Hardware controls for the STAR experiment at RHIC

Author

Lin, James ; Bieser, F. ; Bordua, M. ; Cherney, M. ; Chrin, J. ; Ferguson, I. ; Ghazikhanian, V. ; Gross, J. ; Harper, G. ; Howe, M. ; Jacobson, S. ; Kravtsov, P. ; Lianberger, C. ; McParland, C. ; McShane, T. ; Meie, J. ; Sakrejda, I. ; Yamamoto, E. ; Zh

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Creighton Univ., Omaha, NE, USA

Volume

47

Issue

2

fYear

2000

fDate

4/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

210

Lastpage

213

Abstract

A hardware controls system has been implemented for the STAR experiment at RHIC. Approximately 10000 parameters governing experiment operation are currently controlled and monitored. The system is based on the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS). The architecture of STAR hardware controls is presented as well as the results of operation of the integrated baseline system. Novel features of the system include a specialized field bus (High-level Data Link Control-HDLC), new EPICS record support, Control DEVice (CDEV) interfaces to accelerator and magnet control systems, and C++ based communication between STAR online and Hardware Controls and their associated databases

Keywords

client-server systems; computerised control; high energy physics instrumentation computing; physical instrumentation control; time projection chambers; C++ based communication; Control Device interfaces; EPICS; EPICS record support; Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System; High-level Data Link Control; RHIC; STAR experiment; STAR hardware controls; hardware controls; specialized field bus; Accelerator magnets; Anodes; Cathodes; Communication system control; Control systems; Data acquisition; Electrons; Hardware; Monitoring; Physics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.846148

Filename

846148