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https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S14OOP06
Title The State Manager: A Tool to Control Large Data-Acquisition Systems
Authors
  • A. Defendini, R. Jones, J.P. Matheys, P. Vande Vyvrepresenter, A. Vascotto
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract The State Manager system (SM) is a set of tools, developed at CERN, for the control of large data-acquisition systems. A dedicated object-based language is used to describe the various components of the data-acquisition system. Each component is declared in terms of finite state machines and sequences of parametrized actions to be performed for operations such as the start and end of a run. The description, written by the user, is translated into Ada to produce a run-control program capable of controlling processes in a distributed environment A Motif-based graphical interface to the control program displays the current state of all the components and can be used to control the overall dataa-cquisition system. The SM has been used by several experiments both at CERN and other organizations. We present here the architecture of the SM, some design choices, and the experience acquired from its use.
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Conference ICALEPCS1991
Series International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (3rd)
Location Tsukuba, Japan
Date 11-15 November 1991
Publisher JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial Board Cheol-on Pak (KEK, Tsukuba, Japan); Shin-ichi Kurokawa (KEK, Tsukuba, Japan); Tadahiko Katoh (KEK, Tsukuba, Japan); Kazuro Furukawa (KEK, Tsukuba, Japan); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany)
Online ISBN 978-3-95450-254-7
Online ISSN 2226-0358
Received 11 November 1991
Accepted 20 November 1991
Issued 04 December 1992
DOI doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S14OOP06
Pages 524-527
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