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MOBPP02 Designing a Control System for Large Experimental Devices Using Web Technology controls, experiment, EPICS, status 28
 
  • W. Zheng, N. Fu, S. Li, Y. Wang, F.Y. Wu, M. Zhang
    Huazhong University of Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology,, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
  
  EPICS is mature in accelerator community. However, there are endeavors to improve existing control system software like Tango and EPICS 7 mainly driven by the needs of flexibility of the control system and the development of computer technology. This paper presents a new way of building a large experimental device control system using web technology instead of EPICS toolkit. The goal is to improve the interoperability of the control system allowing different component in the control system to talk to each other effortlessly. An abstraction of the control system is made. The control system components are abstracted into resources. The accessing of the resources is done via standard HTTP RESTful web API. HMI is based on HTML and JavaScript in browsers. Web Socket is used for event distribution. The main feature of this design is that all interfaces in the system are based on open web standards, which are interoperable among almost all kinds of devices. The paper also presents a software toolkit to build this kind of control system. A control system for a diagnostic on J-TEXT tokamak built using this toolkit will be presented.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-MOBPP02  
About • paper received ※ 26 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 08 October 2019       issue date ※ 30 August 2020  
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MOCPL02 Modernization of Experimental Data Taking at BESSY II controls, experiment, software, EPICS 65
 
  • R. Müller, A.F. Balzer, P. Baumgärtel, G. Hartmann, O.-P. Sauer, J. Viefhaus
    HZB, Berlin, Germany
  
  The modernization approach for the automation of experimental data taking at BESSY II will be based on the data model of devices. Control of new components and refactoring and reassembly of legacy software should fit into a device based framework. This approach guides the integration of motors, encoders, detectors and auxiliary subsystems. In addition modern software stacks are enabled to provide automation tools for beamline and experimental flow control and DAQ. Strategic goal is the mapping of real beamline components into modelling software to provide the corresponding digital twin. First tests applying DMA methods within this context for tuning are promising.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-MOCPL02  
About • paper received ※ 02 October 2019       paper accepted ※ 09 October 2019       issue date ※ 30 August 2020  
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MOCPL05 Software Framework QAClient for Measurement/Automation In Proton Therapy Centers controls, LabView, proton, database 86
 
  • A. Mayor, O. Actis, D. Meer, B. Rohrer
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
  
  PSI operates a proton center for cancer treatments consisting of treatment areas Gantry 2, Gantry 3 and OPTIS2. For calibration measurements and quality assurance procedures which have to be executed on a frequent basis and involve different systems and software products, a software framework (QAClient) was developed at PSI. QAClient provides a configurable and extensible framework communicating with PSI control systems, measurement devices, databases and commercial products as LabVIEW and MATLAB. It supports automation of test protocols with user interaction, data analysis and data storage as well as generating of reports. It runs on Java and on different operating system platforms and offers an intuitive graphical user interface. It is used for clinical checks, calibration and tuning measurements, system integration tests and patient table calibrations. New tasks can be configured using standard tasks, without programming effort. QAClient is used for Gantry 2 Daily Check which reduces the execution time by 70% and simplifies measurements so less trained staff can execute it. QA reports are generated automatically and data gets archived and can be used for trend analysis.  
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About • paper received ※ 27 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 09 October 2019       issue date ※ 30 August 2020  
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MOMPL007 The Design of Intelligent Integrated Control Software Framework of Facilities for Scientific Experiments controls, software, monitoring, experiment 132
 
  • Z. Ni, L. Li, J. Liu, J. Luo, X. Zhou
    CAEP, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
  • Y. Gao
    Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
  
  The control system of the scientific experimental facility requires heterogeneous control access, domain algorithm, sequence control, monitoring, log, alarm and archiving. We must extract common requirements such as monitoring, control, and data acquisition. Based on the Tango framework, we build typical device components, algorithms, sequence engines, graphical models and data models for scientific experimental facility control systems developed to meet common needs, and are named the Intelligent integrated Control Software Framework of Facilities for Scientific Experiments (iCOFFEE). As a development platform for integrated control system software, iCOFFEE provides a highly flexible architecture, standardized templates, basic functional components and services for control systems that increase flexibility, robustness, scalability and maintainability. This article focuses on the design of the framework, especially the monitoring configuration and control flow design.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-MOMPL007  
About • paper received ※ 30 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 10 October 2019       issue date ※ 30 August 2020  
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MOMPR003 Data Visualization With Data Browser Software software, TANGO, EPICS, controls 155
 
  • K. Saintin
    CEA-IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • R. Girardot
    SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  
  Scientific facilities need to visualize a large amount of data through several dedicated applications. They can monitor variables from a PLC, visualize data acquisition or browse them offline. Thus, an intuitive GUI is necessary to handle multiple data sources. In 2012, SOLEIL** computing team started the Data browser development. It uses modular and extendable frameworks on which several institutes collaborated: - CDMA (Common Data Model Access) initiated by ANSTO**** and maintained by SOLEIL developers, unifies the access to data regardless of its physical container (files, databases) or its logical organization. - COMETE (COMmunity of Extendable Toolkit for Experiment) framework, initiated by SOLEIL, provides data visualization widgets and unifies the way there are connected to the data regardless of its source. Since then, SOLEIL developed several plugins for Data browser: HDF/Nexus, Tango*****. Recently, IRFU* control software team decided to use this software for EPICS*** data and to collaborate with SOLEIL. Data browser integrates new EPICS plugins: Channel Access, Archiver Appliance.
*IRFU, http://irfu.cea.fr
**SOLEIL, https://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr
***EPICS, https://epics-controls.org
****ANSTO, https://www.ansto.gov.au
*****Tango, https://www.tango-controls.org 		 
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About • paper received ※ 10 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 09 October 2019       issue date ※ 30 August 2020  
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MOPHA003 Integrating Mobile Devices Into CNAO’s Control System, a Web Service Approach to Device Communication controls, interface, software, SCADA 192
 
  • C.F. Afonso, L. Casalegno, S. Foglio, S.G. Gioia, M. Necchi, S. Toncelli
    CNAO Foundation, Pavia, Italy
  • C. Larizza
    Pavia University, Biomedical Informatics Lab "Mario Stefanelli", Pavia, Italy
  
  Funding: Horizon2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No 675265
The Italian National Hadrontherapy Center (CNAO) is a cancer treatment center employing a synchrotron to accelerate charged particle beams. The configuration and support environment of CNAO’s control system is responsible for managing the repository, configuring the control system, as well as performing non-real time support operations. Applications in this environment interface with the relational repository, remote file systems, as well as lower level control system components. As part of the technological upgrade of the configuration and support environment, CNAO plans to integrate mobile applications into the control system. In order to lay the groundwork for the new generation of applications, new communication interfaces had to be designed. To achieve this, a web services approach was taken, with the objective of standardizing access to these resources. In this paper we describe in detail the update of the communication channels. Additionally, several solutions to challenges encountered, such as access management, logging, and interoperability, are presented. 		 
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About • paper received ※ 20 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 08 October 2019       issue date ※ 30 August 2020  
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MOPHA045 A New Simulation Stucture to Improve Software Dependability in Collider-Accelerator Control Systems simulation, controls, factory, network 301
 
  • Y. Gao, T.G. Robertazzi
    Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
  • K.A. Brown, J. Morris, R.H. Olsen
    BNL, Upton, New York, USA
  
  In this work, we propose a new simulation framework aiming to improve the robustness of the control system. It focuses on enhancing the reliability of controls ADO codes by running user-customized testing. The new simulation architecture has two independent parts; together they cover a large amount of ADOs frequently used by developers. The first part of the simulation framework focuses on testing ADOs with GPIB connections to devices. It consists of several function blocks and has a switch mechanism which enables users to conveniently turn on and off the simulation mode without changing the ADO codes. Moreover, it contains a special module which automates testing on ADO codes. Testing results are summarized and presented to users for codes analysis. The second part of the framework adopts a totally different structure. It simulates a different type of interface. Specifically, it focuses on testing ADOs with Ethernet connections to devices. It is based on a powerful networking engine called Twisted, which is an event-driven network programming framework developed by the Twisted Matrix Labs. The simulation framework can handle multiple types of devices at the same time.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-MOPHA045  
About • paper received ※ 27 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 10 October 2019       issue date ※ 30 August 2020  
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MOPHA051 Towards Specification of Tango V10 TANGO, controls, CORBA, network 331
 
  • P.P. Goryl, M. Liszcz
    S2Innovation, Kraków, Poland
  • A. Götz
    ESRF, Grenoble, France
  • V.H. Hardion
    MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
  • L. Pivetta
    Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
  
  Funding: Tango Community
More than 40 laboratories use Tango Controls as a framework for their control systems. During its 18 years of existence, Tango Controls has evolved and matured. The latest 9.3.3 release is regarded as the most stable and feature-reach version of the framework. However, it makes use of already outdated CORBA technology which impacts all the stack, from the low-level transport protocol up to the client API and tools. The Tango Community decided to move forward and is preparing for so-called Tango Controls v10. Tango v10 is meant to be more a new implementation of the framework than a release of new features. The new implementation shall make the code easier to maintain and extend as well as remove legacy technologies. At the same time, it shall keep the Tango Controls objective philosophy and allows the new implementation to coexist with the old one at the same laboratory. The first step in the process is to provide a formal specification of current concepts and protocol. This specification will be base for the development and verification of new source code. Formal specification of Tango Controls and its purpose will be presented along with used tools and methodologies. 		 
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MOPHA095 Status of OpenXAL at ESS MMI, LEBT, space-charge, GUI 432
 
  • N. Milas, J.F. Esteban Müller, E. Laface, Y. Levinsen
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
  
  The OpenXAL accelerator physics software platform is being developed through international collaboration among several facilities since 2010. The goal of the collaboration is to establish OpenXAL as a multi-purpose software platform supporting a broad range of tool and application development in accelerator physics and high-level control. This paper discusses progress in beam dynamics simulation and updated application framework along with new generic accelerator physics applications for the ESS branch of the collaboration. We present the current status of the project, a roadmap for continued development and an overview of the future developments needed for ESS future commissioning work.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-MOPHA095  
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MOPHA114 Achieving Optimal Control of LLRF Control System with Artificial Intelligence controls, cavity, LLRF, SRF 488
 
  • R. Pirayesh, S. Biedron, J.A. Diaz Cruz, M. Martinez-Ramon, S.I. Sosa Guitron
    University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
  
  Artificial Intelligence is a versatile tool to make machines learn the characteristics of a device or a system. In this research, we will be investigating applying deep learning and Gaussian process learning to make a machine learn the optimal settings of a low-level RF (LLRF) control system for particle accelerators. These settings include the multiple controllers’ parameters and the parameters of the LLRF that result in an optimal target function applied to the LLRF. Finding this target function, finding the right machine learning algorithm with the lowest error, and finding the best controller that result in the most optimal target function is the goal of this research.  
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About • paper received ※ 09 October 2019       paper accepted ※ 10 October 2019       issue date ※ 30 August 2020  
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MOPHA118 Improving Alarm Handling for the TI Operators by Integrating Different Sources in One Alarm Management and Information System monitoring, interface, database, controls 502
 
  • M. Bräger, M. Bouzas Reguera, U. Epting, E. Mandilara, E. Matli, I. Prieto Barreiro, M.P. Rafalski
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  
  CERN uses a central alarm system to monitor its complex technical infrastructure. The Technical Infrastructure (TI) operators must handle a large number of alarms coming from several thousand equipments spread around CERN. In order to focus on the most important events and improve the time required to solve the problem, it is necessary to provide extensive helpful information such as alarm states of linked systems, a geographical overview on a detailed map and clear instructions to the operators. In addition, it is useful to temporarily inhibit alarms coming from equipment during planned maintenance or interventions. The tool presents all necessary information in one place and adds simple and intuitive functionality to ease the operation with an enhanced interface.  
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MOPHA134 PyDM - Status Update controls, Windows, EPICS, Linux 536
 
  • H.H. Slepicka, M.L. Gibbs
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  
  PyDM (Python Display Manager) is a Python and Qt-based framework for building user interfaces for control systems providing a no-code, drag-and-drop system to make simple screens, as well as a straightforward Python framework to build complex applications. In this brief presentation we will talk about the state of PyDM, the new functionality that has been added in the last year of development, including full support for EPICS PVAccess and other structured data sources as well as the features targeted for release in 2020.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-MOPHA134  
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MOPHA135 PyDM - Extension Points interface, EPICS, controls, factory 539
 
  • H.H. Slepicka, M.L. Gibbs
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  
  PyDM (Python Display Manager) is a Python and Qt-based framework for building user interfaces for control systems providing a no-code, drag-and-drop system to make simple screens, as well as a straightforward Python framework to build complex applications. PyDM developers and users can easily create complex applications using existing Python packages such as NumPy, SciPy, Scikit-learn and others. With high level interfaces for data plugins and external tools, PyDM can be extended with new widgets, integration with facility-specific tools (electronic log books, data logger viewers, et cetera) as well as new data sources (EPICS, Tango, ModBus, Web Services, etc) without the need to recompile or change the PyDM internal source.  
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MOPHA158 Compact Electronic Logbook System database, interface, electron, HOM 611
 
  • L. Wang, M.T. Kang, X. Wu
    IHEP CSNS, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
  • C.P. Chu, F.Q. Guo, Y.C. He, D.P. Jin, J. Liu, Y.L. Zhang, Z. Zhao, P. Zhu
    IHEP, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
  
  Compact Electronic Logbook System (Clog) is designed to record the events in an organized way during operation and maintenance of an accelerator facility. Clog supports functionalities such as log submission, attachment upload, easy to retrieve logged messages, RESTful API and so on, which aims to be compact enough for anyone to conveniently deploy it and anyone familiar with Java EE (Enterprise Edition) technology can easily customize the functionalities. After the development is completed, Clog can be used in accelerator facilities such as BEPC-II (Beijing Electron/Positron Collider Upgrade) and HEPS (High Energy Photon Source). This paper presents the design, implementation and development status of Clog.  
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About • paper received ※ 29 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 10 October 2019       issue date ※ 30 August 2020  
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MOPHA163 The Detector Control System of the Muon Forward Tracker for the ALICE Experiment at LHC detector, controls, power-supply, experiment 617
 
  • K. Yamakawa
    Hiroshima University, Faculty of Science, Higashi-Hirosima, Japan
  
  ALICE is the LHC experiment specifically devoted to the study of heavy-ion collisions. The Muon Forward Tracker (MFT) is one of the new detectors developed in the framework of the upgrade programs towards the LHC Run 3 starting from 2021. A Detector Control System (DCS) was developed for the MFT within the new framework of the upgraded ALICE central DCS. In this framework, detectors will deliver physics raw data as well as slow control data. The central DCS will be composed of an interface, named Alice Low level FRont-End Device (ALFRED), to convert high-level words within the DCS to low-level words which are sent to the detector FEE as commands. Used Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) is WinCC Open Architecture (OA). In addition, Joint Control Project Framework is installed to provide standard DCS solutions such as a Finite State Machine (FSM) commonly used by the LHC experiments. The FSM, as a base of the DCS hierarchy, was fully developed and successfully tested. A test bench of the MFT DCS was built as a minimal setup of the full DCS chain consisting of WinCC OA, ALFRED, a demonstration board of a DCS chip and a readout board. The latest status will be presented.  
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MOPHA173 Graphical User Interface Programming Challenges Moving Beyond Java Swing and JavaFX GUI, interface, software, hardware 637
 
  • S. Bart Pedersen, S. Jackson
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  
  Oracle, the owner of Java, announced in 2018 that they would stop supporting their Swing and JavaFX technologies within the next decade. These technologies have fulfilled the graphical user interface (GUI) needs of CERN accelerator operation for over 2 decades, but their impending eradication has triggered an initiative to choose alternative technologies to develop future GUIs. Hundreds of existing applications will also need to be migrated or rewritten. The challenges to replace Java GUIs are numerous. The programmers will have to adapt and be retrained. The performance of the new GUI technologies will have to be at least as performant as the existing Java technologies. The programming environment, code versioning, dependency management and documentation will all need to be considered. This paper provides an overview of research comparing candidate GUI technologies and explains the selection of two main language families as possible replacements for Swing and JavaFX: Web applications (combining Java/JavaScript and web sockets) and Python PyQt (C++ based graphical library).  
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MOSH3001 An EPICS Channel Access Implementation on Siemens PLCs EPICS, PLC, controls, operation 648
 
  • M. Boros
    evopro Holding Zrt., The evopro group, Budapest, Hungary
  • R.N. Fernandes
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
  • B. Peceli, G. Singler
    evopro Innovation Ltd, Budapest, Hungary
  
  At the European Spallation Source (ESS), a neutron research facility in Sweden, most of the controls are based on PLCs and layered in the following (traditional) way: field equipment <-> PLC <-> EPICS IOC <-> high-level applications. In many situations, the EPICS IOC layer will not implement control logic per se and is only used for converting PLC tags into EPICS PVs to enable the usage of high-level applications such as CS-Studio, Archiver Appliance, and BEAST. To alleviate this (traditional) way of doing controls, we propose a simpler approach: implementation of the Channel Access (CA) protocol in the PLC layer for the latest family of Siemens PLCs to remove the EPICS IOC layer. We called it S7EPICS. S7EPICS fully respects version 13 of the CA protocol specification, and supports multiple EPICS-based client connections at the same time - e.g. CS-Studio, Archiver Appliance - without a noticeable service degradation (i.e. delays). In this paper we introduce this implementation, its architecture and workflow, benchmarking results of tests performed, and future developments that could be pursued such as authentication & authorization mechanisms using, e.g., the Arrowhead Framework.  
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MOSH4002 A Cloud Based Framework for Advanced Accelerator Controls controls, EPICS, interface, operation 655
 
  • J.P. Edelen, M.V. Keilman, P. Moeller, R. Nagler
    RadiaSoft LLC, Boulder, Colorado, USA
  
  Funding: This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under Award Number DE-SC0019682.
Modern particle accelerator facilities generate large amounts of data and face increasing demands on their operational performance. As the demand on accelerator operations increases so does the need for automated tuning algorithms and control to maximize uptime with reduced operator intervention. Existing tools are insufficient to meet the broad demands on controls, visualization, and analysis. We are developing a cloud based toolbox featuring a generic virtual accelerator control room for the development of automated tuning algorithms and the analysis of large complex datasets. This framework utilizes tracking codes combined with with algorithms for machine drift, low-level control systems, and other complications to create realistic models of accelerators. These models are directly interfaced with advanced control toolboxes allowing for rapid prototyping of control algorithms. Additionally, our interface provides users with access to a wide range of Python-based data analytics libraries for the study and visualization of machine data. In this paper, we provide an overview of our interface and demonstrate its utility on a toy accelerator running on EPICS. 		 
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TUAPP05 PandABlocks - a Flexible Framework for Zynq7000-Based SoC Configuration FPGA, hardware, detector, controls 682
 
  • G.B. Christian, M.G. Abbott, T.M. Cobb, C.A. Colborne, A.M. Cousins, P. Garrick, T.E. Trafford, I.S. Uzun
    DLS, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
  • Y.-M. Abiven, J. Bisou, F. Langlois, G. Renaud, G. Thibaux, S. Zhang
    SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • S.M. Minolli
    NEXEYA Systems, La Couronne, France
  
  The PandABlocks framework comprises the FPGA logic, TCP server, webserver, boot sources and root filesystem, developed for the PandABox platform by Diamond Light Source and Synchrotron Soleil, for advanced beamline scanning applications. The PandABox platform uses a PicoZed System-on-Module, comprising a Zynq-7030 SoC, coupled to a carrier board containing removable position encoder modules, as well as various input and outputs. An FMC connector provides access to ADC/DACs or additional I/O, and gigabit transceivers on the Zynq allow communication with other systems via SFP modules. Specific functions and hardware resources are represented by functional blocks, which are run-time configurable and re-wireable courtesy of multiplexed data and control buses shared between all blocks. Recent changes to the PandABlocks framework are discussed which allow the auto-generation of the FPGA code and tcl automation scripts, using Python and the jinja2 templating engine, for any combination of functional blocks and SFP/FMC modules. The framework can target hardware platforms other than PandABox and could be deployed for other Zynq-based applications requiring on-the-fly reconfigurable logic.  
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TUCPR01 Developing a Toolkit for Analysis of LCLS Pump-Probe Data experiment, detector, photon, interface 795
 
  • S. Nelson
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  
  Funding: This work was performed in support of the LCLS project at SLAC supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515
The data format and volume at LCLS requires significant computing expertise which not all user groups can provide. We will describe the path to and current status of a Python module that enables user groups to translate and reduce their data into a format that they can easily work with. The package is developed in Python and uses the standard LCLS data analysis framework. It encapsulates knowledge of the standard beam line components and adds convenient ways to reduce the data of larger detectors. Both an event-based (best for small event sizes) and a binned approach which is able to handle larger data as megapixel size detectors are simple to setup. MPI is used for fast turn around, enabling close to real time feedback necessary to make decisions of how to use the limited amount of beam time. Jupyter notebooks are provided to demonstrate some of the available options and can serve as a convenient quick start for fast turn around analysis. 		 
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TUCPR03 Our Journey from Java to PyQt and Web for CERN Accelerator Control GUIs GUI, controls, operation, MMI 807
 
  • I. Sinkarenko, V. Baggiolini, S. Zanzottera
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  
  For more than 15 years, operational GUIs for accelerator controls and some lab applications for equipment experts have been developed in Java, first with Swing and more recently with JavaFX. In March 2018, Oracle announced that Java GUIs were not part of their strategy anymore*. They will not ship JavaFX after Java 8 and there are hints that they would like to get rid of Swing as well. This was a wakeup call for us. We took the opportunity to reconsider all technical options for developing operational GUIs. Our options ranged from sticking with JavaFX, over using the Qt framework (either using PyQt or developing our own Java Bindings to Qt), to using Web technology both in a browser and in native desktop applications. This article explains the reasons for moving away from Java as the main GUI technology and describes the analysis and hands-on evaluations that we went through before choosing the replacement.
*"Java Client Roadmap Update", Oracle White Paper, March 2018, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/javaclientroadmapupdate2018mar-4414431.pdf 		 
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WEAPP04 ICS Infrastructure Deployment Overview at ESS network, controls, database, interface 875
 
  • B. Bertrand, S. Armanet, J. Christensson, A. Curri, A. Harrisson, R. Mudingay
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
  
  The ICS Control Infrastructure group at the European Spallation Source (ESS) is responsible for deploying many different services. We treat Infrastructure as code to deploy everything in a repeatable, reproducible and reliable way. We use three main tools to achieve that: Ansible (an IT automation tool), AWX (a GUI for Ansible) and CSEntry (a custom in-house developed web application used as Configuration Management Database). CSEntry (Control System Entry) is used to register any device with an IP address (network switch, physical machines, virtual machines). It allows us to use it as a dynamic inventory for Ansible. DHCP and DNS are automatically updated as soon as a new host is registered in CSEntry. This is done by triggering a task that calls an Ansible playbook via AWX API. Virtual machines can be created directly from CSEntry with one click, again by calling another Ansible playbook via AWX API. This playbook uses proxmox (our virtualization platform) API for the VM creation. By using Ansible groups, different proxmox clusters can be managed from the same CSEntry web application. Those tools give us an easy and flexible solution to deploy software in a reproducible way.  
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WECPL01 Status of the Control System for Fully Integrated SACLA/SPring-8 Accelerator Complex and New 3 GeV Light Source Being Constructed at Tohoku, Japan controls, database, storage-ring, operation 904
 
  • T. Sugimoto, N. Hosoda, K. Okada, M. Yamaga
    JASRI, Hyogo, Japan
  • T. Fukui
    RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Innovative Light Sources Division, Hyogo, Japan
  • M. Ishii
    JASRI/SPring-8, Hyogo-ken, Japan
  
  In the SPring-8 upgrade project, we plan to use the linear accelerator of SACLA as a full-energy injector to the storage ring. For the purpose of simultaneous operation of XFEL lasing and on-demand injection, we developed a new control framework that inherits the concepts of MADOCA. We plan to use the same control framework for a 3 GeV light source under construction at Tohoku, Japan. Messaging of the new control system is based on the MQTT protocol, which enables slow control and data acquisition with sub-second response time. The data acquisition framework, named MDAQ, covers both periodic polling and event-synchronizing data. To ensure scalability, we applied a key-value storage scheme, Apache Cassandra, to the logging database of the MDAQ. We also developed a new parameter database scheme, that handles operational parameter sets for XFEL lasing and on-demand top-up injection. These parameter sets are combined into 60 Hz operation patterns. For the top-up injection, we can select the operational pattern every second on an on-demand basis. In this paper, we report an overview of the new control system and the preliminary results of the integrated operation of SACLA and SPring-8.  
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WECPR02 Benefits and Drawbacks of Using Rust in an Existing C/C++ Codebase EPICS, MMI, interface, target 928
 
  • B.S. Martins
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  
  Mozilla has recently released a new programming language, Rust, as a safer and more modern alternative to C++. This work explores the benefits (chiefly the features provided by Rust) and drawbacks (the difficulty in integrating with a C ABI) of using Rust in an existing codebase, the EPICS framework, as a replacement for C/C++ in some of EPICS’ modules.  
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WECPR03 Status of the Karabo Control and Data Processing Framework controls, GUI, interface, FEL 936
 
  • G. Flucke, N. Al-Qudami, M. Beg, M. Bergemann, V. Bondar, D. Boukhelef, S. Brockhauser, C. Carinan, R. Costa, F. Dall’Antonia, C. Danilevski, W. Ehsan, S.G. Esenov, R. Fabbri, H. Fangohr, D. Fulla Marsa, G. Giovanetti, D. Goeries, S. Hauf, D.G. Hickin, E. Kamil, Y. Kirienko, A. Klimovskaia, T.A. Kluyver, D. Mamchyk, T. Michelat, I. Mohacsi, A. Muennich, A. Parenti, R. Rosca, D.B. Rück, H. Santos, R. Schaffer, A. Silenzi, K. Wrona, C. Youngman, J. Zhu
    EuXFEL, Schenefeld, Germany
  • S. Brockhauser
    BRC, Szeged, Hungary
  • H. Fangohr
    University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
  
  To achieve a tight integration of instrument control and (online) data analysis, the European XFEL decided in 2011 to develop Karabo*, a custom control and data processing system. Karabo provides control via event-driven communication. Signal/slot and request/reply patterns are implemented via a central message broker. Data pipelines for e.g. scientific workflows or detector calibration are implemented as direct TCP/IP connections. The core entities of Karabo are self-describing devices written in C++ or Python. They represent hardware, orchestrate other devices, or provide system services like data logging and configuration storage. To operate Karabo, a Python command line interface and a generic GUI written in PyQt are provided. Control and data widgets compose Karabo scenes that are provided by devices or are manually customized and stored together with device configurations in a central database. Since 2016, Karabo is used to commission and operate the currently three photon beam lines and six scientific instruments at the European XFEL. This contribution summarizes the status of Karabo, highlights achievements and lessons learned, and gives an outlook for future directions.
* Heisen, B., et al. (2013) In 14th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems, ICALEPCS 2013. San Francisco, CA.
 		 
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WECPR04 Automated Testing and Validation of Control Parameters controls, software, hardware, operation 943
 
  • P.K. Kankiya, J.P. Jamilkowski, A. Sukhanov
    BNL, Upton, New York, USA
  
  Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-SC0012704 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
The BNL CA-D controls environment has recently been adopting modern programming languages such as Python. A new framework has been created to instantiate setting and measurement parameters in Python as an alternative to C++ and Java process-variable-like objects. With the help of automated testing tools such as pyTest and Coverage, a test suite is generated and executed before the release of Python-based accelerator device objects (ADO) to assure quality as well as compatibility. This suite allows developers to add custom tests, repeat failed tests, create random inputs, and log failures. 		 
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WEDPL04 Consolidation and Redesign of CERN Industrial Controls Frameworks controls, experiment, interface, operation 963
 
  • P. Golonka, F. Varela
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
  
  The Industrial Controls Frameworks, JCOP and UNICOS, have been employed to develop hundreds of critical controls applications in multiple domains like the detector control system, accelerator complex (cryogenics, powering, interlocks) or technical infrastructure, leading to an unprecedented level of homogeneity. These frameworks, used by a thousand of developers worldwide, will now undergo a major consolidation and re-engineering effort to prepare them for the new challenges of the next 20 years in the HL-LHC era, and streamline their maintenance. The paper presents the challenges that will be faced during this project due to the breadth of technological stack and large code-base contributed over two decades by numerous authors. Delivery of innovation induced by evolution of technologies and refactoring of the ageing code must be done in a way that ensures backward-compatibility for existing systems. The vision and the current state of the frameworks is discussed, alongside the main deliveries planned in the medium term. Lessons learnt, optimizations of processes to make best use of available resources and efforts towards open-source licensing of the frameworks are also presented.  
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WEDPR01 Cumbia: Graphical Libraries and Formula Plugin to Combine and Display Data from Tango, EPICS and More TANGO, controls, EPICS, interface 971
 
  • G. Strangolino
    Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
  
  Cumbia libraries offer the next generation core (C++) and graphical (Qt) software to write complete and lightweight applications that provide a unified user interface, regardless of the underlying engine (Tango, EPICS, WebSocket, …) With the new formula plugin, results can be manipulated and combined by JavaScript functions and displayed in the appropriate widget. Qt has a deep JavaScript integration that allows efficient introduction of program logic into the application. Using the Qt + QML technologies, apps can be designed for the desktop and mobile devices. Switching between the two targets is an immediate operation. A WebSocket based service* has been used to test Qt + QML mobile applications on portable devices. It makes it possible to connect to Tango and EPICS without their installation. A new tool called "la-cumparsita" lets non-programmers use the Qt designer to realize complete applications ready to communicate with the control system in use: Tango, EPICS or any other abstraction framework (e.g. WebSocket). These apps seamlessly integrate with the desktop. Most demanding users can integrate JavaScript functions and use them as data sources for the GUI elements.
*The "canoned" service. It is part of the PWMA project (GPL3 LICENSE) and exposes a WebSocket interface. 		 
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WEDPR04 The Web as the Primary Control System User Interface controls, interface, GUI, target 987
 
  • R. Neswold, B.F. Harrison
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
  
  The application framework used in Fermilab’s Control System is proprietary and was written decades ago. Considered state-of-the-art at one time, it now lacks many features we expect from a modern interface and needs to be replaced. Our investigation of Web browsers and JavaScript revealed a powerful, rich, and state-of-the-art development environment. We discuss JavaScript frameworks, JavaScript language features, and packaging tools. We also discuss issues we need to resolve before we are confident this can become our primary application platform.  
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WEMPL005 A Technology Downselection for SKA User Interface Generator TANGO, interface, controls, software 1006
 
  • M. Canzari, M. Dolci
    INAF - OA Teramo, Teramo, Italy
  • V. Alberti
    INAF-OAT, Trieste, Italy
  • F. Bolmsten, V.H. Hardion, H. Petri
    MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
  • P. Klaassen, M. Nicol, S. Williams
    ROE, UTAC, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • H. Ribeiro
    Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências, Porto, Portugal
  • S. Valame
    PSL, Pune, India
  
  The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international collaboration aimed to design and build the world’s largest radio telescope, composed of thousands of antennae and related support systems, with over a square kilometre of collecting area. In order to ensure proper and uninterrupted operation of SKA, the role of the operator at the control room is crucial and the User Interface is the main tool that the operator uses to control and monitor the telescope. During the current bridging phase, a user interface generator has been prototyping. It aims to provide a tool for UI developer to create an own engineeristic user interface compliant with SKA User Interface Design Principle and operator and stakeholder needs. A technology downselection has been made in order to evaluate different web-solution based on TANGO.  
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WEMPR006 Application Development in the Face of Evolving Web Technologies at the National Ignition Facility experiment, factory, MMI, controls 1052
 
  • E.R. Pernice, C.R. Albiston, R.G. Beeler, E.H. Chou, C.D. Fry, M. Shor, J.L. Spears, D.E. Speck, A.A. Thakur, S.L. West
    LLNL, Livermore, California, USA
  
  Funding: This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344
The past decade has seen great advances in web technology, making the browser the de-facto platform for many user applications. Advances in JavaScript, and innovations such as TypeScript, have enabled developers to build large scale applications for the web without sacrificing code maintainability. However, this rapid growth has also been accompanied by turbulence. AngularJS arrived and saw widespread adoption only to be supplanted by Angular 2+ a few years later; meanwhile other JavaScript-based languages and developer tools have proliferated. At the National Ignition Facility (NIF), the Shot Setup Tool (SST) is a large web-based tool for configuring experiments on the NIF that is being developed to replace legacy Java Swing application. We will present our experience in building SST during this turbulent time, including how we have leveraged TypeScript to greatly enhance code readability and maintainability in a multi-developer team, and our current effort to incrementally migrate from AngularJS to React. 		 
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WEMPR008 Web Extensible Display Manager 2 controls, experiment, interface, software 1057
 
  • R.J. Slominski, T.L. Larrieu
    JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
  
  Funding: Authored by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC under U.S. DOE Contract No. DE-AC05-06OR23177
The Web Extensible Display Manager (WEDM) was first deployed at Jefferson Lab (JLab) in 2016 with the goal of rendering Extensible Display Manager (EDM) control screens on the web for the benefit of accessibility, and with version 2 our aim is to provide a more general purpose display toolkit by freeing ourselves from the constraints of the EDM dependency. Over the last few years WEDM has been extensively used at JLab for 24/7 information kiosks, on-call monitoring, and by remote users and staff. The software has also been deployed to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and has become more robust as many bug fixes and contributions have been added. However, adoption and utility of the software as a general purpose control system display manager is limited by EDM, which is no longer actively maintained. A new toolkit can be built on modern frameworks, fully embrace web conventions and standards, and support multiple control system data sources. This new version is a result of a technology review and selection, and introduces a web inspired display file format, a web based display builder, new widgets, and a data interface intended to support pluggable data. 		 
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WEPHA011 Scaling Agile for the Square Kilometre Array software, interface, MMI, GUI 1079
 
  • M. Bartolini, L.R. Brederode, M. Deegan, M. Miccolis, N.P. Rees, J. Santander-Vela
    SKA Organisation, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
  
  The SKA Observatory is approaching the construction of the SKA1 radio telescopes, concluding the pre-construction phase in December 2019. A bridging phase has commenced before construction commences during which lean-agile processes, structures and practices are being prototyped. By the end of the bridging phase we plan to have pivoted from a document based, earned value, stage gated set of processes arranged around pre-construction consortia to a code based, value flow driven, lean-agile set of processes unified around the Scaled Agile Framework. During the bridging process we have onboarded more than 10 agile development teams and in this paper we describe the processes, the main technical and cultural challenges and the preliminary results of adopting a lean-agile culture within the SKA organization.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-WEPHA011  
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WEPHA060 Future Acquisition Architecture Investigations at Diamond software, data-acquisition, controls, experiment 1240
 
  • K.A. Ralphs, J.W. Handford
    DLS, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
  
  At Diamond we are reviewing the current stack of in-house Software Applications that are used to control our beamline experiments and analyse the data produced by them. We intend to use this process of analysis and investigation to formulate proposals for a revised architecture to address the issues with the existing architecture, making use of the opportunities presented by modern technologies and methods, where appropriate. In doing so we hope to design a more flexible and maintainable system which addresses technical debt and functional limitations that have built up over the lifetime of our current software. This will allow us to go on to implement a powerful acquisition and analysis system to be used with the new facilities of Diamond II.  
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WEPHA067 Control System Developments and Machine Model Benchmark for the GSI Fragment Separator FRS controls, target, experiment, dipole 1253
 
  • J.P. Hucka, J. Fitzek, D. Ondreka, S. Pietri, B.R. Schlei, H. Weick
    GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
  • J. Enders
    TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
  
  Funding: Supported by BMBF (05P15RDFN1 and 05P19RDFN1)
At the GSI facility, the LSA* framework from CERN is used to implement a new control system for accelerators and beam transfers. This was already completed and tested for the SIS18 accelerator. The implementation of experimental rings such as CRYRING and ESR is currently under development. In addition, the fragment separator FRS** and - at a later stage - also the superconducting fragment separator Super-FRS at FAIR will be controlled within this framework. The challenge posed by the implementation of the control system for the FRS arises from the interaction of the beam with matter in the beamline and the beam’s associated energy loss. This energy loss is determined using input from ATIMA*** and has been included into the code of the LSA framework. The developed control system solutions were tested in dry-runs and proven to control power supplies and actuators with the help of an out of framework solution. Additionally the current production version of the software and setting generator was simulated and benchmarked by comparison to older measurements.
*M. Lamont et al., LHC Project Note 368
**H. Geissel et al., NIM B 70, 286 (1992)
***H. Weick et al., NIM B 164/165 (2000) 168 		 
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WEPHA078 A Virtualized Beamline Control and DAQ Environment at PAL software, Linux, controls, hardware 1273
 
  • S.W. Kim, H.J. Choi, H.S. Kim, W.W. Lee
    PAL, Pohang, Republic of Korea
  
  At least three different computers are used in the beamline of PAL, first for EPICS IOC, second for device control and data acquisition(DAQ), and third for analyzing data for users. In the meantime, stable beamline control was possible by maintaining the policy of separating applications listed above from the hardware layer. As data volumes grow and the resulting data throughput increases, demands for replacement of highly efficient computers has increased. Advances in virtualization technology and robust computer performance have enabled a policy shift from hardware-level isolation to software-level isolation without replacing all the computers. DAQ and analysis software using the Bluesky Data Collection Framework have been implemented on this virtualized OS. In this presentation, we introduce the DAQ system implemented by this virtualization method.  
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WEPHA090 Testing Tools for the IBEX Control System controls, simulation, GUI, EPICS 1295
 
  • T. Löhnert, F.A. Akeroyd, K.V.L. Baker, D.P. Keymer, A.J. Long, C. Moreton-Smith, D.E. Oram
    STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
  • J.R. Holt, T.A. Willemsen, K. Woods
    Tessella, Abingdon, United Kingdom
  
  At the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, we are in the process of upgrading from the LabVIEW-based SECI instrument control system to the new IBEX control system* based on EPICS**. It is crucial to the running of experiments that IBEX has a high uptime and few bugs. However, it is often not possible to test the system live on an instrument prior to an experiment and thus we must be sure that it is ready to go as soon as we have users. To test that we are correctly communicating with hardware we have built a framework to automate testing of EPICS IOCs using device emulators created using the LeWIS*** Python package. This lets us test that new drivers are functionally the same as those under SECI. To ensure that the full instrument control system stack is working as intended we are also using the Squish testing tool****. Whilst this is used by industry as a GUI focused tool we have used it in conjugation with a fully simulated IBEX installation to create system tests, letting us directly simulate the interactions a user has with IBEX and validate its behavior. This poster will present how using these tools has made IBEX a more robust system.
*https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1021/1/012019/pdf
**https://epics-controls.org/
***https://lewis.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
****https://www.froglogic.com/squish/ 		 
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WEPHA114 Integration of New Siemens S7-1500 PLC Family in UNICOS-CPC: Engineering Challenges and Performance Evaluation PLC, controls, SCADA, MMI 1359
 
  • J.O. Ortolá Vidal, M. Vazquez Muñiz
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  
  UNICOS-CPC (UNified Industrial COntrol System - Continuous Control Package) framework is the CERN standard solution for the design and implementation of continuous industrial process control applications. This paper reports on the design and test results of the integration of a new PLC platform, the new S7-1500 Siemens PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers) series. Special focus is given to the challenges faced during the integration due to the new software architecture of the PLC, as well as to the early stage of the development and interfaces provided by the supplier. The paper shows the TIA portal openness capabilities of the PLC development tool and presents a comprehensive evaluation of the PLC-SCADA communication mechanisms, as well as their integration in UNICOS-CPC.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-WEPHA114  
About • paper received ※ 26 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 10 October 2019       issue date ※ 30 August 2020  
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WEPHA115 From MXCuBE3 to BSXCuBE3 a Web Application for BioSAXS Experiment Control experiment, controls, SRF, interface 1364
 
  • M. Oskarsson, A. Beteva, D.D.S. De Sanctis, S. Fisher, G. Leonard, P. Pernot, M.D. Tully
    ESRF, Grenoble, France
  • J.B. Florial, A.A. McCarthy
    EMBL, Grenoble, France
  
  A new version of the beamline control application BSXCuBE (BioSAXS Customized Beamline Environment) designed to control BioSAXS experiments at the new ESRF Extremely Brilliant Source (EBS) is under development. The new application is implemented as a Web application and it is based on MXCuBE3 (Macromolecular Crystallography Customized Beamline Environment version 3) from which inherits the same technology stack and application structure. This approach allows for faster development and easier maintenance. The advances in architecture and the design of new features in BSXCuBE3 are intended to enhance the automation on BioSAXS beamlines and facilitate the integration of new sample setups, such as microfluidics. As for MXCuBE3, the access to the application from any web browser natively allows the execution of remote experiments. Moreover, the ergonomics of the interface further simplifies beamline operation even for non-experienced users. This work presents the current status of BSXCuBE3 and demonstrates how the development of MXCuBE3 has contributed to the construction of a BioSAXS application.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-WEPHA115  
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WEPHA125 Integrating IoT Devices Into the CERN Control and Monitoring Platform monitoring, controls, simulation, data-acquisition 1385
 
  • B. Copy, M. Bräger, A. Papageorgiou Koufidis, E. Piselli, I. Prieto Barreiro
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  
  The CERN Control and Monitoring Platform (C2MON) offers interesting features required in the industrial controls domain to support Internet of Things (IoT) scenarios. This paper aims to highlight the main advantages of a cloud deployment solution, in order to support large-scale embedded data acquisition and edge computing. Several IoT use cases will be explained, illustrated by real examples carried out in collaboration with CERN Knowledge Transfer programme.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-WEPHA125  
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WEPHA129 Synchronizing LabVIEW Development and Deployment Environment software, LabView, controls, network 1394
 
  • O.Ø. Andreassen, C. Charrondière, M.K. Miskowiec, H. Reymond, A. Rijllart
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  
  LabVIEW with its graphical approach is suited for engineers used to design and implement systems based on schematics and designs. Being a graphical language, it can be challenging to keep track of drivers, runtime engines, deployments and configurations since most of the tools on the market aimed towards this are implemented for textual languages. Configuration management is possible in the development environment via version control systems such as perforce, however at CERN and in the open source software development community in general, the tendency is moving towards Git. In this paper we demonstrate how the combination of automated builds, packaging, versioning and consistent deployment can further ease and speed up development, while ensure robustness and coherency across systems. We also show how an in-house built tool called "RADE Installer" synchronizes both development environments and drivers across workstations, empowering graphical development at CERN, by merging the open source toolchains with the workflow of LabVIEW. RADE installer represents definitively a solution for LabVIEW to keep track of drivers, runtime engines, deployments and configurations.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-WEPHA129  
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WEPHA139 Scaling Up the Deployment and Operation of an ELK Technology Stack monitoring, SCADA, controls, operation 1431
 
  • S. Boychenko, P. Martel, B. Schofield
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  
  Since its integration into the CERN industrial controls environment, the SCADA Statistics project has become a valuable asset for controls engineers and hardware experts in their daily monitoring and maintenance tasks. The adoption of the tool outside of the Industrial Controls and Safety Systems group scope is currently being evaluated by ALICE, since they have similar requirements for alarms and value changes monitoring in their experiment. The increasing interest in scaling up the SCADA Statistics project with new customers has motivated the review of the infrastructure deployment, configuration management and service maintenance policies. In this paper we present the modifications we have integrated in order to improve its configuration flexibility, maintainability and reliability. With this improved solution we believe we can propose our solution to a wider scope of customers.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-WEPHA139  
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WEPHA166 Development of Web-based Parameter Management System for SHINE database, interface, controls, MMI 1478
 
  • H.H. Lv
    SINAP, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
  • C.P. Chu
    IHEP, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
  • Y.B. Leng, Y.B. Yan
    SSRF, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
  
  A web-based parameter management system for Shanghai High repetition rate XFEL aNd Extreme light facility (SHINE) is developed for accelerator physicists and researchers to communicate with each other and track the modified history. The system is based on standard J2EE Glassfish platform with MySQL database utilized as backend data storage. The user interface is designed with JavaServer Faces which incorporates MVC architecture. It is of great convenience for researchers in the facility designing process.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-WEPHA166  
About • paper received ※ 12 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 09 October 2019       issue date ※ 30 August 2020  
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WESH1002 New Java Frameworks for Building Next Generation EPICS Applications controls, site, interface, GUI 1497
 
  • K. Shroff
    BNL, Upton, New York, USA
  • K.-U. Kasemir
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
  • C. Rosati, G. Weiss
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
  
  Phoebus is a Java/JavaFX framework for creating state-of-the-art, next-generation desktop applications for monitoring and controlling EPICS systems. The recent developments in Java and JavaFX have made it possible to reconsider the role of the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) in the development of client applications. Phoebus’s aim is to provide a simple to use and yet "rich-enough" application framework to develop modular JavaFX desktop applications for the most recent Java platform. Phoebus is an extensible framework for multiple control system protocols. It provides features for developing robust and scalable multi-threaded client applications. Key features include event rate decoupling, caching and queuing, and a common set of immutable data types to represent controls data from various protocols. The paper describes the framework as used to implement applications and service for monitoring EPICS PVs. The benefits highlighted will provide the EPICS community a new development perspective.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-WESH1002  
About • paper received ※ 01 October 2019       paper accepted ※ 20 October 2019       issue date ※ 30 August 2020  
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WESH3003 Waltz - A Platform for Tango Controls Web Applications TANGO, controls, SRF, monitoring 1519
 
  • I. Khokhriakov, F. Wilde
    HZG, Geesthacht, Germany
  • O. Merkulova
    IK, Moscow, Russia
  
  Funding: Tango Controls Collaboration, contract 2018, PO 712608/WP1&WP2
The idea of creating Tango web platform was born at Tango Users Meeting in 2013, later a feature request was defined (v10 roadmap #6) – provide a generic web application for browsing and monitoring Tango devices. The work started in 2017* and a name Waltz was selected by voting at Tango Users meeting #32. Waltz is the result of joint efforts of Tango Community, HZG and IK. This paper gives an overview of Waltz as a platform for Tango web applications, the overall framework architecture and presents an end result of real-life applications**. The work shows that having Waltz platform web developer can intuitively and quickly create full web application for his/her needs. Different architectural layers provide maintainability. The platform has a number of abstractions and ready-to-use widgets that can be used by web developer to quickly produce web based solutions. Among Waltz features are user context saving, device control and monitoring, plot and drag-n-drop interface solutions. Communication with Tango happens via Tango REST API using HTTP/2.0 and Server-Sent Events. Waltz can be also treated as a system for device monitoring and control from any part of the world.
*Andrew Goetz, et al., TANGO Kernel Development Status, ICALEPCS2017
**Matteo Canzari, et al., A GUI prototype for SKA1 TM Services: compliance with user-centered design approach, Proc. SPIE 10707 		 
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-WESH3003  
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WESH4003 Continuous Integration for PLC-based Control Systems PLC, controls, SCADA, interface 1527
 
  • B. Schofield, E. Blanco Viñuela
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • J.H.P.D.C. Borrego
    IPFN - IST, Bobadela, Portugal
  
  Continuous integration is widespread in software development, but a number of factors have thus far limited its use in PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) application development. A key requirement of continuous integration is that build and test stages must be automated. Automation of the build stage can be difficult for PLC developers, as building is typically performed with proprietary engineering tools. This has been solved by developing command line utilities which use the APIs of these tools. Another issue is that the program must be deployed to a real target (PLC) in order to test, something that is typically easier to do in other types of software development, where virtual environments may easily be used. This is solved by expanding the command line utilities to allow fully automated deployment of the PLC program. Finally, testing the PLC program presents its own challenges, as it is typically undesirable to alter the program in order to implement the tests natively in the PLC. This is avoided by using an industry standard protocol (OPC UA) to access PLC variables for testing purposes, allowing tests to be performed on an unaltered program.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-WESH4003  
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THAPP01 Automatic Generation of PLC Projects Using Standardized Components and Data Models PLC, database, hardware, interface 1532
 
  • S.T. Huynh, H. Ali, B. Baranasic, N. Coppola, T. Freyermuth, P. Gessler, N. Jardón Bueno, M. Stupar, J. Tolkiehn, J. Zach
    EuXFEL, Schenefeld, Germany
  
  In an environment of rapidly expanding and changing control systems, a solution geared towards the automation of application dependent Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) projects becomes an increasing need at the European X-Ray Free Electron Laser (EuXFEL). Through the standardization of components in the PLC Framework, it becomes feasible to develop tools in order to automate the generation of over 100 Beckhoff PLC Projects. The focus will be on the PLC Management System (PLCMS) tool developed to achieve this. Provided with an electrical diagram markup (EPLAN XML export), the PLCMS queries the database model populated from the PLC Framework. It captures integration parameters and compatible EtherCAT fieldbus hardware. Additionally, inter-device communication and interlocking processes are integrated into the PLC from a defined user template by the PLCMS. The solution provides a flexible and scalable means for automatic and expedited deployment for the PLC control systems. The PLCMS can be further enhanced by interfacing into the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for complete asset management of both PLC software and connected hardware across the facility.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-THAPP01  
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THBPP02 DonkiOrchestra: A Software Trigger-Driven Framework for Data Collection and Experiment Management Based on Zeromq Distributed Messaging experiment, software, controls, operation 1575
 
  • R. Borghes, F. Billè, V. Chenda, G. Kourousias, M. Prica
    Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
  
  Synchrotron end-stations consist of a complex network of devices. The setup is not static and is often upgraded. The data acquisition systems are constantly challenged by such changes and upgrades, so scalability and flexibility are crucial skills. DonkiOrchestra is a ZeroMQ-based framework for data acquisition and experiment control based on an advanced software trigger-driven paradigm. In the DonkiOrchestra approach a software device, referred to as Director, provides the logical organization of the experiment as a sequential workflow relying on triggers. Each software trigger activates a set of Actor devices that can be hierarchically organized according to different priority levels. Data acquired by the Actors is tagged with the trigger number and stored in HDF5 archives. The intrinsic asynchronicity of ZeroMQ maximizes the opportunity of performing parallel operations and sensor readouts. This paper describes the software architecture behind DonkiOrchestra, which is fully configurable and scalable, so it can be reused on multiple endstations and facilities. Furthermore, experimental applications at Elettra beamlines and future developments are presented and discussed.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-THBPP02  
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THBPP05 Implementing Odin as a Control and Data Acquisition Framework for Eiger Detectors detector, controls, data-acquisition, EPICS 1590
 
  • G.D. Yendell, U.K. Pedersen, M.P. Taylor
    DLS, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
  • A. Greer
    OSL, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
  • A.B. Neaves, T.C. Nicholls
    STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
  
  The increasing data throughput of modern detectors is a growing challenge for back-end data acquisition systems. OdinData provides a scalable framework for data acquisition used by multiple beamlines at Diamond Light Source (DLS). While it can be implemented standalone, OdinControl is used to provide a convenient interface to OdinData. Eiger detectors at DLS were initially integrated into the Odin framework specifically for the data acquisition capability, but the addition of detector control provides a more coherent and easily deployable system. OdinControl provides a generic HTTP API as a single point of control for various devices and applications. Adapters can abstract the low-level control of a detector into a consistent API, making it easier for high-level applications to support different types of detector. This paper sets out the design and development of Odin as a control system agnostic interface to integrate Eiger detectors into EPICS beamline control systems at DLS, as well as the current status of operation.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-THBPP05  
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THCPL07 Experience Using NuPIC to Detect Anomalies in Controls Data software, real-time, controls, GUI 1612
 
  • T. D’Ottavio, P.S. Dyer, J. Piacentino, M.R. Tomko
    BNL, Upton, New York, USA
  
  NuPIC (Numenta Platform for Intelligent Computing) is an open-source computing platform that attempts to mimic neurological pathways in the human brain. We have used the Python implementation to explore the utility of using this system to detect anomalies in both stored and real-time data coming from the controls system for the RHIC Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory. This paper explores various aspects of that work including the types of data most suited to anomaly detection, the likelihood of developing false positive and negative anomaly results, and experiences with training the system. We also report on the use of this software for monitoring various parts of the controls system in real-time.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-THCPL07  
About • paper received ※ 02 October 2019       paper accepted ※ 09 October 2019       issue date ※ 30 August 2020  
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