Difference between revisions of "Online Project List"

Revision as of 10:34, 25 March 2009

Below I list a number of online projects (currently in no particular order). Some are small and self-contained, and thus suitable for individuals at universities.

• ROOT/cMsg histogram transport
  • Use the JLab cMsg interprocess communication package to transport ROOT histograms over a network.

• Event display
  • Investigate online event display options, especially the system from Dave Heddle (Hall B).

• Remote access and display of EPICS data
  • Investigate mechanisms for remote display of controls sysChannelWatcher/tem variables under different scenarios (read-only to full control).

• IRMIS
  • Implement one complete detector system as a test case.

• EPICS JAVAIOC
  • Download and test.

• Control System Studio
  • Download and test (based on Java/Eclipse).

• Allen-Bradley PLC
  • Learn how to use PLC and how to connect to EPICS using SNS driver.

• Visual DCT
  • Figure out if this might be useful for Hall D.

• EPICS Asyn driver
  • Figure out if it might be useful for Hall D, and if so learn how to use it.

• cMsg/Labview connection
  • Write Linux Labview module that communicates using the cMsg API.

• EPICS/Labview connection
  • Figure out how to connect EPICS and Labview on Linux, with Labview as both client and server.

• EPICS State Notation Language
  • Figure out what SNL is good for and how to use it.

• EPICS C++ portable CA server
  • Figure out how to use the new C++ PCAS library.

• EPICS Java channel access library
  • Learn how to use JCA/CAJ and whether a Java program can be a CA server.

• Labview CAEN HV control
  • Find a good Labview control system for CAEN HV crates and test.

• Labview Wiener crate control
  • Download module from Wiener and test.

• National Instruments cRIO FPGA system
  • Learn about the NI cRIO system, Labview FPGA programming support, and whether this might be useful in the Hall D trigger system.

• SNS EPICS alarm system
  • Download and test.

• SNS EPICS archiver
  • Download and test.

• ORNL EPICS SCORE backup/restore/compare system
  • Download and test.

• EPICS base
  • Figure out how to create new record types, and new device and driver support modules.

• EPICS tools
  • Survey the many EPICS tools available and figure out which ones might be useful for Hall D. Then download and test.

• J5 database application development system
  • Download, test, and work out how we might use it for database apps and elogs.

• Test Accelerator elog
  • Test Accelerator elog not using custom operator scripts.

• OPC
  • Is OPC useful for Hall D? If so, get it and test.

• CAN control
  • Learn about CAN and how we might control 3000 devices (FCAL PMT bases).

• SMBus control
  • Learn about SMBus and the design of the preamp card distribution box, and how we might control 1000 channels.

• EPICS on the web
  • Learn how to use CAML and Web2cToolkit.

• AFECS
  • Learn how to use AFECS from DAQ group.

• cMsg
  • Learn how to use the cMsg publish/subscribe interprocess communication package from the DAQ group.

• EVIO
  • Learn how to use the EVIO event I/O package from the DAQ group.

• Python scripting language
  • Learn about and teach us how to use Python.

• SCONS
  • Learn about and teach us how to use the SCONS build system.

• Info server
  • Work out strategy for delivering online information to processes that need it, including non-EPICS information.

• Configuration database
  • Work out strategy for storing, retrieving and archiving detector configuration information (EPICS and non-EPICS information).