The BESSY Insertion Device Control System

Table of contents

• Introduction
  • The Control Hardware
  • The Control Software
• IDCS - The Insertion Device Control System of BESSY II
  • Preface
  • Overview over major components of IDCS
  • External Interfaces
  • Internal Interfaces
  • Existing Software-Components used by IDCS
  • Design-Outline of the IDCS software components
• The insertion device control program (IDCP)
  • How to build and install IDCP
  • Edit configuration files in an installed version
  • IDCP User Interface
  • IDCP Status and Error Codes
  • CAN Object ID conventions at the HZB
  • The Monochromator CAN bus interface specification
  • IDCP correction coil control (ACS)
  • The idcp-dist-info tool
  • Change IDCP versions used by IOCs (rsync-dist)
  • The IDCP parameter database
  • List of IOC Bootparameters
• How to set up the IOC hardware
  • Linux PC
  • VME Bus CPU with RTEMS
  • UniDrive device
• The UniDrive Motor control system
  • The uniserv application
  • The uniserv CAN bus interface specification
  • Initialization of PDO objects on a UniDrive device
  • Table download protocol specification (MT protocol)
• The MOCON motor control
  • Get and install MOSERV on the MOCON device
  • The MOSIM application
• CAN Bus Specifications and Troubleshooting
  • Cabling
  • Topology
  • Termination
  • VME-CAN4 Interface card
  • CAN Cable lengths
  • Troubleshooting
• Insertion Device Cryo control program
  • The source
  • How to compile
  • How to put the software on the server
  • How to restart the server
  • IP Address translation
• IP Addresses and DNS names
  • IOCs
  • Lantronics terminalserver (Unidrive Remote Access)
  • Lantronics Terminalserver configuration on hosts vmi1c.blc.bessy.de and vmi2c.blc.bessy.de
  • Unidrive IP access
  • Power supply addresses
• Sites
  • BESSY II Storage ring
  • Metrology Light Source
  • SESAME
• The Source Code
  • The idcp documentation project
  • The Insertion Device Control Program (idcp)
• IDCP, uniserv, moserv and mosim license

Author:

Goetz Pfeiffer (Goetz.Pfeiffer@helmholtz-berlin.de, goetzpf@googlemail.com)

Version:

2025-06-25

See also

Goetz Pfeiffer’s Project site for other open source projects.

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