Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Ralph Lange <[email protected]> · Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:42:40 +0200 (METDST)

Rolf Keitel wrote:
> B) As for hard boots, we are developing a VME board which monitors crate
> voltages, temperatures, fan operation and can provide a reset to the VME
> crate. These boards are connected on their own fibre-optics CAN-bus
> network, so that each IOC on the system has the possibility to monitor
> the health of all other IOCs. Crate reset commands will be given over
> CAN-bus. There will be a detailed paper at the upcoming ICALEPCs.

The VME crates from Wiener that BESSY uses already come with that
feature (see http://www.wiener-d.com/crlink.htm). The CAN connects to
the fan tray unit, so there's no VME slot spent for remote control.

Ralph

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System