Title :
An integrated experiment control system, architecture, and benefits: the LHCb approach
Author :
Gaspar, C. ; Franek, B. ; Jacobsson, R. ; Jost, B. ; Morlini, S. ; Neufeld, N. ; Vannerem, P.
Author_Institution :
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
fDate :
6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
LHCb´s Experiment Control System will handle the configuration, monitoring, and operation of all experimental equipment involved in the various activities of the experiment. A control framework (based on an industrial SCADA system) allowing the integration of the various devices into a coherent hierarchical system is being developed in common for the four Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the same architecture and tools can be used to control and monitor all the different types of devices, from front-end electronics boards to temperature sensors to algorithms in an event filter farm, thus providing LHCb with a homogeneous control system and a coherent interface to all parts of the experiment.
Keywords :
SCADA systems; accelerator control systems; control systems; ion accelerators; knowledge based systems; large-scale systems; proton accelerators; readout electronics; storage rings; synchrotrons; LHCb approach; Large Hadron Collider experiments; algorithms; coherent hierarchical system; coherent interface; configuration; event filter farm; finite state machines; front-end electronics; homogeneous control system; industrial SCADA system; integrated experiment control system; knowledge-based systems; large-scale systems; monitoring; system architecture; temperature sensors; Control systems; Electrical equipment industry; Filters; Hierarchical systems; Industrial control; Large Hadron Collider; Monitoring; SCADA systems; Temperature control; Temperature sensors; Automation; SCADA systems; control systems; finite state machines; knowledge-based systems; large-scale systems;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2004.828878
