PCaPAC2014 - Table of Session: WPI (Poster in Pills)

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WPI01

News from the FAIR Control System under Development

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R. Bär, D.H. Beck, C. Betz, J. Fitzek, S. Jülicher, U. Krause, M. Thieme, R. Vincelli
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

The control system for the FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) accelerator facility is presently under development and implementation. The FAIR accelerators will extend the present GSI accelerator chain, then being used as injector, and provide anti-proton, ion, and rare isotope beams with unprecedented intensity and quality for a variety of research programs. This paper shortly summarizes the general status of the FAIR project and focusses on the progress of the control system design and its implementation. The poster presents the general system architecture and updates on the status of major building blocks of the control system. We highlight the control system implementation efforts for CRYRING, a new accelerator presently under recommissioning at GSI, which will serve as a test-ground for the complete control system stack and evaluation of the new controls concepts.

Slides WPI01 [1.039 MB]

WPI02

The EMBL Beamline Control Framework BICFROCK

WPO012

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U. Ristau, S. Fiedler, A. Kolozhvari
EMBL, Hamburg, Germany

The EMBL hosts three Beamlines at the Petra Synchrotron at DESY. The control of the Beamlines is based on a Labview TINE Framework. Working examples of the layered structure of the control software and the signal transport with the Fieldbus based control electronic using Ethercat will be presented as well as the layout of the synchronization implementation of all beamline elements.

Slides WPI02 [0.877 MB]

WPI03

Status of the FLUTE Control System

WPO013

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S. Marsching, N. Hiller, V. Judin, A.-S. Müller, M.J. Nasse, R. Ruprecht, M. Schuh
KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany

The accelerator test facility FLUTE (Ferninfrarot, Linac- Und Test-Experiment) is being under construction nearby ANKA at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). FLUTE is a linac-based accelerator facility for generating coherent THz radiation. One of the goals of the FLUTE project is the development and fundamental examination of new concepts and technologies for the generation of intensive and ultra-broad-band THz pulses fed by femtosecond electron-bunches. In order to study the various mechanisms influencing the final THz pulses, data-acquisition and storage systems are required that allow for the correlation of beam parameters on a per-pulse basis. In parallel to the construction of the accelerator and the THz beam-line, a modern, EPICS-based control system is being developed. This control system combines well-established techniques (like S7 PLCs, Ethernet, and EPICS) with rather new components (like MicroTCA, Control System Studio, and NoSQL databases) in order to provide a robust, stable system, that meets the performance requirements. We present the design concept behind the FLUTE control system and report on the status of the commissioning process.

Slides WPI03 [1.313 MB]

WPI04

STARS: Current Development Status

WPO019

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T. Kosuge, Y. Nagatani
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan

STARS (Simple Transmission and Retrieval System) [1] is extremely simple and useful software for small-scale control systems and it runs on various operating system. STARS consists of client programs (STARS clients) and a server (STARS server) program. Each client is connected to the server via a TCP/IP socket and each client and the server communicate with text based message. STARS is used for various system at the KEK Photon Factory (beamline control system, experimental hall access control system, key handling system etc.) and development of stars (development many kind of STARS clients, interconnection of Web2c [2] and STARS etc.) is still going. We will describe current development status of STARS.
[1] http://stars.kek.jp/
[2] http://adweb.desy.de/mcs/web2cToolkit/web2c_home.htm

Slides WPI04 [2.604 MB]

WPI05

Control System Design for the VELA Test Accelerator at Daresbury Laboratory

WPO039

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A. Oates, G. Cox, B.G. Martlew
STFC/DL, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom

VELA (Versatile Electron Linear Accelerator) is a high performance, modular injector facility capable of delivering a highly stable, short pulse, high quality electron beam to test enclosures. The new facility delivers a capability for the cutting edge development and qualification of advanced accelerator systems, enabling industry to expedite their technology development from prototypes to market ready products. Initial design began in 2011 and was followed by an aggressive programme of procurement, construction and commissioning, leading to first beam in summer 2013 and operation for industrial partners in autumn 2013. The control system for this completely new accelerator was designed from scratch and is based entirely on COTS (commercially off-the-shelf) hardware such as EtherCat, the latest generation of PLCs, Ethernet serial control and Linux rack mount IOCs. EPICS is used as he software toolkit. This paper describes the overall structure of the control system and discusses the choice of hardware and software together with some reflections on the suitability of those choices in the light of the first 12 months of operation.

Slides WPI05 [0.956 MB]

Paper	Title	Page
WPI01	News from the FAIR Control System under Development
WPO004	use link to access more material from this paper's primary paper code
	R. Bär, D.H. Beck, C. Betz, J. Fitzek, S. Jülicher, U. Krause, M. Thieme, R. Vincelli GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
	The control system for the FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) accelerator facility is presently under development and implementation. The FAIR accelerators will extend the present GSI accelerator chain, then being used as injector, and provide anti-proton, ion, and rare isotope beams with unprecedented intensity and quality for a variety of research programs. This paper shortly summarizes the general status of the FAIR project and focusses on the progress of the control system design and its implementation. The poster presents the general system architecture and updates on the status of major building blocks of the control system. We highlight the control system implementation efforts for CRYRING, a new accelerator presently under recommissioning at GSI, which will serve as a test-ground for the complete control system stack and evaluation of the new controls concepts.
	Slides WPI01 [1.039 MB]

WPI02	The EMBL Beamline Control Framework BICFROCK
WPO012	use link to access more material from this paper's primary paper code
	U. Ristau, S. Fiedler, A. Kolozhvari EMBL, Hamburg, Germany
	The EMBL hosts three Beamlines at the Petra Synchrotron at DESY. The control of the Beamlines is based on a Labview TINE Framework. Working examples of the layered structure of the control software and the signal transport with the Fieldbus based control electronic using Ethercat will be presented as well as the layout of the synchronization implementation of all beamline elements.
	Slides WPI02 [0.877 MB]

WPI03	Status of the FLUTE Control System
WPO013	use link to access more material from this paper's primary paper code
	S. Marsching, N. Hiller, V. Judin, A.-S. Müller, M.J. Nasse, R. Ruprecht, M. Schuh KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
	The accelerator test facility FLUTE (Ferninfrarot, Linac- Und Test-Experiment) is being under construction nearby ANKA at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). FLUTE is a linac-based accelerator facility for generating coherent THz radiation. One of the goals of the FLUTE project is the development and fundamental examination of new concepts and technologies for the generation of intensive and ultra-broad-band THz pulses fed by femtosecond electron-bunches. In order to study the various mechanisms influencing the final THz pulses, data-acquisition and storage systems are required that allow for the correlation of beam parameters on a per-pulse basis. In parallel to the construction of the accelerator and the THz beam-line, a modern, EPICS-based control system is being developed. This control system combines well-established techniques (like S7 PLCs, Ethernet, and EPICS) with rather new components (like MicroTCA, Control System Studio, and NoSQL databases) in order to provide a robust, stable system, that meets the performance requirements. We present the design concept behind the FLUTE control system and report on the status of the commissioning process.
	Slides WPI03 [1.313 MB]

WPI04	STARS: Current Development Status
WPO019	use link to access more material from this paper's primary paper code
	T. Kosuge, Y. Nagatani KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
	STARS (Simple Transmission and Retrieval System) [1] is extremely simple and useful software for small-scale control systems and it runs on various operating system. STARS consists of client programs (STARS clients) and a server (STARS server) program. Each client is connected to the server via a TCP/IP socket and each client and the server communicate with text based message. STARS is used for various system at the KEK Photon Factory (beamline control system, experimental hall access control system, key handling system etc.) and development of stars (development many kind of STARS clients, interconnection of Web2c [2] and STARS etc.) is still going. We will describe current development status of STARS. [1] http://stars.kek.jp/ [2] http://adweb.desy.de/mcs/web2cToolkit/web2c_home.htm
	Slides WPI04 [2.604 MB]

WPI05	Control System Design for the VELA Test Accelerator at Daresbury Laboratory
WPO039	use link to access more material from this paper's primary paper code
	A. Oates, G. Cox, B.G. Martlew STFC/DL, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
	VELA (Versatile Electron Linear Accelerator) is a high performance, modular injector facility capable of delivering a highly stable, short pulse, high quality electron beam to test enclosures. The new facility delivers a capability for the cutting edge development and qualification of advanced accelerator systems, enabling industry to expedite their technology development from prototypes to market ready products. Initial design began in 2011 and was followed by an aggressive programme of procurement, construction and commissioning, leading to first beam in summer 2013 and operation for industrial partners in autumn 2013. The control system for this completely new accelerator was designed from scratch and is based entirely on COTS (commercially off-the-shelf) hardware such as EtherCat, the latest generation of PLCs, Ethernet serial control and Linux rack mount IOCs. EPICS is used as he software toolkit. This paper describes the overall structure of the control system and discusses the choice of hardware and software together with some reflections on the suitability of those choices in the light of the first 12 months of operation.
	Slides WPI05 [0.956 MB]