Hardware controls for the STAR experiment at RHIC

Hardware controls for the STAR experiment at RHIC

A hardware controls system has been implemented for the STAR experiment at RHIC. Approximately 10000 parameters governing experiment operation are currently controlled and monitored. The system is based on the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS). The architecture of STAR hardw...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on nuclear science Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 210 - 213
Main Authors: Lin, J., Bieser, F., Bordua, M., Cherney, M., Chrin, J., Ferguson, I., Ghazikhanian, V., Gross, J., Harper, G., Howe, M., Jacobson, S., Kravtsov, P., Lianberger, C., McParland, C., McShane, T., Meier, J., Sakrejda, I., Yamamoto, E., Zhang, W.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York IEEE 01-04-2000
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:
Accelerator magnets
Accelerators
Anodes
Cathodes
Communication system control
Communication systems
Control equipment
Control systems
Data acquisition
Data links
Electrons
Hardware
Monitoring
On-line systems
Physics
Stars
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Summary:A hardware controls system has been implemented for the STAR experiment at RHIC. Approximately 10000 parameters governing experiment operation are currently controlled and monitored. The system is based on the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS). The architecture of STAR hardware controls is presented as well as the results of operation of the integrated baseline system. Novel features of the system include a specialized field bus (High-level Data Link Control-HDLC), new EPICS record support, Control DEVice (CDEV) interfaces to accelerator and magnet control systems, and C++ based communication between STAR online and Hardware Controls and their associated databases.
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ISSN:0018-9499
1558-1578
DOI:10.1109/23.846148