Author: Reszela, Z.
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MOMMU001 Extending Alarm Handling in Tango 63
 
  • S. Rubio-Manrique, F. Becheri, D.F.C. Fernández-Carreiras, J. Klora, L. Krause, A. Milán Otero, Z. Reszela, P. Skorek
    CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
 
  This paper describes the alarm system developed at Alba Synchrotron, built on Tango Control System. It describes the tools used for configuration and visualization, its integration in user interfaces and its approach to alarm specification; either assigning discrete Alarm/Warning levels or allowing versatile logic rules in Python. This paper also covers the life cycle of the alarm (triggering, logging, notification, explanation and acknowledge) and the automatic control actions that can be triggered by the alarms.  
slides icon Slides MOMMU001 [1.119 MB]  
poster icon Poster MOMMU001 [2.036 MB]  
 
MOPMU006 The Commissioning of the Control System of the Accelerators and Beamlines at the Alba Synchrotron 432
 
  • D.F.C. Fernández-Carreiras, F. Becheri, S. Blanch, A. Camps, T.M. Coutinho, G. Cuní, J.V. Gigante, J.J. Jamroz, J. Klora, J. Lidón-Simon, O. Matilla, J. Metge, A. Milán, J. Moldes, R. Montaño, M. Niegowski, C. Pascual-Izarra, S. Pusó, Z. Reszela, A. Rubio, S. Rubio-Manrique, A. Ruz
    CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
 
  Alba is a third generation synchrotron located near Barcelona in Spain. The final commissioning of all accelerators and beamlines started the 8th of March 2011. The Alba control system is based on the middle layer and tools provided by TANGO. It extensively uses the Sardana Framework, including the Taurus graphical toolkit, based on Python and Qt. The control system of Alba is highly distributed. The design choices made five years ago, have been validated during the commissioning. Alba uses extensively Ethernet as a Fieldbus, and combines diskless machines running Tango on Linux and Windows, with specific hardware based in FPGA and fiber optics for fast real time transmissions and synchronizations. B&R PLCs, robust, reliable and cost-effective are widely used in the different components of the machine protection system. In order to match the requirements in terms of speed, these PLCs are sometimes combined with the MRF Timing for the fast interlocks. This paper describes the design, requirements, challenges and the lessons learnt in the installation and commissioning of the control system.  
poster icon Poster MOPMU006 [24.241 MB]  
 
WEAAUST01 Sardana: The Software for Building SCADAS in Scientific Environments 607
 
  • T.M. Coutinho, G. Cuní, D.F.C. Fernández-Carreiras, J. Klora, C. Pascual-Izarra, Z. Reszela, R. Suñé
    CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
  • A. Homs, E.T. Taurel
    ESRF, Grenoble, France
 
  Sardana is a software for supervision, control and data acquisition in large and small scientific installations. It delivers important cost and time reductions associated with the design, development and support of the control and data acquisition systems. It enhances Tango with the capabilities for building graphical interfaces without writing code, a powerful python-based macro environment for building sequences and complex macros, and a comprehensive access to the hardware. It scales well to small laboratories as well as to large scientific institutions. It has been commissioned for the control system of Accelerators and Beamlines at the Alba Synchrotron.  
slides icon Slides WEAAUST01 [6.978 MB]