ICALEPCS2011 - List of Authors (Suñé, R.)

Paper

Title

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The MRF Timing System. The Complete Control Software Integration in Tango.

483

J. Moldes, D.B. Beltrán, D.F.C. Fernández-Carreiras, J.J. Jamroz, J. Klora, O. Matilla, R. Suñé
CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

The deployment of the Timing system based on the MRF hardware has been a important part of the control system. Hundreds of elements are integrated in the scheme, which provides synchronization signals and interlocks, transmitted in the microsecond range and distributed all around the installation. It has influenced several hardware choices and has been largely improved to support interlock events. The operation of the timing system requires a complex setup of all elements. A complete solution has been developed including libraries and stand alone Graphical User Interfaces. Therefore this set of tools is of a great added value, even increased if using Tango, since most high level applications and GUIs are based on Tango Servers. A complete software solution for managing the events, and interlocks of a large installation is presented.

Poster MOPMU023 [25.650 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 WEAAUST01 [6.978 MB]

WEPMS023

ALBA Timing System - A Known Architecture with Fast Interlock System Upgrade

1024

O. Matilla, D.B. Beltrán, D.F.C. Fernández-Carreiras, J.J. Jamroz, J. Klora, J. Moldes, R. Suñé
CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

Like most of the newest synchrotron facilities the ALBA Timing System works on event based architecture. Its main particularity is that integrated with the Timing system a Fast Interlock System has been implemented which allows for an automated and synchronous reaction time from any-to-any point of the machine faster than 5μs. The list of benefits of combining both systems is large: very high flexibility, reuse of the timing actuators, direct synchronous output in different points of the machine reacting to an interlock, implementation of the Fast Interlock with very low cost increase as the timing optic fiber network is reused or the possibility of combined diagnostic tools implementation for triggers and interlocks. To enhance this last point a global timestamp of 8ns accuracy that could be used both for triggers and interlocks has been implemented. The system has been designed, installed and extensively used during the Storage Ring commissioning with very good results.

Poster WEPMS023 [0.920 MB]

Paper	Title	Page
MOPMU023	The MRF Timing System. The Complete Control Software Integration in Tango.	483
	J. Moldes, D.B. Beltrán, D.F.C. Fernández-Carreiras, J.J. Jamroz, J. Klora, O. Matilla, R. Suñé CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
	The deployment of the Timing system based on the MRF hardware has been a important part of the control system. Hundreds of elements are integrated in the scheme, which provides synchronization signals and interlocks, transmitted in the microsecond range and distributed all around the installation. It has influenced several hardware choices and has been largely improved to support interlock events. The operation of the timing system requires a complex setup of all elements. A complete solution has been developed including libraries and stand alone Graphical User Interfaces. Therefore this set of tools is of a great added value, even increased if using Tango, since most high level applications and GUIs are based on Tango Servers. A complete software solution for managing the events, and interlocks of a large installation is presented.
	Poster MOPMU023 [25.650 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 WEAAUST01 [6.978 MB]

WEPMS023	ALBA Timing System - A Known Architecture with Fast Interlock System Upgrade	1024
	O. Matilla, D.B. Beltrán, D.F.C. Fernández-Carreiras, J.J. Jamroz, J. Klora, J. Moldes, R. Suñé CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
	Like most of the newest synchrotron facilities the ALBA Timing System works on event based architecture. Its main particularity is that integrated with the Timing system a Fast Interlock System has been implemented which allows for an automated and synchronous reaction time from any-to-any point of the machine faster than 5μs. The list of benefits of combining both systems is large: very high flexibility, reuse of the timing actuators, direct synchronous output in different points of the machine reacting to an interlock, implementation of the Fast Interlock with very low cost increase as the timing optic fiber network is reused or the possibility of combined diagnostic tools implementation for triggers and interlocks. To enhance this last point a global timestamp of 8ns accuracy that could be used both for triggers and interlocks has been implemented. The system has been designed, installed and extensively used during the Storage Ring commissioning with very good results.
	Poster WEPMS023 [0.920 MB]