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S11LLC01 Replacing PS Controls Front End Minicomputers by VME Based 32-bit Processors 375
 
  • A.G. Gagnaire, Ch. Serrepresenter, C.H. Sicard, N. de Metz-Noblat
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
 
  The PS controls have started the first phase of system rejuvenation, targeted towards the LEP Preinjector Controls. The main impact of this phase is in the architectural change, as both the front-end minicomputers and the CAMAC embedded microprocessors are replaced by microprocessor based VME crates called Device Stub Controllers (DSC). This paper discusses the different steps planned for this first phase, i.e: - implementing the basic set of CERN Accelerator common facilities for DSCs (error handling, system surveillance, remote boot and network access); - porting the equipment access software layer; ¿ applying the Real-time tasks to the LynxOS operating system and J/O architecture, conforming to the real-time constraints for control and acquisition; - defining the number and contents of the different DSC needed, according to geographical and cpu-load constraints; - providing the general services outside the DSC crates (file servers, data-base services); - emulating the current Console programs onto the new workstations.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S11LLC01  
About • Received ※ 11 November 1991 — Accepted ※ 20 November 1991 — Issued ※ 04 December 1992  
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S11LLC02 Device Controllers Using an Industrial Personal Computer of the PF 2.5-GeV Electron Linac at KEK 378
 
  • Y. Otake, K. Kakihara, K. Nakahara, Y. Ogawa, S. Ohsawa, T. Shidara, M. Yokota
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
 
  Device controllers for electron guns and slits using an industrial personal computer have been designed and installed in the Photon Factory 2.5-Ge V Electron Linac at KEK. The design concept of the controllers is to realize a reliable system and good productivity of hardware and software by using an industrial personal computer and a programmable sequence controller. The device controllers have been working reliably for several years.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S11LLC02  
About • Received ※ 11 November 1991 — Accepted ※ 20 November 1991 — Issued ※ 04 December 1992  
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S11LLC03 High Accuracy ADC and DAC Systems for Accelerator Control Applications 382
 
  • E.A. Kuper, A. Ledenev
    BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
 
  In the work presented here the ways of construction, the apparatus for the precision measurements and control systems incorporated in the accelerating facilities of INP are considered. All the apparatus are developed and manufactured in the standard of CAMAC.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S11LLC03  
About • Received ※ 11 November 1991 — Accepted ※ 20 November 1991 — Issued ※ 04 December 1992  
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S11LLC04 Driving Serial CAMAC Systems from VME Crates 386
 
  • W. Heinze
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Large control systems in the 80’s were often based on Serial CAMAC loops driven by 16 bit minicomputers. These 16 bit computers, becoming obsolete in the 90’s, are advantageously replaced by VME crates. To maintain the investment in Serial CAMAC hardware and software, an inexpensive Serial Highway Driver has been developed which operates in a VME crate as simple I/O module. With this system, both classical configurations, i.e. the Highway Driver on the I/O bus of the minicomputer and the Highway Driver in a so-called CAMAC mother crate, can be replaced with minimal costs and improved performance. This paper presents a VME Serial CAMAC Driver and compares the performance of the VME driven Serial Highway to the ones driven by minicomputers. The comparison is based on the experience gained with the beginning of the replacement of Norsk Data minicomputers by VME crates in the CERN/PS control system as described by A. Gagnaire et al. in "Replacing PS Controls front end minicomputers by VME based 32-bit processors" in S11LLC01, this conference.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S11LLC04  
About • Received ※ 11 November 1991 — Accepted ※ 20 November 1991 — Issued ※ 04 December 1992  
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S11LLC05 Fast Automatic System for Measurements of Beam Parameters of the MMF Linac 389
 
  • P.I. Reinhardt-Nickulin, S. Bragin, N.G. Ilinsky, Y. Senichev
    RAS/INR, Moscow, Russia
 
  Fast transverse beam profile and current monitoring systems have been tested at the Linear Accelerator of Moscow Meson Factory. The signals for each system are derived from multiwire secondary emission chamber and beam current transformer. Each beam pulse is digitized by fast ADC’s. There are two modes for systems. First one is for detailed beam adjustment and second one is for normal 100 Hz rate of the MMF Linac. Essential features of the hardware, software, data acquisition, measurement accuracy and beam results are presented.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S11LLC05  
About • Received ※ 11 November 1991 — Accepted ※ 20 November 1991 — Issued ※ 04 December 1992  
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S11LLC06 Beam Position Monitor Multiplexer Controller Upgrade at the LAMPF Proton Storage Ring 393
 
  • W.K. Scarborough, S. Cohen
    LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy
The beam position monitor (8PM) is one of the primary diagnostic tools used for the tuning of the proton storage ring (PSR) at the Clinton P. Anderson Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF). A replacement for the existing, monolithic, wire-wrapped microprocessor-based BPM multiplexer controller has been built. The controller has been redesigned as a modular system retaining the same functionality of the original system built in 1981. Individual printed circuit cards are used for each controller function to insure greater maintainability and ease of keeping a spare parts inventory. Programmable logic device technology has substantially reduced the component count of the new controller. Diagnostic software was written to support the development of the upgraded controller. The new software actually uncovered some flaws in the original CAMAC interface.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S11LLC06  
About • Received ※ 11 November 1991 — Accepted ※ 20 November 1991 — Issued ※ 04 December 1992  
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S11LLC07 The KEK PS Fast Beam Loss Monitor System 395
 
  • J.A. Holt, D.A. Arakawa, S. Hiramatsu, J. Kishiropresenter, H. Someya
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
  • J.A. Holt
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
 
  The higher beam intensities now being accelerated in the KEK proton synchrotron (PS) complex have increased the importance of observing the beam loss during acceleration. The beam loss should be continuously monitored to minimize radiation damage to the accelerator components. A fast loss monitor also is a good tool for observing where and when the beam is lost, by which we are able to get information on the beam dynamics. The development of a fast beam loss monitor system at KEK is described in this paper.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S11LLC07  
About • Received ※ 11 November 1991 — Accepted ※ 20 November 1991 — Issued ※ 04 December 1992  
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S11LLC08 Non-Destructive Fast Data Taking System of Beam Profile and Momentum Spread in KEK-PS 399
 
  • T. Kawakubo, T. Adachi, Y. Ajima, E. Kadokura
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
  • T. Ishida
    Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
 
  A mountain view of beam profiles in a synchrotron ring can be taken without any beam destruction by collecting charged particles produced by the circulating beam hitting residual gas in the ring to a sensor. When a rectangular Micro Channel Plate with multi-anodes or lined-up electron multipliers is used as the sensor, the profiles can be measured within one acceleration period, even if the beam intensity is very low and the ring is kept in a high vacuum. We describe this non-destructive profile monitor (NDPM) as well as the momentum spread measurement system by a combination of two sets of NDPM.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S11LLC08  
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S11LLC09 A CAMAC-Resident Microprocessor for the Monitoring of Polarimeter Spin States 403
 
  • D. Reid, D. DuPlantis, N. Yoder
    IUCF, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
  • D. Dale
    TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
 
  A CAMAC module for the reporting of polarimeter spin states is being developed using a resident microcontroller. The module will allow experimenters at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility to monitor spin states and correlate spin information with other experimental data. The use of a microprocessor allows for adaptation of the module as new requirements ensue without change to the printed circuit board layout.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S11LLC09  
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S11LLC10 High Accuracy Measurement of Magnetic Field in Pulse Magnetic Elements 406
 
  • V. Kargaltsev, E.A. Kuperpresenter
    BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
 
  A CAMAC module intended for measurements of instant magnetic field using coil sensor is described. It is four channel integrating ADC with current input in which signal integration time is controlled externally and may be optimized for a given signal. Original technical solution allowing to eliminate influence of the integrator capacity and switches instability on overall accuracy is described. The large accelerator facilities include a great number of magnetic elements interacting with a beam for a short period ranging from 0.01 ms to 10 ms. For example, this class of elements includes all the magnetic components of channels for particle transportation. In addition, most of these elements are operating rarely - once in 1 - 10000 s. For these elements the most optimal is the use of a pulse power supply that reduces the electric power consumption and which is most important, it solves the problem of heat removal. Though, the pulse power supply poses some problems in providing the accuracy of magnetic field and its measurements.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S11LLC10  
About • Received ※ 11 November 1991 — Accepted ※ 20 November 1991 — Issued ※ 04 December 1992  
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