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Input Output Controllers - IOCs

What is it?

Computing System team provides system administration for Input Output Controllers (IOCs), the set of industrial computers and CompactPCI crates that controls the accelerators and beamlines.

Main Features:

  • Operating system installation, maintenance and support. Our reference OS at the moment is openSUSE 11.1, but a different OS can be installed on request.
  • Configuration of Tango and the basic environment needed for the Control system (Sicilia).
  • Configuration of diskless IOCs which boot an OS image (ramdisk+NFS) from the network and do not require a hard drive.
  • Maintenance of the diskless OS image with all the software required by the Control system.
  • Installation of drivers for PCI/cPCI hardware cards (DAQ, ADC, multiplexers, etc...).

 

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Who can use it?
  • Accelerators and beamlines control system mainly
  • CELLS staff
How do I access it?

Most IOCs are used in the Control System. If you need an IOC  for a different task, for instance, controlling an instrument for an experiment in one of the laboratories, contact the Control or Systems sections in Computing Division.

How do I get help?
About...
  • 60 industrial computers
  • 90 CompactPCI systems
  • Overseen by Sergi Pusó