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Using Windows XP Embedded Based Systems in a Control System
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- T. G. Gray, R. P. Mannix
STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
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Linux is popular in the Controls community, so discussion of a system based around Microsoft Windows XP Embedded is probably unusual. Having to replace an obsolete front-end IO system, Windows XP Embedded was chosen as the platform mainly due to the familiarity of Windows. The author will describe configuring and using Windows XP Embedded based compact PCI systems to deliver an operating system and software platform that is used to communicate between the Controls System and hardware deployed around the accelerator using 'in-house' designed IO cards; including configuring the system to boot over the network, using HTTP and XML to exchange data with the controls system and providing a simple C/C++ API to communicate with the Controls System database.
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| THP045 |
Controls Evolution on ISIS, an Accelerator Based Neutron Production Facility
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- R. P. Mannix
STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
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The ISIS spallation neutron source has been a production facility since 1984 with the original, single, target station. ISIS is now starting the second phase of its life with two target stations and the possibility of further upgrades. The author has worked in the ISIS controls group since before first neutrons and leads the group into this new phase. The difficulties and solutions surrounding legacy systems in such an environment (where a facility lifetime may approach 50 years) are discussed.
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