PCaPAC2012 - List of Keywords (rf-amplifier)

Paper	Title	Other Keywords	Page
WEPD47	Low-cost EPICS Control Using Serial-LAN Module XPort	controls, EPICS, status, extraction	81
	N. Kamikubota KEK, Ibaraki, Japan N. Yamamoto J-PARC, KEK & JAEA, Ibaraki-ken, Japan S.Y. Yoshida Kanto Information Service (KIS), Accelerator Group, Ibaraki, Japan
	In J-PARC MR (Main Ring), we are interested in a commercial product, XPort, a low-cost serial-LAN converter [1]. We have introduced it in two different cases. (1) Two RF-amplifiers with GPIB were introduced. We asked a company to add a XPort for remote control rather than GPIB. Serial messages of GPIB are transported to an EPICS IOC (I/O controller) over our control network. (2) We developed an electric circuit board with manual switches. An on-board FPGA chip has connections both to switches and to XPort pins. Status of switches can be read remotely as UDP messages through XPort. In both cases, messages are converted into EPICS-style records using AsyncDriver of EPICS. Implementation details and operational reports are given. [1] http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/embedded-device-servers/xport.html

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WEPD47

Low-cost EPICS Control Using Serial-LAN Module XPort

controls, EPICS, status, extraction

81

N. Kamikubota
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
N. Yamamoto
J-PARC, KEK & JAEA, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
S.Y. Yoshida
Kanto Information Service (KIS), Accelerator Group, Ibaraki, Japan

In J-PARC MR (Main Ring), we are interested in a commercial product, XPort, a low-cost serial-LAN converter [1]. We have introduced it in two different cases. (1) Two RF-amplifiers with GPIB were introduced. We asked a company to add a XPort for remote control rather than GPIB. Serial messages of GPIB are transported to an EPICS IOC (I/O controller) over our control network. (2) We developed an electric circuit board with manual switches. An on-board FPGA chip has connections both to switches and to XPort pins. Status of switches can be read remotely as UDP messages through XPort. In both cases, messages are converted into EPICS-style records using AsyncDriver of EPICS. Implementation details and operational reports are given.
[1] http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/embedded-device-servers/xport.html