1. CBM slow controls 13.04.2010 CBM collaboration meeting DAQ work group 13.04.2010 CBM collaboration meeting DAQ work group Burkhard Kolb GSI1

2. 13.04.2010 Burkhard Kolb GSI2 Strategy  Slow control - DCS - ECS has not to be „per se“ a field of experiment and new development  It should work!  Slow control - DCS - ECS has not to be „per se“ a field of experiment and new development  It should work!

3. 13.04.2010 Burkhard Kolb GSI3 What it should provide  Safe operation of the experiment  Set up, control and monitoring of detectors, DAQ/trigger and environment  Alarm handling  Archiving  Safe operation of the experiment  Set up, control and monitoring of detectors, DAQ/trigger and environment  Alarm handling  Archiving

4. 13.04.2010 Burkhard Kolb GSI4 Strategy (2)  Use  existing  well tested  supported solutions  Use  Open Source wherever possible  Join  existing development collaborations  Use  existing  well tested  supported solutions  Use  Open Source wherever possible  Join  existing development collaborations

5. 13.04.2010 Burkhard Kolb GSI5 What has to be developed  Drivers and interfaces to custom hard/software  Support for new platforms  FPGA  Radiation tolerance  Detect failures - repair failures  Drivers and interfaces to custom hard/software  Support for new platforms  FPGA  Radiation tolerance  Detect failures - repair failures

6. 13.04.2010 Burkhard Kolb GSI6 What exists  Existing slow control systems  EPICS (open source)  LabView (commercial)  PVSS (commercial - higher layers only)  Tango (still under development)  TINE (still under development)  Existing slow control systems  EPICS (open source)  LabView (commercial)  PVSS (commercial - higher layers only)  Tango (still under development)  TINE (still under development)

7. 13.04.2010 Burkhard Kolb GSI7 Strategy (3)  We have chosen EPICS!  Why?  It works!  We have in house experience  It provides solutions for all common hardware (HV, LV, gas, …)  It‘s for free  It‘s scalable  Huge collaboration - ITER will use it too!  We have chosen EPICS!  Why?  It works!  We have in house experience  It provides solutions for all common hardware (HV, LV, gas, …)  It‘s for free  It‘s scalable  Huge collaboration - ITER will use it too!

8. 13.04.2010 Burkhard Kolb GSI8 What has to be done  Support for EPICS in FPGAs  Porting RTEMS to SysCore board and installing EPICS (KIP)  Interfacing to FPGA resources via simple protocol (Where resources are limited)  Radiation tolerant behaviour  Watchdogs, …  Support for EPICS in FPGAs  Porting RTEMS to SysCore board and installing EPICS (KIP)  Interfacing to FPGA resources via simple protocol (Where resources are limited)  Radiation tolerant behaviour  Watchdogs, …

9. 13.04.2010 Burkhard Kolb GSI9 What else  Process control for DAQ  Either with EPICS clients/servers  Works in HADES@GSI  Or with system in DAQ  Provide EPICS server for monitoring  Process control for DAQ  Either with EPICS clients/servers  Works in HADES@GSI  Or with system in DAQ  Provide EPICS server for monitoring

10. 13.04.2010 Burkhard Kolb GSI10 Interfaces  EPICS connects with:  LabView  DIM  SNMP  OPC  EPICS connects with:  LabView  DIM  SNMP  OPC

11. 13.04.2010 Burkhard Kolb GSI11 GUI  CSS (control system studio)  Is developed at DESY  Based on Eclipse  Works on many platforms  Windows, Linux, MacOS  Provides  Synoptic display  Archive view  Interfaces  To other control systems (Tango, TINE)  CSS (control system studio)  Is developed at DESY  Based on Eclipse  Works on many platforms  Windows, Linux, MacOS  Provides  Synoptic display  Archive view  Interfaces  To other control systems (Tango, TINE)

12. 13.04.2010 First prototype EPICS server controlling –CAEN HV –WAGO temperature readout –Corvus motor control –Keithley picoammmeter –Agilent/Lambda power supplies (not used) –EPICS GUI client based on CSS/SDS –EPICS data archiver and server EPICS server controlling –CAEN HV –WAGO temperature readout –Corvus motor control –Keithley picoammmeter –Agilent/Lambda power supplies (not used) –EPICS GUI client based on CSS/SDS –EPICS data archiver and server Burkhard Kolb GSI12

13. 13.04.2010 Test beam time example Burkhard Kolb GSI13

14. 13.04.2010 Burkhard Kolb GSI14 Manpower  Basic support (BK, PZ)  In house development (PZ)  Radiation tolerance (KIP, FH Köln)  Detector instrumentation (ext. groups)  DAQ interface (EE)  …  Basic support (BK, PZ)  In house development (PZ)  Radiation tolerance (KIP, FH Köln)  Detector instrumentation (ext. groups)  DAQ interface (EE)  …

15. 13.04.2010 Construction of second prototype for next t e s t b e a m e x p e r i m e n t  When is next test beam?  What will be in the setup?  Construction of prototypes for all detector / subsystem control equipment:  DCS board production (6 months FE, GSI, FH Köln)  Silicon Pixel (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  Silicon Microstrip(3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  Rich(3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  TRD (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  TOF (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  ECAL (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  MUCH (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  Magnet (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  DAQ (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  Cave/Infrastructure (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  RICH gas system(3 months FE, GSI, Pusan/Korea)  When is next test beam?  What will be in the setup?  Construction of prototypes for all detector / subsystem control equipment:  DCS board production (6 months FE, GSI, FH Köln)  Silicon Pixel (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  Silicon Microstrip(3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  Rich(3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  TRD (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  TOF (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  ECAL (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  MUCH (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  Magnet (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  DAQ (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  Cave/Infrastructure (3 months FE, GSI, NN of det group)  RICH gas system(3 months FE, GSI, Pusan/Korea) Burkhard Kolb GSI15

16. 13.04.2010 Burkhard Kolb GSI16 Requirements DB  In collaboration with PANDA we have set up a database with web access  http://nuclear.gla.ac.uk/CBM-DCS/ http://nuclear.gla.ac.uk/CBM-DCS/  Register  Then enter requirements:  Process variables  Common hardware  …  In collaboration with PANDA we have set up a database with web access  http://nuclear.gla.ac.uk/CBM-DCS/ http://nuclear.gla.ac.uk/CBM-DCS/  Register  Then enter requirements:  Process variables  Common hardware  …

17. 13.04.2010 Burkhard Kolb GSI17 Example screen shot

18. 13.04.2010 Documentation in the wiki  http://cbm-wiki.gsi.de/DCS Burkhard Kolb GSI18