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A control system for operating the future FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) accelerator complex is being developed at GSI. One of its core components is the settings management system. At CERN, settings management and data supply for large parts of the CERN accelerator complex is done using the LSA (LHC Software Architecture) framework. Several concepts of the LSA framework already fit the FAIR requirements: Generic structures for keeping accelerator data; modular design; separation between data model, business logic and applications; standardized interfaces for implementing the physical machine model. An LSA test installation was setup at GSI and first tests were performed controlling the GSI synchrotron SIS18 – already applying the new system to the existing facility. These successes notwithstanding, there are issues resulting from conceptual differences between CERN and FAIR operations. CERN and GSI have established a collaboration to make LSA fit for both institutes, thereby developing LSA into a generic framework for accelerator settings management. While focussing on the enhancements that are necessary for FAIR this paper presents also key concepts of LSA.
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