1. PANDA DCS Dan Protopopescu Glasgow, UK Dan Protopopescu Glasgow, UK Status of GSI, March 2008

2. Status now  We had a DCS workshop in January where we discussed mainly EPICS and MonALISA (Peter’s talk)  Also of interest was the LabVIEW workshop at GSI  We need to hear from Juelich and Frascati  We are filling the detector liaisons list on the wiki (http://panda-wiki.gsi.de/cgi-bin/view/DCS/WebHome) and we need a few more nameshttp://panda-wiki.gsi.de/cgi-bin/view/DCS/WebHome  We have a mailing list, panda-dcs@gsi.de, where we added 26 addresses for nowpanda-dcs@gsi.de  We will start the collection of requirements from detector groups (Jarek’s Talk)

3. Frameworks We considered up to now:  LabVIEW  EPICS  UNICOS/PVSSII Our goal is to adopt a consistent framework as early as possible Please - read the DCS wiki and add information to it - subscribe to the mailing list and forum - let us start collecting the requirements for the DCS Please - read the DCS wiki and add information to it - subscribe to the mailing list and forum - let us start collecting the requirements for the DCS

4. From the January workshop We explored EPICS and MonALISA with experts for both present. EPICS:  Is a proved system, used by many experiments  Device drivers widely available; plugins for LabVIEW exist  We have significant expertise (Jlab, HADES)  Freeware  Other FAIR experiments might use it (CBM, NuSTAR) MonALISA:  Can offer higher level integration  Complements EPICS with good DB and archiving  Freeware  Significant expertise and support from developers available  Easy interfacing (implemented and tested; see Peter’s talk) We explored EPICS and MonALISA with experts for both present. EPICS:  Is a proved system, used by many experiments  Device drivers widely available; plugins for LabVIEW exist  We have significant expertise (Jlab, HADES)  Freeware  Other FAIR experiments might use it (CBM, NuSTAR) MonALISA:  Can offer higher level integration  Complements EPICS with good DB and archiving  Freeware  Significant expertise and support from developers available  Easy interfacing (implemented and tested; see Peter’s talk) We might not afford to wait for UNICOS/PVSSII

5. Layered design

6. Today’s programme There will be now two 15+5 minutes talks followed by an open discussion just before the coffee break:  Peter Zumbruch: “Interfacing EPICS and MonALISA”  Jarek Szewinski: “Database with web interface for collecting the requirements from PANDA subdetectors” There will be now two 15+5 minutes talks followed by an open discussion just before the coffee break:  Peter Zumbruch: “Interfacing EPICS and MonALISA”  Jarek Szewinski: “Database with web interface for collecting the requirements from PANDA subdetectors”