1. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment A. Hernández-Prieto 1,2, Alessandro Masi 2 and Mathieu Donze 2 1 Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya 2 EN – STI –ECE, CERN

2. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Agenda New Screen Configuration at nTOF Control Room. Basic Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the person on shift. Expert GUI for the experiment operator Renovated event Display

3. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 New GUI Concept at nTOF DAQ Person on shift Expertise Configuration ORACLE database CASTOR PACQ Computers Producer (Slow control) DIM Interface nTOF Web ORIGINAL Data format

4. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Starting up … Now the GUI is a client of nTOFDIM middleware. Advantages: The DAQ does not stop in case of GUI failure!

5. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Screen Configuration Expert GUI EAR1: Navigate through the Expert GUI to control EAR1 Expert GUI EAR2: Navigate through the Expert GUI to control EAR2 CONTROL GUI - Screen 1: Navigate through the Vistar GUI for EAR1 Screen 2: Navigate through the Vistar GUI for EAR1 Screen 3: Web cam check the EAR1 and EAR2. Common controls and alarms for both EAR1 and EAR2 Screen 4: Fixed VISTAR of the experiment parameters. eDisplay EAR1: Separated eDisplay for current experiment in EAR1. eDisplay EAR2: Separated eDisplay for current experiment in EAR2. 12 34 Exp. GUI EAR1 Exp. GUI EAR2 Person on shift CONTROL eDisplay EAR1 eDisplay EAR2

6. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Person on shift GUI. Technical specs. Basic Control of the experiment during operation: – Start/Stop – Trigger type: Calibration/beam mode – Filters in beam definition – Run Description – Identify the person on shift Basic Information about experiment parameters User-friendly alarm console eLogbook message broker

7. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Person on shift GUI. Basic Controls

8. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Person on shift GUI. Basic Controls

9. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Person on shift GUI. Information about experiment parameters

10. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Person on shift GUI. User-friendly alarm console

11. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Person on shift GUI. User-friendly alarm console

12. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Person on shift GUI. User-friendly alarm console

13. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Person on shift GUI. User-friendly alarm console

14. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Person on shift GUI. User-friendly alarm console

15. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Person on shift GUI. User-friendly alarm console

16. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Person on shift GUI. User-friendly alarm console

17. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Person on shift GUI. eLogbook message broker

18. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Person on shift GUI

19. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Screen 3 (layout): Common Control GUI Radiation Monitor PS Monitor (Beam request and status) Beam request Master START/STOP Total Protons: Dedicated web cam for EAR1 Experimental zone Dedicated web cam for EAR1 Access zone Dedicated web cam for EAR2 Access zone Dedicated web cam for EAR2 Experimental zone Common EAR1 & EAR2 CONTROL Cooling Station

20. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Screen 4 (layout): Fixed VISTAR of the experiment parameters EAR 1 VISTAR MODE Slow Parameters EAR 2 VISTAR MODE Slow Parameters

21. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Expert GUI. Technical specs. Different labels allow the operator to navigate through different controls in the experiment. Full information label shows the operator the info of the experiment. HV label to control the voltage values. Channels configuration label. DIM status to see how the DIM middleware is working. Renovated eDisplay to show real time data.

22. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Expert GUI. User vista

23. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Expert GUI. User vista

24. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Expert GUI. User vista

25. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Expert GUI. Full Info Vista

26. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Expert GUI. HV Configuration

27. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Expert GUI. Channel configuration

28. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Event display. Ideas It will be available in two different versions: – As a widget of the expert GUI (by pressing the button in the channel configuration label) – As an independent application for the data analysis in real time in a dedicated screens for both experimental areas. Allow the user to check the acquired data in real time.

29. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Event display (layout) eLogbook Messages EAR1 PULSE SCREEN Oscilloscope Mode FileHistogramInfo Detector & Channels Tree EventComplete event view Menu Zoom / Unzoom Time = Voltage = Time ROI = Voltage ROI = EAR ONLINE MONITORING

30. Towards new Graphical User Interfaces for nTOF experiment Collaboration meeting, Bologna 28 th Nov 2013 Thanks for your attention!