TY - CPAPER
AU - Walasek-Höhne, B.
AU - Andre, C.
AU - Bräuning-Demian, A.
AU - Bräuning, H.
AU - Haseitl, R.
AU - Hoffmann, T.
AU - Lonsing, R.
AU - Reiter, A.
AU - Schmidt, C.
AU - Schwickert, M.
TI - CUPID: New System for Scintillating Screen Based Diagnostics
J2 - Proc. of IBIC2014
AB - The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) poses new challenges for standard beam instrumentation like precise beam imaging over a wide range of beam parameters, radiation hardness, etc. A new, fully FAIR-conformal system for standard scintillating screen based beam diagnostics was developed at GSI. To cover a wide range of foreseen applications, a new technical solution was required for the upcoming FAIR High Energy Beam Transport lines and Rings. The newly developed system including digital image acquisition, remote controllable optical system and mechanical design, was set up and commissioned with beam. CUPID (Control Unit for Profile and Image Data) is based on the CERN Front-End Software Architecture (FESA) to control beam diagnostic devices. The FESA class for the digital GigE camera (IDS uEye UI-5240SE-M, CMOS type) acquires the images and pre-processes the optical data as required by the geometry of the setup (rotation, stretching). The performance of the system reaches more than 15 frames per second with one connected client. If desired, the raw image data can be written to a file for offline analysis. Additionally, dedicated FESA classes access industrial Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) for a reliable slow control solution using the CERN IEPLC library. Camera control, timing, as well as power supply and reset options for up to eight digital cameras are realized by the in-house developed Camera Power Supply controller CPS8. We report on first results with the novel system during routine beam operation. In addition, we describe first operating experiences with new radiation-hard camera (Thermo Fischer Scientific, CCIR MegaRAD3) installed at the SIS18 extraction point with high radiation level.
PB - JACoW
CY - Geneva, Switzerland
SP - 417
EP - 420
KW - radiation
KW - controls
KW - GUI
KW - operation
KW - instrumentation
DA - 2014/10
PY - 2014
SN - 978-3-95450-141-0
UR - http://jacow.org/IBIC2014/papers/tupd06.pdf
ER -