Description
Lots of lightning talks
Many industrial process control devices are in-use at ISIS Neutron and Muon Source like PLC (Programmable logic controller) and HMI (Human–machine interface) which are integrated with our current control VISTA using FINS (Factory Interface Network Service) protocol. Recently a project for the replacement of old PLCs was started to coincide with the VISTA to EPICS migration. Therefore a...
In a collaborational effort (ITER/HZB-BESSY/ESS/PSI), a Device Support for the OPC UA industrial SCADA protocol is under development. Goals, status and roadmap will be presented.
PyDM is an open-source PyQt-based framework for building user interfaces for control systems (https://github.com/slaclab/pydm). PyDM is developed and maintained at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. PyDM provides an easy connection between GUI’s and EPICS in an accessible programming language with an expansive community of developers. PyDM has seen recent updates including PVAccess,...
EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrical Control System) procServ is used extensively throughout the Canadian Light Source (CLS) and has proved itself incredibly valuable for diagnostics.
An initiative has been undertaken to port it Python for the purpose of having a single, cross-platform (more or less) drop-in replacement. Along the way, other features and options have been...
The Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment dedicated to the study of the properties of the strongly interacting matter is now under construction at the Facility for Anti-proton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Darmstadt.
In order to optimize the performance of experimental subsystems, a small-scale mCBM demonstrator was installed for the test purposes. As the future Silicon Tracking System...
The HBM MGCPlus [1] DAQ system is a modular system for acquiring wide range of analogue signals at relative high acquisition rates (up to 19.2 kS/s per channel) with high channel count in a single chassis (up to 128). We have used the StreamDevice for applying settings to the device. We have used the asyn to acquire the DAQ data published by the device. The setup was depending on the...
The temperature control of the crystal optics is critical for meV-resolution Inelastic Scattering Beamlines. For 1 meV photon energy resolution, the absolute temperature stability of the crystal optics must be below 4 mK to ensure the required stability of lattice constant stability required. The temperature control enables setting the absolute temperature of individual crystal, making it...
Since the transition of NSLS-II from Debian to RHEL as a primary standard OS, many things have changed in how EPICS software is being deployed. This lightning talk highlights some key differences and new approaches we utilize, such as moving away from Debian packaging, distributing a bundled EPICS base and modules RPM, automated package installation and more.
Our society has been benefiting from Zynq/ZynqMP SoCs that integrate ARM processors and programmable logic fabric by utilizing their flexibility from processing system (PS) and high performance from programmable logic (PL). However, the typical approach for utilizing such systems has observed several problems during deployment and maintenance. Firstly, implementation of a typical EPICS...
Overview of the contributions, discussions, and results of the "EPICS 7" Workshop earlier this week.
GUI testing is an important and difficult part of any HMI toolkit. We have adopted TestFX to create automated GUI tests for the various JavaFX components of Phoebus.
We present a simple Python-based startup script for setting up an EPICS Edge server for small laboratory experiments.
For easy and fast setup of EPICS hardware for lab experiments we have developed a script that sets EPICS Base, all necessary support modules as well as our institutes own environment variables. For this purpose Base and the modules are further built from the current sources.
Clog (Compact Electronic Logbook System) is a web-based logbook system aimed to be used in accelerators. The goal is to design and implement a logbook system with modern web technologies but in a very simple way. The features of this system are compact design, multiple login methods support and multiple languages support. Recently the development of Clog 2.0 has been finished and will be used...
RTEMS is now available in version 6 and includes the FreeBSD network stack. This enables the use of modern protocols like NFSv4, DHCP etc.. This has of course caused incompatibilities to the previously used integration in EPICS which will be fixed step by step. The presentation will provide an overview of ongoing activities in this area.
The migration of the ISIS Controls System from Vsystem to EPICS presents a significant challenge and risk to the day-to-day operations of the accelerator. An evaluation of potential options has indicated that the most effective migration method to mitigate against this risk is to make use of a ‘hybrid’ system running Vsystem and EPICS simultaneously. This allows for a phased porting of...
The migration of the ISIS accelerators to a new control system presents opportunities to integrate new technologies such as machine learning into every-day operations. This talk will focus on how EPICS is being used to facilitate the development of machine learning models and optimisation routines to improve the stability and reliability of the ISIS accelerators.
Overview of the contributions, discussions, and results of the "Build and Deployment" Workshop earlier this week.
Summary report of the Timing workshop on Tuesday morning.
Summary of the Motion Control Workshop
