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Paper	Title	Other Keywords	Page
WECOMA04	What's behind an Accelerator-Control-System?	controls, vacuum, linac, synchrotron	13
	R. Schmitz DESY, Hamburg
	There are a lot of features a control-system should have. Some of which are essential, e.g. that minimum set of application-programs and the infrastructure they need to run which at least allow operators to switch on and off the accelerator. Other features are not as obvious as GUIs, intelligent control algorithms or data-acquisition methods, but they require considerable manpower and should not be underestimated, for they have a major impact on the availability of the control system. This paper will describe the efforts made and being made by the control-systems group at DESY to provide a reliable tool for the operators, minimizing the downtime caused by control-system failures. This paper is a partial review of this aspect of computer based accelerator-control dating back to the late 1970s when the accelerator PETRA went into operation, controlled entirely by computers, i.e. mini-computers from NORSK DATA. Notwithstanding the respect we owe to the computer and to the technology which supports it, a good Control-System group behind an Accelerator-Control-System is essential to its success.
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WECOAA02	The TINE Control System Protocol: How to Achieve High Scalability and Performance	controls, background, brilliance, vacuum	19
	P. Duval, S. W. Herb DESY, Hamburg
	Over the years TINE* has implemented numerous strategies for achieving high efficiency regarding data transport within a distributed control system. This was in fact essential in controlling a large machine such as HERA*. In modern times, a control system protocol suite must offer interfaces to many and sundry development platforms (not simply C++ and java) and it must support 'part-time' application developers, who might not be so well-versed in writing 'efficient' applications. This is an important point and easy to overlook until it is noticed that front end servers are struggling due to poor data flow models. For instance, a magnet server with 200 PSCs (Power Supply Controllers) might be accessed by a simple panel application which synchronously polls the readback values of all PSCs individually. The same server will have a much easier time if the client can be 'coerced' into acquiring the information asynchronously and as a multi-channel array of all values. TINE now offers various 'second-order' protocol features which go a long way in not just allowing but 'enforcing' efficient data transfer. We shall describe some of these features in this article. http://tine.desy.de ** Duval et al., “TINE: An Integrated Control System for HERA”, Proceedings, PCaPAC’99, 1999.
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WEPL010	FESA Based Data Acquisition for Beam Diagnostics at GSI	controls, diagnostics, synchrotron, ion	47
	T. Hoffmann, H. Bräuning, R. Haseitl GSI, Darmstadt G. Jansa Cosylab, Ljubljana
	In view of the upcoming Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) at GSI with its increased complexity in beam control and diagnostics, the decision was taken to use the well-tested CERN-made Front-End Software Architecture (FESA) as the lowest level of the new control system. In the past years, the current stable FESA framework (Version 2.10) has been adapted and installed at GSI, the major part being the adaptation of the different machine timing models of GSI and CERN. With this stable environment at hand, all current and new data acquisition systems related to beam diagnostics will be implemented with FESA. To demonstrate the applicability of FESA for demanding data acquisition problems with high data rates and/or large amounts of data, two different projects such as the Tune Orbit and POSition measurement (TOPOS) and the Large Analogue Signal Scaling Information Environment (LASSIE) are presented. Experiences with implementing standard interfaces such as CAN, GigE and PLCs in FESA applications as well as a move towards low cost Intel-based VME controllers or industry PCs running a real time Linux are discussed.
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WEPL014	Consolidating the FLASH LLRF System Using DOOCS Standard Server and the FLASH DAQ	controls, gun, feedback, klystron	55
	O. Hensler, V. Ayvazyan, Z. Geng, W. Koprek, H. Schlarb, Ch. Schmidt DESY, Hamburg
	Over the last years the LLRF group developed many different flavors of hardware to control the RF systems at the Free Electron Laser in Hamburg (FLASH). This led to a variety of firmware version as well as control system server and display panels. A joined attempt of the LLRF and the controls group was made over the last year to consolidate hardware, improve the firmware and develop one DOOCS front-end server for all 6 RF stations. Furthermore, DOOCS standard server are used for automation, like simple state machines, and the FLASH DAQ for bunch-to-bunch monitoring tasks, e.g. quench-detection. An outlook of new developments for the upcoming European XFEL, using xTCA technologies, will be given.
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WEPL016	Status, Applicability and Perspective of TINE-powered Video System, Release 3	controls, laser, diagnostics, electron	61
	S. Weisse, D. Melkumyan DESY Zeuthen, Zeuthen P. Duval DESY, Hamburg
	Experience has shown that imaging software and hardware installations at accelerator facilities needs to be changed, adapted and updated on a semi-permanent basis. On this premise, the component-based core architecture of Video System 3 was founded. In design and implementation, emphasis was, is, and will be put on flexibility, performance, low latency, modularity, interoperability, use of open source, ease of use as well as reuse, good documentation and multi-platform capability. Special effort was spent on shaping the components so that they can easily fit into small-scale but also into area-wide installations. Here, we describe the current status of the redesigned, almost feature-complete Video System, Release 3. Individual production-level use-cases at Hasylab, PITZ* and Petra III* diagnostic beamline will be outlined, demonstrating the applicability at real world installations. Finally, the near and far future expectations will be presented. Last but not least it must be mentioned that although the implementation of Release 3 is integrated into the TINE control system*, it is modular enough so that integration into other control systems can be considered. http://hasylab.desy.de http://pitz.desy.de * http://petra3.desy.de **** http://tine.desy.de
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WEPL022	STARS on PLC	controls, factory, photon, vacuum	73
	T. Kosuge, K. N. Nigorikawa KEK, Ibaraki
	STARS (Simple Transmission and Retrieval System) is a message transferring software for small scale control systems with TCP/IP sockets, which works on various types of operating systems. We have succeeded to run STARS server and client on PLC (Yokogawa FA-M3, CPU module F3RP61) this time. At present, PLCs are used for beamline interlock systems (BLIS) and PCs are used for monitoring system (CCS) of BLISs at the Photon Factory. Running STARS on PLC brings capability of BLIS and CCS integration. We will describe detail of "STARS on PLC".

WEPL025	Control and Timing System Design of CPHS Project	controls, hadron, linac, target	79
	Q. Du, H. Gong, X. Guan, J. M. Li, J. Wei TUB, Beijing B. B. Shao Tsinghua University, Beijing
	The control system consists of a timing and event distribution system, an EPICS based distributed run-time database and control system, and a comprehensive personnel and machine protection system. The timing and event distribution system defines the global system time frame as well as specific events that trigger local devices by an event generator and receiver framework, so that the time delay of each event could be controlled in 10ns resolution, and the timing jitter of trigger signal is below 0.1ns. The hard-real-time machine protection system is also integrated in the event system so that a fault event could be responded within 50 micro-seconds. Field control signals such as water temperature, vacuum, low level RF phase and amplitude and radiation dose are monitored and controlled via the EPICS database through Ethernet.
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WEPL031	CCCP - Cosylab common control platform	controls, feedback, simulation, target	88
	M. Rescic Cosylab, Ljubljana Z. Kroflic University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ljubljana
	Cosylab common control platform (CCCP) is a lightweight hardware control platform designed to provide a simple interface to various types of hardware components and fast and simple integration of such hardware into control systems. The core of the platform is the scripting language lua. This lightweight and flexible scripting language provides software real-time control of hardware modules over all provided connections (RS232, Ethernet, USB, SPI, CAN, I2C, GPIO) as well as fast and simple ways of implementing modules for more complex structures (FPGA). The platform provides various levels of control with an embedded GUI or full remote control over an embedded web server, archiving capabilities with a database back-end and different device simulator modes. The platform's small footprint, high degree of flexibility and high level of hardware abstraction make the CCCP an ideal control platform for more complicated hardware instruments and at the same time a perfect main control board for devices that incorporate various complex hardware elements. The design and possible implementations of this platform will be discussed in this article.
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WEPL032	Programming Interfaces for Reconfigurable Instruments	controls, instrumentation, brilliance, diagnostics	91
	M. Kenda, A. Bardorfer, T. Beltram, H. Kocevar I-Tech, Solkan
	Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) provided by the manufacturers of the instruments for the accelerators are a very important part of the functionality. There are many interface standards (EPICS, TINE, Tango,…) and even same standard can be used in various ways. Important features of modern instruments are reconfigurability and embedded computing. The developers of instruments that need to be connected to a control system are facing different requirements: adherence to standard protocols and support of reconfigurable instruments with diverse capabilities with a consistent interface. Instrumentation Technologies has implemented a well accepted solution with its proprietary Control System Programing Interface (CSPI) layer and adapters for each standard protocol. There are new challenges like reconfigurability, quality of service, discovery and maintainability that are being addressed with improved Measurement and Control Interface.
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WEPL037	A Novel Approach for Beam Commissioning Software using Service Oriented Architecture	simulation, controls, linac, pick-up	100
	G. B. Shen BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York P. Chu, J. Wu SLAC, Menlo Park, California
	A novel software framework is under development, which is for an accelerator beam commissioning and operation. It adopts a client/server based architecture to replace the more traditional monolithic high level application approach. A minimum set of commissioning and operational services has been defined such as simulation server service, directory service, magnet service, and bpm service, etc.. Most of them have been prototyped. Services can use EPICS pvData as its data container and pvAccess as communication protocol. This paper describes conceptual design and latest progress for some services
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THCOMA04	A simple DAQ system based on LabVIEW, php and MySQL	controls, radiation, proton, linac	112
	M. Tanigaki, K. Takamiya KURRI, Osaka
	A tiny and simple DAQ system has been designed and developed for the application to the control system in our institute. This DAQ system is based on on LabView, MySQL and apache, and shows good compatibility with LabVIEW-based system like the control system for the FFAG complex in our institute. The current status for the development, as well as the recent accelerator-related status in our institute, will be introduced.
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THCOAA01	Web Services Cyber-Security Issues	controls, photon	115
	D. E.R. Quock ANL, Argonne
	The Web’s potential for distributed programming has been proven not only in the business realm, but also in the accelerator controls domain. Web Services describes clients and servers that communicate over the Internet’s Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) using predefined Internet-based Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). It is the uniqueness of Web Services transactions such as cloud computing, data sharing, and data archiving that give rise to the security concerns of Web Services (authentication, data integrity, non-repudiation, and privacy). At Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)-based Web Services were implemented into the Integrated Relational Model of Installed Systems (IRMIS) as the application interface to Oracle’s Content Server document management software. This report reviews the basics of Web Services, cyber-security issues that are inherent for Web Services, current Web Services security implementation practices, and future directions of Web Service security development efforts where the overriding goal of Web Services security is to focus on managing risk and protecting data.
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THCOAA02	Remote Access to the VESPERS Beamline using Science Studio	controls, synchrotron, radiation	118
	D. G. Maxwell, D. Liu, E. Matias, D. Medrano CLS, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan M. Bauer, M. Fuller, S. McIntryre, J. Qin UWO, London, Ontario
	Science Studio is a web portal, and framework, that provides scientists with a platform to collaborate in distributed teams on research projects, and to remotely access the resources of research facilities located across Canada. The primary application for Science Studio is to provide scientists with remote access to the VESPERS beamline at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron in Saskatoon Saskatchewan, and to readily process data from this beamline at the SHARCNET high performance computing facility in London Ontario. The VESPERS beamline is a complex instrument that is composed of many devices, such as valves, motors and detectors, which are all controlled through the low-level EPICS control system. Science Studio implements a simple, intuitive and functional web-based interface to the beamline for device control and data acquisition. The Science Studio experiment management system allows the acquired data to be easily organized and shared with the research team. This paper will provide an overview of the design, implementation and capabilities of the Science Studio system, with a focus on remote control of the VESPERS beamline.
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THPL018	Development of Image Processing System on Embedded EPICS for Beam Diagnostics	controls, background, power-supply, diagnostics	165
	J.-I. Odagiri, K. Furukawa, T. Obina, M. Satoh KEK, Ibaraki
	A new image processing system was developed based on EPICS and the FA-M3 PLC made by Yokogawa Electric Corporation. The hardware of the system comprises an F3RP61 CPU module running Linux and an F3UM02 frame grabber module. The CPU functions as an IOC to analyze the raw image data acquired and transferred by the frame grabber on the PCI-bus which connects the two modules. A custom record, graphicsRecord, holds the raw image data, the results of analysis and parameters set by the user over the network. GUI panels were created by using EDM in order to display the image and to set relevant control parameters into the fields of the graphicsRecord on the F3RP61-based IOC. It was confirmed that the developed system is able to acquire image data, analyze them appropriately, and send them over the network to a host computer to display the results of analysis. The design and results on performance measurement of the system is reported.

THPL022	Plans for monitoring TPS control system infrastructure using SNMP and EPICS	controls, power-supply, synchrotron, synchrotron-radiation	174
	Y.-T. Chang, J. Chen, Y. K. Chen, Y.-S. Cheng, K. T. Hsu, K. H. Hu, C. H. Kuo, C.-J. Wang, C. Y. Wu NSRRC, Hsinchu
	The Taiwan Photon Source (TPS) control system is one of the crucial systems for the accelerators and beamlines. It is necessary to monitor the status of the control system components such as housekeeping parameters of cPCI EPICS IOC crates, network traffic, connections between computers, etc. The equipment room environment including electric power, temperature, fire alarm, and water leak will also need to be watched. Using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), the behaviour of network-attached devices can be monitored for administrative attention. Since the TPS control system is based upon the EPICS framework, the monitoring system is planned to adopt the EPICS support with SNMP. This paper will describe the system architecture of this monitoring system.
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FRCOMA03	Beam Profile Monitoring System for XFEL/SPring-8	controls, diagnostics, beam-transport, emittance	198
	T. Matsumoto, A. Yamashita JASRI/SPring-8, Hyogo-ken S. I. Inoue SES, Hyogo-pref. Y. Otake RIKEN/SPring-8, Hyogo
	XFEL/SPring-8 will start beam commissioning in March 2011. Beam profile monitors are an important tool for beam diagnostics. The diagnostic tool monitors beam profile images and evaluates beam shapes and intensities in real time. Image data is stored with a beam tagged number to be compared with other synchronized data such as beam position monitors. Many functions are required to the diagnostic tool. The monitor system consists of screens and CCD cameras with lens assemblies. The screens and lenses are controlled with programmable logic controllers. The cameras are connected to a PC with Camera Link. To choose a camera, selectors are used. On the PC, a server program writes image data into shared memory and a diagnostics tool fetches the data. The diagnostics tool is developed using Python with a graphical user interface (GUI) based on wxPython. In the GUI, several functions such as image analysis, camera control, data record and viewer are required, and easily implemented with the Python. The beam profile monitoring system was tested with the SCSS prototype accelerator under similar condition, and then will be applied to XFEL/SPring-8.
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FRCOAA05	Data Acquisition from heterogeneous sensor networks: the case of NEPTUNE Canada, the world largest cabled ocean observatory.	instrumentation, controls, fibre-optics, optics	214
	B. Pirenne ONC, Victoria
	Ocean Sciences is at the crossroads: it is entering the brave new world of "Big Science". The first of a new generation of large facilities, the NEPTUNE Canada cabled ocean observatory (www.neptunecanada.ca) will be presented from the point of view of a sensor network composed of hundreds of diverse instruments. The challenges we faced will be reviewed, together with the selected network design, data management and data distribution approaches. Special emphasis will be placed on the architecture of the system and on the more recent developments and concepts used to help scientists in their exploitation of the data. Finally a number of the early discoveries made with the new facility will be briefly described.
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