Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Real Time Conference, 1999. Santa Fe 1999. 11th IEEE NPSS
Conference_Location :
Sante Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5463-X
DOI :
10.1109/RTCON.1999.842598
