Title :
PC-based applications programming on the SRS control system
Author :
Martlew, B.G. ; Owen, H.L. ; Pugh, M.J. ; Rawlinson, W.R. ; Smith, S.L.
Author_Institution :
CLRC Daresbury Lab., UK
Abstract :
The CERN PC-based ISOLDE control system has been installed at the SRS electron storage ring at Daresbury Laboratory. The use of Windows NT for the control consoles together with PC and VME front-end computers running under several operating systems has resulted in a flexible and reliable system for accelerator control. The implementation and philosophy of control application programs, based around a suite of Microsoft Visual Basic and Excel programs, is described. In particular, the use of Excel to provide adaptable programs online allows rapid generation of new control functions; orbit correction and servoing at the application level are described as examples of this
Keywords :
accelerator control systems; computerised control; electron accelerators; high energy physics instrumentation computing; microcomputer applications; storage rings; Excel; ISOLDE; SRS; Synchrotron Radiation Source; VME; Visual Basic; Windows NT; control system; electron storage ring; orbit correction; servoing; Application software; Communication system control; Control systems; Dynamic programming; Electrons; Laboratories; Operating systems; Radio frequency; Storage rings; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4376-X
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1997.751234
