The detector control system for BABAR

Author

Abrams, G. ; Allison, S. ; Anthony, P. ; Kirkby, D. ; Lewis, S. ; Lionberger, C. ; Meyer, T. ; Morandin, M. ; Olsen, J. ; Paolucci, P. ; Vasileiadis, G. ; Zioulas, G.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

182

Lastpage

186

Abstract

The hardware/software system for the control of the BABAR detector at PEP-II is described. The contributions of a large and diverse collaboration were channeled into a standard hardware selection (VME crate, embedded CPU, fieldbus, etc.) and a uniform software environment, EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System). These choices, with a judicious naming convention in place, allowed a distributed and modular development of the control system, which was then integrated within the Online System in the Interaction Hall. The design of the software to complement the EPICS layer is presented

Keywords

computerised control; high energy physics instrumentation computing; particle detectors; physical instrumentation control; system buses; BABAR detector; EPICS; VME crate; detector control system; embedded CPU; fieldbus; hardware system; modular development; software system; Collaborative software; Control systems; Detectors; Embedded software; Field buses; Hardware; Industrial control; Physics; Software standards; Software systems;

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.1999.842598

Filename

842598