Timing and Online Scheduling (TOS)

The Timing and Online Scheduling group (TOS) is responsible for the development and the technical support for the General Machine Timing system, a high-precision time and event distribution system for real-time control control of all GSI and FAIR accelerators. (...)

Projekte und Aufgaben

Aktuelle Schwerpunktprojekte und -aufgaben der Arbeitsgruppe sind:

  • Entwicklung und Betreuung des General Machine Timing Systems für FAIR und die GSI-Anlagen
  • Entwicklung und Betreuung der zentralen Ablaufsteuerung für FAIR und GSI-Injektormaschinen
  • Entwicklung von Systemen zum Strahl-Transfer zwischen Beschleunigern
  • Leistung von Betriebsunterstützung bei Strahlzeiten (Rufbereitschaften)

General Machine Timing System at FAIR

The purpose of the General Machine Timing System (GMT) is to trigger and synchronize equipment and software actions, timed according to the accelerator cycles. The timing system must handle machine cycles from milliseconds up to the order of several seconds for synchrotrons and up to several hours for storage rings. Beam manipulation phases may be as short as a few micro seconds. The timing system also must take real time decisions to decide correctly between predefined alternative cycles to be executed.

The GMT triggers and synchronizes about 3000 connected Front-End Controllers (FEC) and other equipment covering a distance of up to 2 km between the nodes in the timing network. Although a precision of 1 µs is sufficient in most cases, some equipment like kickers need timing with nanosecond precision. An important issue is the link between the GMT and the timing system of the existing facility.

The GMT is implemented using White Rabbit which is an extension of Ethernet based on PTP and specific hardware for clock and phase synchronization. The GMT is complemented by the Bunch phase Timing System (BuTiS), which is a high-precision clock distribution system mainly targeted at the radiofrequency systems of the accelerator.

More information is available at Wiki

 

Organisation

Leitung / Head

Dietrich Beck

Tel: +49 6159 71 2520

Office: BR3.2.159

WPL FAIR Timing System

Fréderic Ameil

Tel: +49 6159 71 2780

Office: BR3.2.159


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