1. of superconducting magnets cryogenic test bench
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Control system
of superconducting magnets
cryogenic test bench
for the NICA accelerator complex
Sedykh G.S., Gorbachev E.V., Kirichenko A.E., Volkov V.I.,
Galimov A.R., Nikiforov D.N., Neapolitanskiy D.V.,
Kosachev V.V., Pivin R.V.
Georgy Sedykh, NEC’2017

2. Superconducting magnets cryogenic test bench
3 satellite refrigerators
6 experimental shoulders

3. Controlled unit representation
Control system :: Basics
Web client
Services
Controlled unit representation
Web API
Web client configuration
Data archiving
Data extracting
Permission control & logging
Monitoring
Driver
Driver
Hardware
Hardware

4. Satellites :: Web client

5. Satellites :: System 1. Hardware: 2. Software:
Satellite refrigerator *3;
PLC controllers Omron
2. Software:
OMRON OPC DA servers;
Tango OPCDA modules;
Data archiving/extracting system;
Tango WEB API service;
Web client application;

6. Thermometry :: Web client

7. Thermometry :: System 1. Hardware: 2. Software:
Resistance temperature sensors (TVO, Pt100, Cernox);
Power supplies (LakeShore);
NI PXIe-4357 Temperature Input Modules;
National Instruments PXIe controllers;
ILK Monitors
2. Software:
Drivers: NI DAQmxAI, Modbus, SerialLine;
Main: ThermoShoulder;
Data archiving/extracting system;
Configuration database;
Tango WEB API service;
Web client application;

8. Tango services
Tango WEB API - service implements standard Tango REST API version RC4;
Permission control – service implements server-side role-based Tango access control and logging system;
Monitoring – service implements Tango devices monitoring;
Data archiving – native Tango data archiving system HDB++ ;

9. Control system :: Tango
Tango devices
Virtual machines
Tango hosts
Main host

10. Control panel

11. Control panel :: Dashboard

12. Summary Convenient & well-looking operator interface (Web);
Fast & scalable control system structure (Tango);
Standard Tango data archiving system;
Standard Tango WEB API;
Reliable permission control & logging system;
Operational prototypes for booster control system;