Distributed Control Systems at SSRL
Constraints for Software Development Strategies

Overview

User Environment at Beam Line

Network Architecture of a Beam Line

Problem 1:  Multiple Hardware Hosts

Problem 2:  Multiple, Simultaneous User Interfaces

Solution:  Distributed Control System (DCS)

DCS Server (DCSS)

Beam Line Universal -
Integrated Configuration Environment (BLU-ICE)

BLU-ICE Motor Scan Windows

BLU-ICE Motor Configuration Windows

Advantages of Writing BLU-ICE in Tcl/Tk

Data Collection with the New BLU-ICE

DCSS Performance Now Critical

Cross-Operating System Library (XOS)

Constraints for Software Development Strategies