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| ROPB01 | Using Sequencing to Improve Operational Efficiency and Reliability | 689 |
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| Operation of an accelerator requires the efficient and reproducible execution of many different types of procedures. Some procedures, like beam acceleration, magnet quench recovery, and species switching can be quite complex. To improve accelerator reliability and efficiency, automated execution of procedures is required. Creation of a single robust sequencing application permits the streamlining of this process and offers many benefits in sequence creation, editing, and control. In this paper, we present key features of a sequencer application commissioned at the Collider-Accelerator Department of Brookhaven National Laboratory during the 2007 run. Included is a categorization of the different types of sequences in use, a discussion of the features considered desirable in a good sequencer, and a description of the tools created to aid in sequence construction and diagnosis. Finally, highlights from our operational experience are presented, with emphasis on Operations control of the sequencer, and the alignment of sequence construction with existing operational paradigms. | ||
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| ROPB02 | Control System Studio Applications | 692 |
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| Control System Studio (CSS) is a recently started effort for implementing control system related applications, primarily targeting the operator interface, based on current software technologies (JAVA and Eclipse), with a special emphasis on interoperability. We present initial versions of several CSS applications, their features, and how the Eclipse and CSS frameworks helped or complicated their development. | ||
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| ROPB03 | Drag and Drop Display & Builder | 695 |
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The "Drag and Drop Display & Builder" system is a component-oriented system that is designed to allow users to create visual representations of data received from data acquisition systems. It is an upgrade of a synoptic display mechanism used in Fermilab since 2002*. Components can be graphically arranged and logically interconnected in the web-startable Project Builder. Projects can be lightweight AJAX and SVG based web pages, or they can be started as Java applications. The system may be used to control equipment if started as a Java application. The new version was initiated as a response to discussions between the LHC Controls Group and Fermilab.
*Synoptic Display – A client-server system for graphical data representation, ICALEPCS 2003, Gyenongju. |
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| ROPB04 | Beam Commissioning Software and Database for J-PARC LINAC | 698 |
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| A beam commissioning software system based on a relational database (RDB) has been developed for the J-PARC LINAC. We developed two high-level software frameworks, JCE and XAL. JCE (Java Commissioning Environment) based on a scripting language SAD script has been developed in Java with device control, monitoring, online modelling and data analysis functions. XAL has been developed initially by SNS and developed for J-PARC. A commissioning database system has been developed to configure commonly these two frameworks, for model geometry, EPICS control, and calibration parameters. A server for unit conversion of magnet power supplies has also developed for the commissioning software. Commissioning applications for RF tuning, transverse matching, orbit correction, beam-based calibration, beam monitor controls have been developed using the two framework and successfully applied for beam tuning. We report on the status of development for the commissioning software system. | ||
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