Control systems: An application to a high energy physics experiment (COMPASS)

Author

Bordalo, P. ; Nunes, A.S. ; Pires, C. ; Quintans, C. ; Ramos, S.

Author_Institution

LIP, Lisbon, Portugal

fYear

2012

fDate

24-27 May 2012

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

25

Abstract

The Detector Control System (DCS) of the COMPASS experiment at CERN is presented. The experiment has a high level of complexity and flexibility and a long time of operation, that constitute a challenge for its full monitorisation and control. A strategy to use a limited number of standardised, cost-effective, industrial solutions of hardware and software was pursued. When such solutions were not available or could not be used, customised solutions were developed.

Keywords

SCADA systems; computerised instrumentation; graphical user interfaces; high energy physics instrumentation computing; CERN; COMPASS; DCS; SCADA systems; centralized system; detector control system; high energy physics experiment; homogeneised graphical user interface; industrial solutions; Compass; Databases; Detectors; Monitoring; Servers; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; CAN; COMPASS experiment; Control systems; OPC; SCADA systems; process control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Automation Quality and Testing Robotics (AQTR), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cluj-Napoca

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0701-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AQTR.2012.6237669

Filename

6237669