The contents of this Master’s thesis present the integration of devices used for measurement of temperature, measurement of the beam power and controlling a klystron into a control system of a linear particle accelerator.
Device integration starts with gathering of specifications from the customer and the creation of a macroscopic architecture of the control applications. Additionally, the integrated devices need to be tested to check how they operate and communicate with other devices. In the next step the control applications and the graphical user interfaces are implemented. The last step of device integration is rigorous testing of the implemented applications with different device simulators and physical devices. Before delivery and validation testing with the customer, user manuals and test procedures are created which ensure customer satisfaction and software quality.
The implementation of control applications for particle accelerators the EPICS framework is used. EPICS applications enable real time control, reading measurement data from devices and exposing the measurement data to the network and the device operators. At the core of an EPICS application there is a database, which defines the functionality of the application and contains the process variables which hold measurement data.
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