REMOTE CONTROL OF TH E ATLAS SUPERCONDUCTING ACCELERATOR
F.H. Munson, R. C. Pardo, Maria Power, Richard Charles Raffenetti, R. J. Carrier · 2005
The ATLAS (Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System) control system has always provided remote access. In the distant past this access was limited to a telephone modem (modulator ‐ demodulator), and it was used primarily to resolve software problems using a character base d terminal. More recently, however, with the arrival of the Internet an d newer technologies complete remote control and monitoring of the accelerator using GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces) has been re alized. The communication speed of the remote connection is limited primarily by the remote user’s network interface. Except for this limitation access is complete and flexible , and allows for full control of the accelerator from anywhere in the world. Remote access to an accelerator’s cont rol system is not a new idea, but variants of the same idea are probably being used at diffe rent installations. This paper describes the approach taken to remote control and monitoring of ATLAS.