhart, R. Moser, C. Torcato de Matos CERN, Geneva, Switzerland J. Dedič Cosylab, Ljubljana, Slovenia
	The accelerator control system for the MedAustron light-ion medical particle accelerator has been designed under the guidance of CERN in the scope of an EBG MedAustron/CERN collaboration agreement. The core is based on the SIMATIC WinCC OA SCADA tool. Its open API and modular architecture permitted CERN to extend the product with features that go beyond traditional supervisory control and that are vital for directly operating a particle accelerator. Several extensions have been introduced to make WinCC OA fit for accelerator control: (1) Near real-time data visualization, (2) external application launch and monitoring, (3) accelerator settings snapshot and consistent restore, (4) generic panel navigation supporting role based permission handling, (5) native integration with interactive 3D engineering visualization, (6) integration with National Instruments based front-end controllers. The major drawback identified is the lack of support of callbacks from C++ extensions. This prevents asynchronous functions, multithreaded implementations and soft real-time behaviour. We are therefore striving to search for support in the user community to trigger the implementation of this function.
	Poster MOPPC123 [0.656 MB]