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@inproceedings{finch:icalepcs2021-wepv049, author = {I.D. Finch and G.D. Howells and A.A. Saoulis}, title = {{Controls Data Archiving at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source for In-Depth Analysis and ML Applications}}, booktitle = {Proc. ICALEPCS'21}, pages = {780--783}, eid = {WEPV049}, language = {english}, keywords = {EPICS, controls, software, neutron, database}, venue = {Shanghai, China}, series = {International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems}, number = {18}, publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland}, month = {03}, year = {2022}, issn = {2226-0358}, isbn = {978-3-95450-221-9}, doi = {10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2021-WEPV049}, url = {https://jacow.org/icalepcs2021/papers/wepv049.pdf}, abstract = {{The ISIS Neutron and Muon Source accelerators are currently operated using Vsystem control software. Archiving of controls data is necessary for immediate fault finding, to facilitate analysis of long-term trends, and to provide training datasets for machine learning applications. While Vsystem has built-in logging and data archiving tools, in recent years we have greatly expanded the range and quantity of data archived using an open-source software stack including MQTT as a messaging system, Telegraf as a metrics collection agent, and the Influx time-series database as a storage backend. Now that ISIS has begun the transition from Vsystem to EPICS this software stack will need to be replaced or adapted. To explore the practicality of adaptation, a new Telegraf plugin allowing direct collection of EPICS data has been developed. We describe the current Vsystem-based controls data archiving solution in use at ISIS, future plans for EPICS, and our plans for the transition while maintaining continuity of data.}}, }