Status of the ATLAS control system upgrade

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7163307

Munson, F H; Ferraretto, M; Rutherford, B

Certain components of the ATLAS control system are two generations behind today's technology. It has been decided to upgrade the control system. in part, by replacing Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) PDP-11 computers with present-day VAX technology. Two primary goals have been defined for the upgraded control system. The first of these goals is to keep additional in-house'' written software to a minimum, while providing the portability necessary to ensure the continued use of existing software. In an attempt to achieve this goal, commercially-available software has been utilized to provide a foundation for the final control-system configuration. The second goal is to develop the new control system, while not interfering with accelerator operations. This paper describes some of the motivation for upgrading the ATLAS control system, the basic features of the new control system, and the present status of the system's development.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 7163307
• Report Number(s): ANL/PHY/CP-77681; CONF-9209206-3; ON: DE93002915
• Resource Relation: Conference: Symposium of northeastern accelerator personnel (SNEAP), Quebec (Canada), 23-25 Sep 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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