The Detector Control System of the NA60 Experiment

by Nicolas Guettet (CERN-EP)

Friday 29 Nov 2002, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Zurich

13/2-005 (CERN)

The Detector Control System of NA60 is based on PVSS, the software framework that will be used for control applications in the LHC experiments. This system controls the high and low voltage CAEN power supplies of each detector (silicon strips and pixels, trigger hodoscopes), the PLC used to monitor the gas system of the muon chambers and the PLC located in the beam area, which measures temperatures, controlls the cryogenic beamscope silicon detector and provides reset facilities for the DAQ PCs. The field devices are interfaced with PVSS through OPC servers, using Ethernet. In this talk we will describe the NA60 DCS architecture, its functionality and its performance. We will also present the graphical user interface we developed in PVSS, using the JCOP Framework. Our hands-on experience, in the context of a medium-scale running experiment, illustrates some of the features and problems present in this sophisticated SCADA system, and should be relevant for future users and developers.

Organiser(s): Ariella Cattai / EP Division