An interactive alarm system for the CERN PS accelerator complex

Conference · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5554569

Cuperus, J

The new CPS control system started operation in 1980 and is gradually being extended to control several accelerators and beam lines of the CPS complex. Part of the system and growing with it is a data-base driven alarm system. In each front-end computer, a program monitors the equipment, another the CAMAC interface and a third the beam currents. These programs send data to a central computer. In general-purpose consoles, a screen and touch-panel are dedicated to the alarm system. The alarms are displayed in various formats and levels of detail according to the wishes of the operator, who can also attempt automatic reset of individual faults or groups of related faults. Except for beam current monitoring, no details about the equipment are coded in the programs. The list of the equipment to be checked and information about it are stored in an off-line data base from which the necessary real-time files can be derived automatically. The result is a powerful and unified alarm system which can be easily maintained and updated.

• Research Organization: CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23
• OSTI ID: 5554569
• Report Number(s): CONF-830311-; TRN: 84-001705
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Vol. NS-30:4; Conference: Particle accelerator conference, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 21 Mar 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
CERN PS SYNCHROTRON
ALARM SYSTEMS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
BEAM CURRENTS
BEAM MONITORING
BEAM MONITORS
BEAMS
CAMAC SYSTEM
COMPUTER CODES
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
ACCELERATORS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
CURRENTS
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
MANAGEMENT
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORING
MONITORS
SYNCHROTRONS
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