ICALEPCS1991 - List of Authors (Matheys, J.P.)

Paper	Title	Page
S14OOP06	The State Manager: A Tool to Control Large Data-Acquisition Systems	524
	A. Defendini, R. Jones, J.P. Matheys, P. Vande Vyvre, A. Vascotto CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	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.
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S14OOP06
About •	Received ※ 11 November 1991 — Accepted ※ 20 November 1991 — Issued ※ 04 December 1992
Cite •	reference for this paper using ※ BibTeX, ※ LaTeX, ※ Text/Word, ※ RIS, ※ EndNote (xml)

S15CSE01	CASE in CERN’s Accelerator Sector	528
	A. Daneels, A. Albrecht, A. Cabas-Alonso, F. Chevrier, Ch. Delamare, G. Ferran, S. Foffano, P. Heymans, D. Manglunki, Y. Marti, J.P. Matheys, D.P. Missiaen, G. Moorhead, O. Novakov, T. Pettersson, J. Poole, M. Pozzato, J.-P. Quesnel, S. Santiago, J. Schinzel, N. Segura-Chinchilla, C.H. Sicard CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	As in the software industry where computer aided software engineering (CASE) methodologies and tools are commonly used, CERN endeavours to introduce this technology to improve the efficiency of designing, producing and maintaining software. A large project is currently under development in the administrative area whereas a dedicated group has been set up to evaluate state of the art techniques for software development relating to physics experiments. A similar activity, though on a smaller scale, has been initiated in the accelerator sector also in view of the large amount of software that will be required by the LEP200 and the LHC projects. This paper briefly describes this technology and gives an account of current experience with the use of CASE methods and tools for technical projects in the accelerator sector at CERN.
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S15CSE01
About •	Received ※ 11 November 1991 — Accepted ※ 20 November 1991 — Issued ※ 04 December 1992
Cite •	reference for this paper using ※ BibTeX, ※ LaTeX, ※ Text/Word, ※ RIS, ※ EndNote (xml)

Paper

Title

Page

The State Manager: A Tool to Control Large Data-Acquisition Systems

524

A. Defendini, R. Jones, J.P. Matheys, P. Vande Vyvre, A. Vascotto
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

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.

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S14OOP06

About •

Received ※ 11 November 1991 — Accepted ※ 20 November 1991 — Issued ※ 04 December 1992

Cite •

reference for this paper using ※ BibTeX, ※ LaTeX, ※ Text/Word, ※ RIS, ※ EndNote (xml)

S15CSE01

CASE in CERN’s Accelerator Sector

528

A. Daneels, A. Albrecht, A. Cabas-Alonso, F. Chevrier, Ch. Delamare, G. Ferran, S. Foffano, P. Heymans, D. Manglunki, Y. Marti, J.P. Matheys, D.P. Missiaen, G. Moorhead, O. Novakov, T. Pettersson, J. Poole, M. Pozzato, J.-P. Quesnel, S. Santiago, J. Schinzel, N. Segura-Chinchilla, C.H. Sicard
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

As in the software industry where computer aided software engineering (CASE) methodologies and tools are commonly used, CERN endeavours to introduce this technology to improve the efficiency of designing, producing and maintaining software. A large project is currently under development in the administrative area whereas a dedicated group has been set up to evaluate state of the art techniques for software development relating to physics experiments. A similar activity, though on a smaller scale, has been initiated in the accelerator sector also in view of the large amount of software that will be required by the LEP200 and the LHC projects. This paper briefly describes this technology and gives an account of current experience with the use of CASE methods and tools for technical projects in the accelerator sector at CERN.

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S15CSE01

About •

Received ※ 11 November 1991 — Accepted ※ 20 November 1991 — Issued ※ 04 December 1992

Cite •

reference for this paper using ※ BibTeX, ※ LaTeX, ※ Text/Word, ※ RIS, ※ EndNote (xml)