The Detector Control System (DCS) of the COMPASS experiment at CERN is presented. The experiment has a high level of complexity and flexibility and a long time of operation, that constitute a challenge for its full monitorisation and control. A strategy to use a limited number of standardised, cost-effective, industrial solutions of hardware and software was pursued. When such solutions were not available or could not be used, customised solutions were developed.
@article{arxiv.1206.3709,
title = {Control Systems: an Application to a High Energy Physics Experiment (COMPASS)},
author = {P. Bordalo and A. S. Nunes and C. Pires and C. Quintans and S. Ramos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.3709},
year = {2013}
}
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6 pages, 3 figures, to appear on the proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics (AQTR 2012), Cluj-Napoca, May 24-27, 2012