NSLS control system upgrade status

Author

Smith, J. ; Ramamoorthy, S. ; Tang, Y. ; Flannigan, J. ; Sathe, S. ; Keane, J. ; Krinsky, S.

Author_Institution

Nat. Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

17-20 May 1993

Firstpage

1852

Abstract

The NSLS control system initially installed in 1978 has undergone several modifications but the basic system architecture remained relatively unchanged. The need for faster response, increased reliability and better diagnostics made the control system upgrade a priority. Since the NSLS runs continuously, major changes to the control system are difficult. The upgrade plan had to allow continuous incremental changes to the control system without having any detrimental effect on operations. The plan had to provide for immediate improvement in a few key areas, such as data access rates, and be complete in a short time. At present, most accelerator operations utilize the upgraded control system

Keywords

computerised control; electron accelerators; physical instrumentation control; storage rings; NSLS; control system upgrade; data access rates; Communication system control; Computer displays; Computer interfaces; Concurrent computing; Control systems; Ethernet networks; Laboratories; Light sources; Synchrotrons; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1203-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1993.309153

Filename

309153