ICALEPCS2017 - List of Keywords (data-acquisition)

Paper	Title	Other Keywords	Page
TUBPA05	High Throughput Data Acquisition with EPICS	ion, neutron, detector, EPICS	213
	K. Vodopivec ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA B. Vacaliuc ORNL RAD, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
	Funding: ORNL is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U.S. Department of Energy. In addition to its use for control systems and slow device control, EPICS provides a strong infrastructure for developing high throughput applications for continuous data acquisition. Integrating data acquisition into an EPICS environment provides many advantages. The EPICS network protocols provide for tight control and monitoring of operation through an extensive set of tools. As part of a facility-wide initiative at the Spallation Neutron Source, EPICS-based data acquisition and detector controls software has been developed and deployed to most neutron scattering instruments. The software interfaces to the in-house built detector electronics over fast optical channels for bi-directional communication and data acquisition. The software is built around asynPortDriver and allows the passing of arbitrary data structures between plugins. The completely modular design allows the setup of versatile configurations of data pre-processing plugins depending on neutron detector type and instrument requirements. After 3 years of experience and average data rates of 1.5 TB per day, it shows exemplary results of efficiency and reliability.
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TUCPA06	SwissFEL - Beam Synchronous Data Acquisition - The First Year	ion, FEL, MMI, real-time	276
	S.G. Ebner, H. Brands, B. Kalantari, R. Kapeller, F. Märki, L. Sala, C. Zellweger PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
	The SwissFEL beam-synchronous data-acquisition system is based on several novel concepts and technologies. It is targeted on immediate data availability and online processing and is capable of assembling an overall data view of the whole machine, thanks to its distributed and scalable back-end. Load on data sources is reduced by immediately streaming data as soon as it becomes available. The streaming technology used provides load balancing and fail-over by design. Data channels from various sources can be efficiently aggregated and combined into new data streams for immediate online monitoring, data analysis and processing. The system is dynamically configurable, various acquisition frequencies can be enabled, and data can be kept for a defined time window. All data is available and accessible enabling advanced pattern detection and correlation during acquisition time. Accessing the data in a code-agnostic way is also possible through the same REST API that is used by the web-frontend. We will give an overview of the design and specialities of the system as well as talk about the findings and problems we faced during machine commissioning.
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TUPHA039	Bunch Arrival Time Monitor Control Setup for SwissFEL Applications	ion, controls, FEL, software	469
	P. Chevtsov, V.R. Arsov PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland M. Dach Dach Consulting GmbH, Brugg, Switzerland
	Bunch Arrival time Monitor (BAM) is a precise beam diagnostics instrument assessing the accelerator stability on-line. It is one of the most important components of the SwissFEL facility at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). The overall monitor complexity demands the development of an extremely reliable control system that handles basic BAM operations. A prototype of such a system was created at PSI. The system is very flexible. It provides a set of tools allowing one to implement a number of advanced control features such as tagging experimental data with a SwissFEL machine pulse number or embedding high level control applications into the process controllers (IOC). The paper presents the structure of the BAM control setup. The operational experience with this setup is also discussed.
	Poster TUPHA039 [1.027 MB]
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TUPHA149	MADOCA to EPICS Gateway	ion, EPICS, controls, brilliance	755
	A. Kiyomichi, T. Masuda JASRI/SPring-8, Hyogo-ken, Japan
	MADOCA-to-EPICS gateway has been developed for easy and rapid integration of EPICS ready devices into MADOCA, the control software framework for SPring-8 and SACLA. MADOCA uses equipment control software called Equipment Manager (EM) in the device control layer. The MADOCA-to-EPICS gateway is implemented as a general-purpose EM to handle EPICS IOCs. The gateway consists of EM functions that interact with IOCs using Channel Access (CA) protocol corresponding to EPICS commands such as caget, caput and camonitor. We can build the gateway for the target EPICS device by editing the EM configuration file, without any programming. We have applied the gateway to the Libera Brilliance⁺ installed in the SPring-8 storage ring for the evaluation towards the SPring-8 upgrade project. In addition, it has been applied to the Libera Brilliance Single Pass and Spark installed in beam transport line, and the Libera Spark and Cavity installed in SACLA. The gateway brings us the benefits to minimize the installation time and effort even for the different platform (CPU and OS) devices. We will report on the development and advantage as well as the performance improvement of the MADOCA-to-EPICS gateway.
	Poster TUPHA149 [3.431 MB]
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TUPHA210	A Bunch-Synchronized Data Acquisition System for the European XFEL Accelerator	ion, controls, FEL, operation	958
	T. Wilksen, A. Aghababyan, L. Fröhlich, O. Hensler, R. Kammering, K.R. Rehlich, V. Rybnikov DESY, Hamburg, Germany
	The linear, super-conducting accelerator at the new European XFEL facility will be able to produce up to 2700 electron bunches for each shot at a repetition rate of 10 Hz. The bunch repetition rate might vary initially between 100 kHz and 4.5 MHz to accommodate the various needs of experiments at three different SASE beam lines. A solution, which is able to provide bunch-resolved data of multiple data sources together in one place for each shot, has been implemented at the E-XFEL as an integral part of the accelerator control system. This will serve as a framework for high-level control applications, including online monitoring and slow feedback services. A similar system has been successfully run at the FLASH facility at DESY for more than a decade now. This paper presents design, implementation and first experiences from commissioning the XFEL control system data acquisition.
	Poster TUPHA210 [1.421 MB]
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TUPHA211	XLive: Data Acquisition and Visualization at the NSLS-II ISS Beamline	ion, detector, experiment, controls	962
	B.V. Luvizotto, K. Attenkofer, H. Bassan, E. Stavitski BNL, Upton, New York, USA
	Asynchronous data acquisition at the Inner-Shell Spectroscopy beamline at NSLS-II is performed using custom FPGA based I/O devices ("pizza-boxes"), which store and time stamp data using GPS based clock {}. During motor scans, Incremental encoder signals corresponding to motion as well as analog detector signals are stored using EPICS IOCs. As each input creates a file with different timestamps, the data is first interpolated onto a common time grid. The energy scans are performed by a direct-drive monochromator, controlled with a Power PMAC controller. The motion is programmed to follow the trajectory with speed profiles corresponding to desired data density. The "pizza-boxes" that read analog signals are typically set to oversample the data stream, digitally improving the ADC resolution. Then the data is binned onto a energy grid with data spacing driven by desired point spacing. In order to organize everything in an easy-to-use platform, we developed XLive, a Python based GUI application. It can be used from the pre-experiment preparation to the data visualization and exporting, including beamline tuning and data acquisition. R. Kadyrov et al., "Encoder Interface For NSLS-II Beam Line Motion Scanning Applications", ICALEPCS'15, Melbourne, Australia, October 2015, http://icalepcs.synchrotron.org.au/papers/wepgf080.pdf
	Poster TUPHA211 [0.806 MB]
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TUPHA212	Odin - a Control and Data Acquisition Framework for Excalibur 1M and 3M Detectors	ion, controls, detector, software	966
	G.D. Yendell, U.K. Pedersen, N. Tartoni, S. Williams DLS, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom A. Greer OSL, Cambridge, United Kingdom T.C. Nicholls STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
	Detectors currently being commissioned at Diamond Light Source (DLS) bring the need for more sophisticated control and data acquisition software. The Excalibur 1M and 3M are modular detectors comprised of rows of identical stripes. The Odin framework emulates this architecture by operating multiple file writers on different server nodes, managed by a central controller. The low-level control and communication is implemented in a vendor supplied C library with a set of C-Python bindings, providing a fast and robust API to control the detector nodes, alongside a simple interface to interact with the file writer instances over ZeroMQ. The file writer is a C++ module that uses plugins to interpret the raw data and provide the format to write to file, allowing it to be used with other detectors such as Percival and Eiger. At DLS we implement an areaDetector driver to integrate Odin with the beamline EPICS control system. However, because Odin provides a simple HTTP Rest API, it can be used by any site control system. This paper presents the architecture and design of the Odin framework and illustrates its usage as a controller of complex, modular detector systems.
	Poster TUPHA212 [0.718 MB]
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THPHA072	A Position Encoder Processing Unit	ion, controls, feedback, SRF	1557
	R. Hino, P. Fajardo, N. Janvier, T. Le Caër, F. Le Mentec ESRF, Grenoble, France
	Typical motion controllers rely on a feedback position encoder to detect the actuator output and correct for external factors. Recent advancements in positioning systems increased the demand for the ability to process a variety of sensors and use the result to feedback the motion controller. In addition, data acquisition tools are becoming essential for metrology purposes to diagnose and analyse the behaviour of the system. A multi-sensor, multi-protocol unit with processing and data acquisition capabilities has been developed to address these requirements. Here we describe the main features of this unit, its internal architecture, and few examples of application.
	Poster THPHA072 [0.831 MB]
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Paper

Title

Other Keywords

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TUBPA05

High Throughput Data Acquisition with EPICS

ion, neutron, detector, EPICS

213

K. Vodopivec
ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
B. Vacaliuc
ORNL RAD, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

Funding: ORNL is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U.S. Department of Energy.
In addition to its use for control systems and slow device control, EPICS provides a strong infrastructure for developing high throughput applications for continuous data acquisition. Integrating data acquisition into an EPICS environment provides many advantages. The EPICS network protocols provide for tight control and monitoring of operation through an extensive set of tools. As part of a facility-wide initiative at the Spallation Neutron Source, EPICS-based data acquisition and detector controls software has been developed and deployed to most neutron scattering instruments. The software interfaces to the in-house built detector electronics over fast optical channels for bi-directional communication and data acquisition. The software is built around asynPortDriver and allows the passing of arbitrary data structures between plugins. The completely modular design allows the setup of versatile configurations of data pre-processing plugins depending on neutron detector type and instrument requirements. After 3 years of experience and average data rates of 1.5 TB per day, it shows exemplary results of efficiency and reliability.

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TUCPA06

SwissFEL - Beam Synchronous Data Acquisition - The First Year

ion, FEL, MMI, real-time

276

S.G. Ebner, H. Brands, B. Kalantari, R. Kapeller, F. Märki, L. Sala, C. Zellweger
PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

The SwissFEL beam-synchronous data-acquisition system is based on several novel concepts and technologies. It is targeted on immediate data availability and online processing and is capable of assembling an overall data view of the whole machine, thanks to its distributed and scalable back-end. Load on data sources is reduced by immediately streaming data as soon as it becomes available. The streaming technology used provides load balancing and fail-over by design. Data channels from various sources can be efficiently aggregated and combined into new data streams for immediate online monitoring, data analysis and processing. The system is dynamically configurable, various acquisition frequencies can be enabled, and data can be kept for a defined time window. All data is available and accessible enabling advanced pattern detection and correlation during acquisition time. Accessing the data in a code-agnostic way is also possible through the same REST API that is used by the web-frontend. We will give an overview of the design and specialities of the system as well as talk about the findings and problems we faced during machine commissioning.

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TUPHA039

Bunch Arrival Time Monitor Control Setup for SwissFEL Applications

ion, controls, FEL, software

469

P. Chevtsov, V.R. Arsov
PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
M. Dach
Dach Consulting GmbH, Brugg, Switzerland

Bunch Arrival time Monitor (BAM) is a precise beam diagnostics instrument assessing the accelerator stability on-line. It is one of the most important components of the SwissFEL facility at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). The overall monitor complexity demands the development of an extremely reliable control system that handles basic BAM operations. A prototype of such a system was created at PSI. The system is very flexible. It provides a set of tools allowing one to implement a number of advanced control features such as tagging experimental data with a SwissFEL machine pulse number or embedding high level control applications into the process controllers (IOC). The paper presents the structure of the BAM control setup. The operational experience with this setup is also discussed.

Poster TUPHA039 [1.027 MB]

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TUPHA149

MADOCA to EPICS Gateway

ion, EPICS, controls, brilliance

755

A. Kiyomichi, T. Masuda
JASRI/SPring-8, Hyogo-ken, Japan

MADOCA-to-EPICS gateway has been developed for easy and rapid integration of EPICS ready devices into MADOCA, the control software framework for SPring-8 and SACLA. MADOCA uses equipment control software called Equipment Manager (EM) in the device control layer. The MADOCA-to-EPICS gateway is implemented as a general-purpose EM to handle EPICS IOCs. The gateway consists of EM functions that interact with IOCs using Channel Access (CA) protocol corresponding to EPICS commands such as caget, caput and camonitor. We can build the gateway for the target EPICS device by editing the EM configuration file, without any programming. We have applied the gateway to the Libera Brilliance⁺ installed in the SPring-8 storage ring for the evaluation towards the SPring-8 upgrade project. In addition, it has been applied to the Libera Brilliance Single Pass and Spark installed in beam transport line, and the Libera Spark and Cavity installed in SACLA. The gateway brings us the benefits to minimize the installation time and effort even for the different platform (CPU and OS) devices. We will report on the development and advantage as well as the performance improvement of the MADOCA-to-EPICS gateway.

Poster TUPHA149 [3.431 MB]

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TUPHA210

A Bunch-Synchronized Data Acquisition System for the European XFEL Accelerator

ion, controls, FEL, operation

958

T. Wilksen, A. Aghababyan, L. Fröhlich, O. Hensler, R. Kammering, K.R. Rehlich, V. Rybnikov
DESY, Hamburg, Germany

The linear, super-conducting accelerator at the new European XFEL facility will be able to produce up to 2700 electron bunches for each shot at a repetition rate of 10 Hz. The bunch repetition rate might vary initially between 100 kHz and 4.5 MHz to accommodate the various needs of experiments at three different SASE beam lines. A solution, which is able to provide bunch-resolved data of multiple data sources together in one place for each shot, has been implemented at the E-XFEL as an integral part of the accelerator control system. This will serve as a framework for high-level control applications, including online monitoring and slow feedback services. A similar system has been successfully run at the FLASH facility at DESY for more than a decade now. This paper presents design, implementation and first experiences from commissioning the XFEL control system data acquisition.

Poster TUPHA210 [1.421 MB]

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TUPHA211

XLive: Data Acquisition and Visualization at the NSLS-II ISS Beamline

ion, detector, experiment, controls

962

B.V. Luvizotto, K. Attenkofer, H. Bassan, E. Stavitski
BNL, Upton, New York, USA

Asynchronous data acquisition at the Inner-Shell Spectroscopy beamline at NSLS-II is performed using custom FPGA based I/O devices ("pizza-boxes"), which store and time stamp data using GPS based clock {*}. During motor scans, Incremental encoder signals corresponding to motion as well as analog detector signals are stored using EPICS IOCs. As each input creates a file with different timestamps, the data is first interpolated onto a common time grid. The energy scans are performed by a direct-drive monochromator, controlled with a Power PMAC controller. The motion is programmed to follow the trajectory with speed profiles corresponding to desired data density. The "pizza-boxes" that read analog signals are typically set to oversample the data stream, digitally improving the ADC resolution. Then the data is binned onto a energy grid with data spacing driven by desired point spacing. In order to organize everything in an easy-to-use platform, we developed XLive, a Python based GUI application. It can be used from the pre-experiment preparation to the data visualization and exporting, including beamline tuning and data acquisition.
* R. Kadyrov et al., "Encoder Interface For NSLS-II Beam Line Motion Scanning Applications", ICALEPCS'15, Melbourne, Australia, October 2015, http://icalepcs.synchrotron.org.au/papers/wepgf080.pdf

Poster TUPHA211 [0.806 MB]

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TUPHA212

Odin - a Control and Data Acquisition Framework for Excalibur 1M and 3M Detectors

ion, controls, detector, software

966

G.D. Yendell, U.K. Pedersen, N. Tartoni, S. Williams
DLS, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A. Greer
OSL, Cambridge, United Kingdom
T.C. Nicholls
STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom

Detectors currently being commissioned at Diamond Light Source (DLS) bring the need for more sophisticated control and data acquisition software. The Excalibur 1M and 3M are modular detectors comprised of rows of identical stripes. The Odin framework emulates this architecture by operating multiple file writers on different server nodes, managed by a central controller. The low-level control and communication is implemented in a vendor supplied C library with a set of C-Python bindings, providing a fast and robust API to control the detector nodes, alongside a simple interface to interact with the file writer instances over ZeroMQ. The file writer is a C++ module that uses plugins to interpret the raw data and provide the format to write to file, allowing it to be used with other detectors such as Percival and Eiger. At DLS we implement an areaDetector driver to integrate Odin with the beamline EPICS control system. However, because Odin provides a simple HTTP Rest API, it can be used by any site control system. This paper presents the architecture and design of the Odin framework and illustrates its usage as a controller of complex, modular detector systems.

Poster TUPHA212 [0.718 MB]

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THPHA072

A Position Encoder Processing Unit

ion, controls, feedback, SRF

1557

R. Hino, P. Fajardo, N. Janvier, T. Le Caër, F. Le Mentec
ESRF, Grenoble, France

Typical motion controllers rely on a feedback position encoder to detect the actuator output and correct for external factors. Recent advancements in positioning systems increased the demand for the ability to process a variety of sensors and use the result to feedback the motion controller. In addition, data acquisition tools are becoming essential for metrology purposes to diagnose and analyse the behaviour of the system. A multi-sensor, multi-protocol unit with processing and data acquisition capabilities has been developed to address these requirements. Here we describe the main features of this unit, its internal architecture, and few examples of application.

Poster THPHA072 [0.831 MB]

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