TOTEM DCS Glossary

The TOTEM DCS Glossary is an alphabetic list of definitions of concepts, acronyms and systems relevant for the Detector Control System of the TOTEM experiment. It is open for corrections, updates and new contributions.

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See also:

• JCOP Glossary
  http://itco.web.cern.ch/itco/Projects-Services/JCOP/SubProjects/Architecture/pdf/glossary.pdf
• PVSS terms page 6
  http://itcobe.web.cern.ch/itcobe/Services/Pvss/GettingStarted/PVSS_II_GettingStarted_Basics_en.pdf

A

Applicom

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B

BIC

Beam Interlock Controller; 16 Beam Interlock Controllers (BIC) are installed in LHC, one to the left and one to the right of each Insertion Region (IR).

BIS

Beam Interlock System of the LHC

BPM

Beam Position Monitors

BridgeVIEW

NI product ???

C

CAEN

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CAEN Easy

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CAN

a Fieldbus (USB-CAN interface available)

CCC

CERN Control Center

CC-PC

credit card PC. A PC with an smartcard reader.

CIBU

Control Interlock Beam User Interfaces

CMF

configuration and management system for windows machines, IT service
http://winservices-cmf.web.cern.ch/winservices-cmf

CNIC

Computing and Network Infrastructure for Controls, a CERN working group
https://uimon.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/CNIC/WebHome

CRA

new Computer Account Management interface from IT

CMW

Common MiddleWAre, an interface for the communication between FESA and PVSS, developed by AT/CO

D

DAQ

Data AQuisition system

DCS

Detector Control System, to avoid confusion, do not use this acronym for Distributed Control System

DIM

Distributed Information Management system protocol, originally from DELPHI

DIP

Data Interchange Protocol

DSS

Detector Safety System

E

ECS

Experiment Control System, includes DCS

EDMS

Engineering and Equipment Data Management System, a CERN system for project support
https://edms.cern.ch/cedar/plsql/cedarw.site_home
this acronym is quite flexible, and can stand for Engineering Document Management System, and several other variants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDMS

ELMB

Embedded Local Monitor Board, a joint CERN-NIKHEF development

EN

Experiment network, one for each LHC experiment

ETM

Austrian process control company, providers of PVSS
http://www.etm.at/index_e.asp

Ethernet

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F

FESA

LHC control middleware, a CERN development

Fieldbus

an industrial network system for real-time distributed control such as PROFIBUS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fieldbus

FPGA

a field programmable gate array (FPGA) is a semiconductor device containing programmable logic components and programmable interconnects

Framework

integrated PVSS-based set of guidelines and software tools which is used by Developers of the Control System to develop their part of the Control System application.
http://itcobe.web.cern.ch/itcobe/Projects/Framework/welcome.html

FSM

Finite State Machine, a behavioral abstraction for systems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_state_machine

FW

see Framework

G

GIF

Gamma Irradiation Facility

GCS

Gas Control System (for LHC experiments)

GPN

General Purpose Network

H

HMI

Human Machine Interface

I

J

JCOP

Joint COntrols Project (CERN) to provide DCS solutions for LHC experiments based in IT/CO
http://itco.web.cern.ch/itco/Projects-Services/JCOP/welcome.ht

JIRA

A project management & tracking web solution used by IT, AB-CO and now also by big.brother

K

L

LabVIEW

a popular software platform by NI

M

N

NI

software house, provider of LabVIEW

O

OPC

OLE for Process Control, a client-server MS protocol for automation
http://www.opcfoundation.org/Default.aspx/01_about/01_whatis.asp

P

Panorama

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PCI

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Python

An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, open-source programming languange

PLC

Programmable Logic Controller, a small, dedicated computer used to automate and control mechanical effort
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_logic_controller

PROFIBUS

a fieldbus, created by a consortium of industries
http://www.profibus.com/pb

PVSS II

process visualization and control system II (German acronym)
an HMI/SCADA system provided by ETM A.G., an Austrian automation company
http://www.etm.at/index_e.asp?id=2&sb1=6

PXI

PXI (PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation) is a rugged PC-based platform for measurement and automation systems.

Q

Qt

a GUI software toolkit/widget-kit

Quattor

configuration and management system for linux machines
http://quattor.web.cern.ch/quattor

R

RAIMA

database manager combining pointer and relational data navigation

S

SCADA

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition, generic industry acronym
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADA
PVSS is a SCADA system provided by ETM A.G., an Austrian company

Schneider

a PLC provider

SIEMENS

a PLC provider

Simatic

system for SIEMENS PLCs

SPECS

Serial protocol for Experiment Control Systems (electrical) from Orsay

T

TN

Technical Network

U

UML

The Unified Modeling Language is OMG's most-used specification, and the way the world models not only application structure, behavior, and architecture, but also business process and data structure. http://www.uml.org/

UNICOS

the new cryogenics controls for LHC

V

W

WAGO

connectors and more

Wiener

provider of low-voltage power supplies

X

Y

Z

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