PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 1 MedAustron PXI Systems at CERN Johannes Gutleber Roland Moser

Outline Overview of the Accelerator Control System Architecture Software and Hardware Developments Integration Column Summary PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 2

PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 3 OVERVIEW

The Project Ion-therapy and research centre in Wiener Neustadt, Austria Proton/ion synchrotron accelerator Ion-therapy for cancer treatment Clinical research and applied research Multiple ion sources p + C for ion therapy Light ions for research 5 beam lines Experimental: 1 horizontal Clinical: 1 horizontal, 1 horizontal + 1 vertical, 1 proton gantry PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 4

Principles of Application Bragg-Peak Well defined point at which beam deposits energy Carbon-Ions have direct physical effect on tumor cell PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 5 Pencil Beam Scanning Precise deposition of dose Reduce irradiation time Improve dose homogeneity Treat problematic tumors

MedAustron / CERN CERN designs accelerator and the accelerator control system MedAustron employees stay at CERN since October 2009 A framework agreement with Cosylab was established in April 2010 Department BE hosts the project (BE/OP-MED section) Agreements with departments Various agreements with EN and BE for support on technologies used has been established with BE-OP MedAustron PXI users at CERN 1 person in control system project (Cesar Torcato de Matos) 1 person in beam diagnostics project (Anton Kerschbaum) 2 more possibly to come throughout the year for the injector test stand in building 184. PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 6

PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 7 ARCHITECTURE

Control System Architecture Multi-tier architecture Separation of concerns Interfaces between tiers Identification of functional components in tiers Industry oriented Modular Stepwise extensible PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 8 Presentation tier (1) Processing tier (2) Equipment tier (3) Frontend tier (4) Responsibility of accelerator workpackages

Rack mounted PC (PCIe) Design Choices PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 9 Presentation tier (1) Processing tier (2) Equipment tier (3) Frontend tier (4) PXIe Virtual Machines PLC, controllers, Power converters Meas. Studio Inhouse C# Ethernet, TCP/IP WinCC OA, SRDP Ethernet, TCP/IPOPC, STM/MAPS, HTTP Ethernet, TCP/IP Recommendations for RS 422 & digital IO OPC, MRF, 8B10B custom Ethernet, NI SV

Presentation tier (1) Processing tier (2) Equipment tier (3) Frontend tier (4) Control System Architecture PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 10 Measurement Studio WinCC OA (PVSS) is the core operating system of the accelerator control system! Keeps overall system status image Single entry point into systems ~ 100 kDPEs on 6 VMs WinCC OA (PVSS) is the core operating system of the accelerator control system! Keeps overall system status image Single entry point into systems ~ 100 kDPEs on 6 VMs

Control System Architecture PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 11 Measurement Studio Inhouse C# PXIe platform and LV-RT is the processing platform of tier-3! Light Front-End Control Operating System (FECOS) implemented. Light framework to adapt all devices and processes to tier-2. PXIe platform and LV-RT is the processing platform of tier-3! Light Front-End Control Operating System (FECOS) implemented. Light framework to adapt all devices and processes to tier-2. Presentation tier (1) Processing tier (2) Equipment tier (3) Frontend tier (4)

PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 12 DEVELOPMENTS

Developments Front End Controller Operating System (FECOS) Main timing system Power Converter Controller Beam Diagnostics and Instrumentation Injector LLRF integration (TINE protocol) Ion Source integration PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 13

FECOS Object oriented LabView (Real-Time) framework Uniform and transparent network communication WinCC OA integration through OPC/SV server MedAustron Publisher/Subscriber (MAPS) for high rate data exchange based on NI Simple TCP Messaging (STM) Uniform operation (state machine) Configuration Real-time tasks, error handling, remote logging Runs in tier 3 (equipment tier) PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 14

Main Timing System (REDNet) Real-Time Event Distribution Network (REDNet) Based on Micro Research Finland (MRF) hardware layer PXI running, PXIe event receiver cards under development Drivers and libraries for LV and LV-RT developed Event broadcast sequencer General-purpose “cycle sequence-player” system Symmetricom S350 GPS integrated for 100 ns timestamps, 1 µsec event granularity 10 nsec granularity for synchronizing 2 injection devices 50 receivers needed (but scales to several hundreds) Implemented by Cosylab In-device response via RT bus or Universal IO modules PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 15

Power Converter Controller PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 16 FlexRIO adapters (6 optical SFPs) RT link (100 kHz) FPGA-based FED All 262 power converters operated via NI-FlexRIO based distributed system High density 8-16 FlexRIOs in 1 chassis (around 70 PCOs per chassis) Power converters are RS-422 serial devices for slow controls (uniformed interface design for all power converters) Voltage sources driven via in-house built regulation board (DSP) Special magnets with optical trigger for setpoints via RS-422

PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 17 INTEGRATION COLUMNS

CO Systems in Use Currently 1 Main Timing Generator PXI slot, PXI-8102 dual core, 1 MRF EVG 1 Power Converter Controller PXI slot, PXI-8110 Core 2 quad core, 4GB RAM, LV-RT 1 FlexRIO PXI-7954R (Virtex 5, LX110) and 1 MRF EVR to test PCC 1 FlexRIO PXI-7952R (Virtex 5, LX50) 1 Ion Source Front End Controller PXI slot, PXI-8109 i7 CPU, 4 GB RAM, LV-RT 32 DIN, 32 DOUT, 4 serial IO, M-DAQ card 48 DIO, 32 AIN, 4 AOUT, Profibus card PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 18 FlexRIO fiber link protocol FED MTR PCC MTS MTG

Beam Diagnostics Currently in Use 2 PXI slot, PXI GB, LV-RT PXI 7340 motion control, PXI-6220 DAQ, MRF event receiver beam diagnostics development Wire-scanner + slits Profile grid monitor Faraday cup PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 19

Systems Overview ChassisQuantityUsageStatus PXI Main Timing GeneratorExisting PXI Power Converter ControllerExisting PXI Ion Source FECExisting PXI Beam Diagnostics DevelopmentExisting PXIe Power Converter ControllerOrdered TBD 1Injector LLRF FEC (Jan. 2012)Planned PXIe ITS Beam DiagnosticsOrdered PXIe PCC (May 2012)Planned PXIe Beam DiagnosticsPlanned PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 20 Currently 5 in use, 3 ordered, 1 more in pipeline (9 systems) 5 more systems for CS until May 2012 (total 13 systems) Beam diagnostics next bunch early 2012, to be seen how many to be ordered

PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 21 SUMMARY

Transition from PXI to PXIe Currently evaluating with NI best configurations MRF develops with Cosylab a PXIe event receiver card Prototype in december, final product in May 2012 Evaluation before EoY Windows (8 GB) vs. LV-RT (4 GB) For all applications except beam diagnostics PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 22

Wish List - Brainstorm Shared variable engine performance evaluations and tuning Maybe common project on publisher/subscriber? DIM usage failed due to problems on LV-RT Hypervisor evaluation Tuning of application’s memory tuning Are you interested in REDNet? Are you interested in FECOS? PR a-JGU, October 9th, 2011 J. Gutleber 23