THA  —  Control System Evolution   (15-Oct-09   08:30—10:00)

Paper	Title	Page
THA001	Tango Kernel Status and Evolution	630
	E. T. Taurel ESRF, Grenoble
	This paper has two different parts. In its first part, the changes done within the Tango kernel since the last Icalepcs conference will be described. The second part will focus on the foreseen evolution of the so-called Tango event system (asynchronous communication between client and server). Since its beginning, within Tango, this type of communication is implemented using a CORBA notification service implementation called omniNotify. This will be replaced by a new system based either on a home made design using Tango synchronous request or based on an implementation of the DDS (Data Distribution Service). The final choice is not done at the time of writing this abstract. The reason of the change and the final choice will be described. A first feedback of the new implementation will also be given.
THA002	The CMS ECAL Detector Control System	633
	D. R.S. Di Calafiori, G. Dissertori, T. Punz ETH, Zurich P. Adzic, D. Jovanovic, P. Milenovic, J. Puzovic VINCA, Belgrade A. B. Brett Fermilab, Batavia F. Cavallari INFN-Roma, Roma E. Di Marco Rome University La Sapienza, Roma R. Gomez-Reino, X. Pons CERN, Geneva A. Inyakin University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota G. Leshev, S. Zelepoukine UW-Madison/PD, Madison, Wisconsin
	The challenging constraints on the design of the Electromagnetic Calorimeter (ECAL) of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, such as rigorous temperature and voltage stability, imposed the development of a complex Detector Control System (DCS). In this paper the final layout and functionality of the CMS ECAL DCS are presented and the operational experience during the detector's commissioning and cosmic runs is discussed.
THA003	Using Windows XP Embedded Based Systems in a Control System	636
	T. G. Gray, R. P. Mannix STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
	Linux is popular in the Controls community, so discussion of a system based around Microsoft Windows XP Embedded is probably unusual. Having to replace an obsolete front-end IO system, Windows XP Embedded was chosen as the platform mainly due to the familiarity of Windows. The author will describe configuring and using Windows XP Embedded based compact PCI systems to deliver an operating system and software platform that is used to communicate between the Controls System and hardware deployed around the accelerator using 'in-house' designed IO cards; including configuring the system to boot over the network, using HTTP and XML to exchange data with the controls system and providing a simple C/C++ API to communicate with the Controls System database.
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THA005	CERN Proton Synchrotron Complex High-Level Controls Renovation	638
	S. Deghaye, M. Arruat, D. Garcia Quintas, M. Gourber-Pace, G. Kruk, O. Kulikova, V. V. Lezhebokov, S. Pasinelli, M. Peryt, C. Roderick, E. Roux, M. Sobczak, R. R. Steerenberg, J. P. Wozniak, Z. Zaharieva CERN, Geneva
	After a detailed study of the PS complex requirements by experts of the CERN controls & operation groups, a proposal to develop a new system, called Injectors Control Architecture (InCA), was presented to and accepted by the management late 2007. Aiming at the homogenisation of the controls systems across CERN accelerators, InCA is based on components developed for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) but also new components required to fulfill operation needs. In 2008, the project was in its elaboration phase and we successfully validated its architecture and critical use-cases during several machine development sessions. After a minute description of the architecture put in place and the components used, this paper will describe the planning approach taken combining iterative development phases with deployment in operation for validation sessions.
THA006	New Hardware and Software Developments for the XFEL	641
	K. Rehlich DESY, Hamburg
	The European XFEL is planned to be commissioned in 2013. This is time enough to consider modern and adequate technologies. After an evaluation phase, State of the art μTCA and ATCA hardware were selected as the core platform for the project. Ethernet and PCIe are the central communication links. Full remote management, hot-swap capabilities as well as a redundant architecture are further key features of this new standard. Java was selected as the programming language for the client applications. Two new DOOCS tools, written in Java, were created: the so called jDTool and jddd. jDTool is a generic data browser with spread sheet and plot capabilities. jddd is a full featured, easy to use display editor to create flexible control system user interfaces. Both tools can communicate directly with DOOCS, Tine, Tango and EPICS. The experience with the new hardware platform and the new applications will be discussed.