REDESIGN OF ALARM MONITORING SYSTEM APPLICATION BeamlineAlarminfoClient AT DESY

摘要

The alarm monitoring system 'BeamlineAlarminfoClient' is a very useful technical-service application at DESY, as it visually renders the locations of important alarms in some sections (e.g. fire or other emergencies). The aim of redesigning this application is to improve the software architecture and allow the easy integration of new observable areas including a new user interface design. This redesign also requires changcs on server-side, where alarms are handled and the necessary alarm information is prepared for display. Currently, the client manages alarm data from 17 different servers. This number will increase dramatically in 2014 when new beam lines come into play. Thus creating templates to simplify the addition of new sections makes sense both for the server and client. The client and server are based on the Tine control system and make use of the Tine-Studio utilities, the Alarm Viewer and the Archive Viewer. This paper presents how the redesign is arranged in close collaboration with the customers.