• S. Marsching, M. Fitterer, S. Hillenbrand, N. Hiller, A. Hofmann, V. Judin, M. Klein, A.-S. Müller, K.G. Sonnad
  KIT, Karlsruhe
• E. Huttel, N.J. Smale
  FZK, Eggenstein

ANKA is a synchrotron radiation source located in Karlsruhe, Germany. While the control system has always provided access to technical parameters, like power supply currents or RF frequency, direct access to physical parameters like tune or chromaticity has been missing. Thus the operator has to change and monitor the technical parameters manually and to calculate the physical parameters using separate tools. Therefore effort has been made to integrate the monitoring of physical parameters and simulation tools into the control system. At ANKA the MATLAB-based Accelerator Toolbox is used for simulation purposes, however the control system framework ("ACS") does not support MATLAB natively. For this reason, a software bridge has been created, which provides direct access to control system components from MATLAB. Thus operators can write their own MATLAB code simultaneously using simulation code and components from the control system. This system has already been used to automate measurements, thus allowing unattended long-term measurements, which have not been possible before. Future plans include creating a graphical user interface and various monitoring and stabilization loops.