Keyword: EPICS
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TUP004 Integration of EtherCAT Hardware Into the EPICS Based Distributed Control System at iThemba LABS controls, hardware, software, cyclotron 152
 
  • J.K. Abraham, W. Duckitt
    iThemba LABS, Somerset West, South Africa
 
  iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences (iThemba LABS) has, over the past 30 years, carried out several upgrades to its control electronics and software. This culminated in the adoption of EPICS as the de-facto distributed control system at the lab. In order to meet the changing technology and user requirements, iThemba LABS adopted EtherCAT as its new industrial communication standard. Building on an open EtherCAT master implementation and prior community development, iThemba LABS has successfully integrated a variety of EtherCAT hardware into its EPICS control system. This paper presents the open source software toolchain that has been developed and is used at iThemba LABS and showcases several hardware installations at the facility and abroad. Community involvement and future plans for this initiative are also presented.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-Cyclotrons2019-TUP004  
About • paper received ※ 12 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 25 September 2019       issue date ※ 20 June 2020  
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THA03 React Automation Studio: A New Face to Control Large Scientific Equipment controls, GUI, interface, cyclotron 285
 
  • W. Duckitt, J.K. Abraham
    iThemba LABS, Somerset West, South Africa
 
  A new software platform to enable the control of large scientific equipment through EPICS has been designed. The system implements a modern tool chain with a React frontend and a PyEpics backend as a progressive web application. This enables efficient and responsive cross platform and cross device operation. A general overview of React Automation Studio as well as the system architecture, implementation at iThemba LABs, community involvement and future plans for the system is presented.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-Cyclotrons2019-THA03  
About • paper received ※ 13 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 26 September 2019       issue date ※ 20 June 2020  
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