Title :
Automating ELETTRA operation with "one button machine"
Author :
Bulfone, D. ; Potepan, F. ; Scafuri, C.
Author_Institution :
Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy
Abstract :
ELETTRA has reached good operational stability. Repetitive tasks, like the injection procedure, can be automated in order to maximise the beam time delivered to users. The one button machine is a task spawner that executes different tasks concurrently, following a pre-defined control flow logic. It uses conventional UNIX routines for process execution and communication, and a Motif interface. A description of its various features is presented, covering operator intervention during flow execution, error recovery and step-by-step help when manual operation is selected. Operational results are given.
Keywords :
Unix; accelerator control systems; electron accelerators; high energy physics instrumentation computing; storage rings; synchrotrons; ELETTRA; Motif interface; UNIX; automated; automating; error recovery; flow execution; injection; one button machine; Automatic control; Automatic testing; Communication system control; Computer errors; Graphical user interfaces; Logic; Manuals; Stability; Synchrotron radiation; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4376-X
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1997.751242
