Accelerator simulation and operation via identical operational interfaces

Author

Kewisch, J. ; Barry, A. ; Bork, R. ; Bowling, B. ; Corker, V. ; Lahti, G. ; Nolker, K. ; Sage, J. ; Tang, J.

Author_Institution

Continuous Electron Beam Accel. Facility, Newport News, VA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

6-9 May 1991

Firstpage

1443

Abstract

The architecture and first results of a control system which allows one the use of identical operation procedures and interfaces for operation of the real accelerator and high-level accelerator simulation programs are presented. The interfaces were developed using TACL (thaumaturgic automated control logic) control software, developed at CEBAF for accelerator control. This setup provides the capability to: (1) test and debug the various operation procedures before the completion of the accelerator, (2) execute machine simulations under realistic environmental conditions, and (3) preview and evaluate the effectiveness of operational procedures during run time. The optimized simulation program adds only two seconds to the normal TACL operational cycle.<>

Keywords

beam handling equipment; beam handling techniques; electron accelerators; linear accelerators; physics computing; CEBAF; accelerator control; control software; control system; high-level accelerator simulation programs; identical operation procedures; machine simulations; thaumaturgic automated control logic; Automatic control; CAMAC; Computational modeling; Computer displays; Electron accelerators; Hardware; Large screen displays; Logic arrays; Programmable logic arrays; Software performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1991. Accelerator Science and Technology., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0135-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1991.164662

Filename

164662