PCaPAC2012 - List of Authors (Roy, A.)

Paper

Title

Page

Development of EPICS Channel Access Embedded ActiveX Components for GUI Development

54

A. Roy, R.B. Bhole, S. Pal
VECC, Kolkata, India

The paper describes the integration of EPICS Channel Access protocol and Microsoft ActiveX technology towards developing a generalize operator interface (OPI) building facility for Windows platform. EPICS is used as the development architecture of the control system in Superconducting Cyclotron (SCC). Considering the operators' familiarity and compatibility with third party software, it was decided to use MS-Windows platform at operator interface level in SCC during commission. Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) is used on trial basis as OPI building platform to incorporate user specific features e.g. file system access for data storage and analysis, user authentication at OPI level etc. A set of EPICS Channel Access embedded ActiveX components is developed to ease the programming complexity and reduce developmental time of the OPI for Windows platform. OPIs, developed using these components and containing hundreds of process parameters, are being used reliably over a considerable period of time.

Poster WEPD25 [0.144 MB]

WEPD26

Development of Fast Controls for Beam Wire Scanner for SuperKEKB

57

A. Roy
VECC, Kolkata, India
K. Furukawa, N. Iida
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
T. Okazaki
EJIT, Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan

Recent development towards the data acquisition system of the wire scanner (WS) systems of the SuperKEKB injector linac (LINAC) and beam transport lines (BT's) is described. A VME based system, comprised of charge sensitive ADC (CSADC) board, scaler board, DAC board and Event receiver board, has been installed. The primary aim of the system is to utilise global linac event timing system for synchronized and mode-dependent data acquisition. A set of EPICS device driver has been developed for new hardware e.g. CSADC, scaler and DAC boards. The combination of latest versions of firmware and EPICS device driver forμResearch Finland (MRF) Event receiver board is also evaluated and further incorporated in this system. The application software is developed for simultaneous acquisition of multiple beam mode data during multimode injection of the LINAC. The developed system is tested successfully after integrating with the existing wire scanner driving mechanism. The system enables the beam size measurements at four consecutive locations, that derive Twiss parameters and ensure the reliable beam transport to four downstream storage rings.

Poster WEPD26 [0.245 MB]

THCB02

EPICS MySQLArchiver - Integration Between EPICS and MySQL

109

A. Roy, R.B. Bhole, S. Pal, D. Sarkar
VECC, Kolkata, India

The performance evaluation and analysis of inter-system dependency of the various subsystems of the Superconducting Cyclotron demand a well configured data logging, archiving and historic analysis facility for massive number of control parameters along with on-line failure analysis facility of every system. EPICS is used as development architecture of the control system of these systems with MySQL used as database for large amount of relational data management. This combination requires integration between EPICS and MySQL server. For this purpose, MySQLArchiver as an EPICS Extension is developed for data logging and archiving of control parameters into MySQL database. This extension also provides a web based tool for online monitoring of control parameters and historic analysis of archived data. This paper describes the software architecture, implementations, as well as method of configuration for any other EPICS based control system as a utility. This facility is also elaborated with examples, web page views and experiences of deploying it in SCC.

Slides THCB02 [0.781 MB]

THPD11

Facility Monitoring System using Storage Area Network for VEC and SCC

157

T. Bhattacharjee, R.B. Bhole, K. Datta, S. Pal, A. Roy, T. Samanta, D. Sarkar, Mr. Saxena
VECC, Kolkata, India

The facility monitoring system of cyclotron operational parameters at VECC is developed and commissioned recently. Storage Area Network(SAN) is used to isolate the control LAN and office LAN which ensures secured access of the control systems from outside world. EPICS gateway service and modified channel access save/restore tool have been used to integrate EPICS based control system of VEC and SCC with office network. This paper describes the implementation details and operational experiences of the overall facility monitoring system.

Paper	Title	Page
WEPD25	Development of EPICS Channel Access Embedded ActiveX Components for GUI Development	54
	A. Roy, R.B. Bhole, S. Pal VECC, Kolkata, India
	The paper describes the integration of EPICS Channel Access protocol and Microsoft ActiveX technology towards developing a generalize operator interface (OPI) building facility for Windows platform. EPICS is used as the development architecture of the control system in Superconducting Cyclotron (SCC). Considering the operators' familiarity and compatibility with third party software, it was decided to use MS-Windows platform at operator interface level in SCC during commission. Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) is used on trial basis as OPI building platform to incorporate user specific features e.g. file system access for data storage and analysis, user authentication at OPI level etc. A set of EPICS Channel Access embedded ActiveX components is developed to ease the programming complexity and reduce developmental time of the OPI for Windows platform. OPIs, developed using these components and containing hundreds of process parameters, are being used reliably over a considerable period of time.
	Poster WEPD25 [0.144 MB]

WEPD26	Development of Fast Controls for Beam Wire Scanner for SuperKEKB	57
	A. Roy VECC, Kolkata, India K. Furukawa, N. Iida KEK, Ibaraki, Japan T. Okazaki EJIT, Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan
	Recent development towards the data acquisition system of the wire scanner (WS) systems of the SuperKEKB injector linac (LINAC) and beam transport lines (BT's) is described. A VME based system, comprised of charge sensitive ADC (CSADC) board, scaler board, DAC board and Event receiver board, has been installed. The primary aim of the system is to utilise global linac event timing system for synchronized and mode-dependent data acquisition. A set of EPICS device driver has been developed for new hardware e.g. CSADC, scaler and DAC boards. The combination of latest versions of firmware and EPICS device driver forμResearch Finland (MRF) Event receiver board is also evaluated and further incorporated in this system. The application software is developed for simultaneous acquisition of multiple beam mode data during multimode injection of the LINAC. The developed system is tested successfully after integrating with the existing wire scanner driving mechanism. The system enables the beam size measurements at four consecutive locations, that derive Twiss parameters and ensure the reliable beam transport to four downstream storage rings.
	Poster WEPD26 [0.245 MB]

THCB02	EPICS MySQLArchiver - Integration Between EPICS and MySQL	109
	A. Roy, R.B. Bhole, S. Pal, D. Sarkar VECC, Kolkata, India
	The performance evaluation and analysis of inter-system dependency of the various subsystems of the Superconducting Cyclotron demand a well configured data logging, archiving and historic analysis facility for massive number of control parameters along with on-line failure analysis facility of every system. EPICS is used as development architecture of the control system of these systems with MySQL used as database for large amount of relational data management. This combination requires integration between EPICS and MySQL server. For this purpose, MySQLArchiver as an EPICS Extension is developed for data logging and archiving of control parameters into MySQL database. This extension also provides a web based tool for online monitoring of control parameters and historic analysis of archived data. This paper describes the software architecture, implementations, as well as method of configuration for any other EPICS based control system as a utility. This facility is also elaborated with examples, web page views and experiences of deploying it in SCC.
	Slides THCB02 [0.781 MB]

THPD11	Facility Monitoring System using Storage Area Network for VEC and SCC	157
	T. Bhattacharjee, R.B. Bhole, K. Datta, S. Pal, A. Roy, T. Samanta, D. Sarkar, Mr. Saxena VECC, Kolkata, India
	The facility monitoring system of cyclotron operational parameters at VECC is developed and commissioned recently. Storage Area Network(SAN) is used to isolate the control LAN and office LAN which ensures secured access of the control systems from outside world. EPICS gateway service and modified channel access save/restore tool have been used to integrate EPICS based control system of VEC and SCC with office network. This paper describes the implementation details and operational experiences of the overall facility monitoring system.