ICALEPCS2011 - List of Authors (Rees, N.P.)

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GDA and EPICS Working in Unison for Science Driven Data Acquisition and Control at Diamond Light Source

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E.P. Gibbons, M.T. Heron, N.P. Rees
Diamond, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Diamond Light Source has recently received funding for an additional 10 photon beamlines, bringing the total to 32 beamlines and around 40 end-stations. These all use EPICS for the control of the underlying instrumentation associated with photon delivery, the experiment and most of the data acquisition hardware. For the scientific users Diamond has developed the Generic Data Acquisition (GDA) application framework to provide a consistent science interface across all beamlines. While each application is customised to the science of its beamline, all applications are built from the framework and predominantly interface to the underlying instrumentation through the EPICS abstraction. We will describe the complete system, illustrate how it can be configured for a specific beamline application, and how other synchrotrons are, and can, adapt these tools for their needs.

Slides TUAAUST01 [9.781 MB]

WEPMN013

Recent Developments in Synchronised Motion Control at Diamond Light Source

901

B.J. Nutter, T.M. Cobb, M.R. Pearson, N.P. Rees, F. Yuan
Diamond, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

At Diamond Light Source the EPICS control system is used with a variety of motion controllers. The use of EPICS ensures a common interface over a range of motorised applications. We have developed a system to enable the use of the same interface for synchronised motion over multiple axes using the Delta Tau PMAC controller. Details of this work will be presented, along with examples and possible future developments.

Paper	Title	Page
TUAAUST01	GDA and EPICS Working in Unison for Science Driven Data Acquisition and Control at Diamond Light Source	529
	E.P. Gibbons, M.T. Heron, N.P. Rees Diamond, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
	Diamond Light Source has recently received funding for an additional 10 photon beamlines, bringing the total to 32 beamlines and around 40 end-stations. These all use EPICS for the control of the underlying instrumentation associated with photon delivery, the experiment and most of the data acquisition hardware. For the scientific users Diamond has developed the Generic Data Acquisition (GDA) application framework to provide a consistent science interface across all beamlines. While each application is customised to the science of its beamline, all applications are built from the framework and predominantly interface to the underlying instrumentation through the EPICS abstraction. We will describe the complete system, illustrate how it can be configured for a specific beamline application, and how other synchrotrons are, and can, adapt these tools for their needs.
	Slides TUAAUST01 [9.781 MB]

WEPMN013	Recent Developments in Synchronised Motion Control at Diamond Light Source	901
	B.J. Nutter, T.M. Cobb, M.R. Pearson, N.P. Rees, F. Yuan Diamond, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
	At Diamond Light Source the EPICS control system is used with a variety of motion controllers. The use of EPICS ensures a common interface over a range of motorised applications. We have developed a system to enable the use of the same interface for synchronised motion over multiple axes using the Delta Tau PMAC controller. Details of this work will be presented, along with examples and possible future developments.