Hardware controls for the STAR experiment at RHIC

Author

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

Author_Institution

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

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

246

Lastpage

249

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 are 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

high energy physics instrumentation computing; physical instrumentation control; time projection chambers; C++ based communication; EPICS; Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System; High-level Data Link Control; RHIC; STAR experiment; experiment operation; hardware controls; integrated baseline system; magnet control systems; Accelerator magnets; Anodes; Cathodes; Communication system control; Control systems; Data acquisition; Hardware; Physics; Power supplies; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Real Time Conference, 1999. Santa Fe 1999. 11th IEEE NPSS

Conference_Location

Sante Fe, NM

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5463-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RTCON.1999.842612

Filename

842612