A distributed monitoring and control system

Author

Nogiec, J.M. ; Orris, D. ; Sharonov, Sergei ; Tompkins, J.C. ; Trombly-Freytag, K.

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

12-16 May 1997

Firstpage

3713

Abstract

A monitoring and control system designed and implemented by Fermilab´s Development and Test Department is presented. The system consists of a set of configurable communicating distributed objects. It includes graphical user interfaces, archivers, a data acquisition subsystem, and direct control components. The system is open and its functionality can be altered by: a) selecting modules that plug into an event-based software bus, b) developing new modules with help of the existing APIs to access system resources, and c) modifying system configuration data. This paper presents the system architecture, discusses its unique features, and describes applications of the system to control tests of superconducting accelerator magnets

Keywords

accelerator control systems; computerised monitoring; data acquisition; distributed control; graphical user interfaces; high energy physics instrumentation computing; particle beam diagnostics; archivers; configurable communicating distributed objects; data acquisition subsystem; direct control components; distributed monitoring and control system; event-based software bus; functionality; graphical user interfaces; superconducting accelerator magnets; system architecture; system configuration data; system resources; Application software; Computer architecture; Control systems; Data acquisition; Distributed control; Graphical user interfaces; Monitoring; Plugs; Superconducting magnets; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4376-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1997.753394

Filename

753394