Workshop 11

Workshop 11

Thursday, May 4
Bldg. 401, Rm. A5000
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Beam Line Controls at the APS

Organizers:
Pete Jemian and John Maclean, Advanced Photon Source

After ten years of operations and experience, a variety of beam line control systems are in use at the APS. The majority of beam lines base their controls on EPICS, while others have developed their own control protocols or adopted commercial control solutions. The aim of this workshop is to present the current state of beam line controls at the Advanced Photon Source as well as to outline future directions. Speakers will address the general topics indicated below.

1:30 - 1:35	Welcome and Introduction Pete Jemian, Beamline Controls and Data Acquisition Group, Advanced Photon Source
1:35 - 1:50	synApps: A software tool kit Tim Mooney, Beamline Controls and Data Acquisition Group, Advanced Photon Source
1:50 - 2:05	APS sector 8 conversion to EPICS & synApps Joe Sullivan, Beamline Controls and Data Acquisition Group, Advanced Photon Source
2:05 - 2:20	The EPICS brick David Kline, Beamline Controls and Data Acquisition Group, Advanced Photon Source
2:20 - 2:35	Support for spec at the APS Xuesong Jiao, Beamline Controls and Data Acquisition Group, Advanced Photon Source Short AVI video (4.5 MB, 32 sec) showing spec putting HKL into a softIOC
2:35 - 3:00	Controls at ESRF Vicente Rey-Bakaikoa, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
3:00 - 3:30	Break, Atrium and Gallery
3:30 - 3:45	The CCD image server—An EPICS-based data acquisition system for area detectors Brian Tieman, Beamline Controls and Data Acquisition Group, Advanced Photon Source
3:45 - 4:10	EPICS detector and feedback software Mark Rivers, GSE-CARS, Advanced Photon Source
4:10 - 4:35	From sample to structure: Automation at SER-CAT Jim Fait, SER-CAT, Advanced Photon Source
4:35 - 4:50	Beam line controls at SGX Steve Wasserman, SGX-CAT, Advanced Photon Source
4:50 - 5:10	X-ray software initiative Ken Evans, Controls Group, Advanced Photon Source
5:10 - 5:30	AccessGrid at SER-CAT John Rose, SER-CAT, Advanced Photon Source
5:30	Adjourn