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https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-TUPDP028
Title Challenges of the COSY Synchrotron Control System Upgrade to EPICS
Authors
  • C. Böhme, C. Deliege, M. Simon, M. Thelen
    FZJ, Jülich, Germany
  • V. Kamerdzhiev
    GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
  • R. Modic, Ž. Oven
    Cosylab, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract The COSY (COoler SYncchrotron) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich is a hadron accelerator build in the early 90s, with work started in the late 80s. At this time the whole control system was based on a self-developed real-time operating system for Motorola m68k boards, utilizing, unusual for this time, IP-networks as transport layer. The GUI was completely based on Tcl/Tk. After 25 years of operation, in 2016, it was decided to upgrade the control system to EPICS and the GUI to CS-Studio, in order to e.g. allow a better automatization or automatized archiving of operational parameters. This was done together with Cosylab d.d. bit by bit while the synchrotron was in operation, and because of the complexity is still ongoing. The experiences of the stepwise upgrade process will be presented and a lessons learned will be emphasized.
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Conference ICALEPCS2023
Series International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (19th)
Location Cape Town, South Africa
Date 09-13 October 2023
Publisher JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial Board Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany); Andy Götz (ESRF, Grenoble, France); Johan Venter (SARAO, Cape Town, South Africa); Karen White (SNS, Oak Ridge, TN, USA); Marie Robichon (ESRF, Grenoble, France); Vivienne Rowland (SARAO, Cape Town, South Africa)
Online ISBN 978-3-95450-238-7
Online ISSN 2226-0358
Received 06 October 2023
Accepted 12 October 2023
Issued/td> 14 October 2023
DOI doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-TUPDP028
Pages 561-564
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