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Enhancing Control Systems: CSS Overview and Operator Interfaces

The Control System Studio (CSS) is an initiative focused on developing portable and integrated tools for control systems, beginning in 2006 as a collaboration between DESY and SNS. CSS aims to unify various disjoint tools into a cohesive platform supporting multiple operating systems like Windows, Linux, and OS X. Key features include a rich client platform, customizable plug-ins, an alarm system, and user-friendly operator interfaces. With tools like the Data Browser and BOY, operators can monitor, analyze, and interact with process variables (PVs), enhancing control system efficiency and response.

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Enhancing Control Systems: CSS Overview and Operator Interfaces

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  1. Control System Studio, CSSOverview Kay Kasemir ORNL/SNS kasemirk@ornl.gov April 2013

  2. Original EPICS Operator Interfaces Many disjoint tools • Static layout • Inconsistent Look • Online help? • primarily for Linux/X11

  3. No Integration between Tools • Note PV associated with Alarm • Start StripTool • Add PV to StripTool • Start Archive viewer • Add PV ..

  4. CSS: A Collaboration • Goal:Portable, better integrated control system tools • Started 2006 between DESY and SNS • Joined by CLS, APS, BNL, ITER, KEK/J-PARC, … • http:// .net/apps/trac/cs-studio • Wiki, Mailing lists • Source code: https://github.com/ControlSystemStudio

  5. CSS: Control System Architecture • Portable environment (Windows, Linux, OS X) • Free development tools • Plug-Ins, Extension points, Registry • Rich Client Platform (RCP): Windows, menus, help, preferences, online update, …

  6. Assume this Beam Line GUI How many neutrons do we receive over time?

  7. Right click on the neutron count… ‘Data Browser is listed as one of the tools that handle Process Variables…

  8. Plotting… • Data Browser started • PV added • Starts showing samples over time • Can also query historic data, if available

  9. Logbook Entry…

  10. CSS includes an alarm system. Operator notices an alarm… Accelerator Example: React to Alarm

  11. Context menu of alarm… (“right click”) Example Work Flow: React to Alarm.

  12. Inspect history of PV, annotate, … Example Work Flow: React to Alarm… 3 2 1

  13. Finally: Make Logbook Entry After inspecting alarm PV history,post commented plotto E-Log!

  14. CSS: Toolkit • Application Plug-Ins • Strip-Chart: Data Browser • OPI: BOY • Alarms: BEAST • Automation: Scan System • Utilities: Probe, Clock , PV Tree , Psychiatrist • Library Plug-Ins • Control system data types (PV, Sample, …), Life data access, Historic Data Access, Logbook , E-Mail, Authentication, Authorization, … • Extension Points • Life data: Channel Access, Simulated, Local PVs • Historic Data: XML-RPC, RDB, … • Authentication: Kerberos, LDAP, …

  15. Basic CSS Tools Probe • Current value of a PV EPICS PV Tree • Trace PV links Both: • Resize • PV NameDrop-downhistory

  16. Data Browser Plot ‘live’ and ‘archived’ data over time

  17. Support for Historic Data Sources

  18. Tabular or Tree view, voice annunciations, … Alarm System (BEAST) Select by Name, Description Acknowledge Sort by Time,Severity, …

  19. BOY – Best OPI, Yet Operator Interface Editor Runtime • Select widget, enter PV name, done • No programming, no compilation, …

  20. SNS Examples • Top-level displays created by operators Tim Southern, Nick Luciano

  21. CSS PV Exchange • PV in anyCSS Tool Context Menu  Select other PV Tools • Opens other tool with that PV

  22. Integrated Help, Preferences • Uniform access to settings, searchable help • Applications • Support Libraries • Logging • Control System access

  23. Thick Client vs. Web • CSS: Integrated, rich, portable Still: Needs to be installed on each user’s computer.. Accessible from phones, tablets, toasters? OK, nobody asked about the toaster, yet. But it’s getting there, see www.theonion.com

  24. Web OPI (and Data Browser) CSS is Desktop app, will probably remain so, but *.opi files can be viewed online!

  25. What is CSS? Integration ofvariouscontrol-system tools into aconsistent product Excellentforend-users! Based onhttp://buzzynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/steve-jobs-presente-le-mac-book-air-lordinateur-portable-le-plus-fin-du-monde.jpg

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