Testing of ECM for Microtron control system up gradation

Test setup will be as shown below:

1.
2.
3.
4.

PC with both hyper terminal and GUI.

Ethernet to Serial device networking module.
ECM.
Dipole Magnet Power Supply & Mid-plane supply.

Specifications for GUI of Microtron new control panel for testing of Equipment Control Module (ECM):1. Different buttons for different command.

2. Entry field for entering set data of Dipole magnet power supply and Azimuthal settings.
3. Setting readback and device readback value display up to two decimal places (via round off). It is to be done for both
Dipole magnet and azimuth.
4. During cycling or setting, display of status of execution of command. (Information is provided by coming bit stream in
readback).
5. FPGA reset, FPGA reconfiguration and Microcontroller remote reset button should be provided.
6. In addition to values, graphical Display for the readbacks with atleast history of 6 min duration(actual duration depends
on discussion).
7. Baud rate and time out information.
8. Display of Interlock status for different interlocks.
9. Display of last command sent information (Except readbacks).
10.Display of Frame error information. (Information is provided by acknowledgement frame).
11.Display and setting of different parameters for settings and cycling command respectively.
12.Display and logging of frame retry and error information. This will provide useful information for optimizing the intercommand delays and also for statistical analysis (no. of retries depends on discussion).
Functional specification for the control panel:
1. The software application should be able to communicate over RS232/RS485 link via an Ethernet to Serial device
networking module (make MOXA).
2. The communication is done in Command-acknowledgement-response form.
3. Different frame types need to be sent respectively(Frame format is provided in section1 & section 2):
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.

Abort operation
Setting of supply
Cycling of supply
Switch ON supply
Switch OFF supply
Shutdown device
Setting Readback
Device Readback
FPGA remote reset
FPGA remote reconfiguration
Microcontroller remote reset
Global system shutdown(broadcast type and to be sent to all systems simultaneously with no acknowledgement)

4. Each time when a readback frame is sent by the application, the ECM will send two frames.
a. First one is the acknowledgement frame.
b. Second one is required information.
In case, if frame is incorrect then only negative acknowledgement will be given to the software.

5. The acknowledgement can be positive or negative.

6. Cycling and setting buttons shall be disabled once any of these commands is issued and in execution. The buttons shall
be enabled only after completion of the execution of the commands or after Abort operation.

Section 1
Frame formats for Equipment Control Module.
Start
Delimiter

Destination
Address

Source
Address

Reserved
bytes

Frame Type

No. of
Parameters

Data Field

Checksum

End
Delimiter

\r\n

Fig. 1

Presently, the communication between the EPICS and the Equipment Control Module (ECM) is done over RS232/RS485 link at a
configurable baud rate. The baud rate is configurable from 9600bps to 38400bps. Default is taken as 19.2kbps. The GUI sends
the above frame over the serial link and is received by ECM for further processing. The various fields indicated in the above fig.
1 are briefed below:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Start Delimiter: It is single dollar ($) character. It gives the information regarding the start of the frame.
Destination Address: It is a 4 character field and gives information about the address of receiver.
Source Address: It is a 4 character field and gives information about the address of sender.
Reserve Bytes: It is 4 byte field reserved for future requirements. Presently, it is dont care and can have any value from
0000-FFFF in Hex.
5. Frame Type: Depending upon the required function, the field is divided into 14 types and covered in section2.
6. No. of parameters: It is the number of parameters contain in Data field. Depending upon the type of frame and data field
content, presently, it can vary from 0 to 8. Details are covered in section 2.
7. Data Field: It is the whole data packet required to set different references for power supplies. This field consist of various
parameters. Each parameter is 4 characters long and is represented in hexadecimal format.
8. Checksum: This field is used for data correctness. The field sums all the data values in hex format and last 4 characters
are required to be sent. Details are in section 2.
9. End Delimiter: It is single star (*) character. It gives the information regarding the end of the frame.
10.\r\n : It is used at the end of the frame to increase the readability at the hyper-terminal and is also a mandatory field.
Note:
1. Start & End Delimiters are single character only.

2. All other fields are of 4 characters.

3. Except $ and *, all other characters are hex format, i.e. 0000 to FFFF.
4. Time between two frames (from software) for one ECM must be 30 milliseconds (at baud rate of 19.2kbps).

Section 2
Command Types: Various command types are required for the functioning of different systems. Every command type has a 32
bit (4 character) code assigned to it. The GUI sends the code in command type field. The table below lists the command type
and corresponding code.
S.No.

Command Type

Corresponding 4 character Code

1.

Cycling

0001

2.

Abort

0002

3.

Switch On

0003

4.

Switch Off

0004

5.

Shutdown

0005

6.

Channel1 Setting

0006

7.

Channel1 Setting read back

0007

8.

Channel1Device read back

0008

9.

Channel2 Setting

0009

10.

Channel2 setting read back

0010

11.

Channel2 device read back

0011

12.

FPGA remote reset

0097

13.

FPGA remote reconfiguration

0098

14.

Microcontroller remote reset

0099

1. Cycling: This command is responsible for setting dipole magnet power supply references for cycling of dipole magnet.
The example includesSD

DA

SA

Reserved
bytes

Comman
d Type

No .of
parameters

Board
addre
ss

0000

xxxx

0001

0008

No.
of
Cycl
es
000
3

Ima
x

Imi
n

Rise_slo
pe

Fall_slo
pe

Top_Fl
at
Time

Bottom_Fl
at Time

F0A
1

088
9

00E0

00CD

0B00

00E0

Final
Curre
nt
Value
6438

Checksu
m

End
Delimit
er

Add all
field
values in
HEX
format
and take
last 4
byte.

Final
Curre
nt
Value
xxxx

Checksum

End
Delimit
er

Add all
field
values in
HEX
format
and take
last 4
byte.

Final
Curre
nt
Value
xxxx

Checksum

End
Delimit
er

Add all
field
values in
HEX
format
and take
last 4
byte.

\r\n

Field values

2. Abort: This command is used to stop the current command execution to its present state.
SD

DA

SA

Reserved
bytes

Comman
d Type

No .of
parameters

Board
addre
ss

0000

xxxx

0002

xxxx

No.
of
Cycl
es
xxxx

Ima
x

Imi
n

Rise_slo
pe

Fall_slo
pe

Top_Fl
at
Time

Bottom_Fl
at Time

xxx
x

xxx
x

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

\r\n

3. Switch On: This command is used to ON the dipole magnet power supply.
SD

DA

SA

Reserve
d bytes

Comman
d Type

No .of
parameters

Board
addre
ss

0000

xxxx

0003

xxxx

No.
of
Cycl
es
xxxx

Ima
x

Imi
n

Rise_slo
pe

Fall_slo
pe

Top_Fl
at
Time

Bottom_Fl
at Time

xxx
x

xxx
x

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

\r\n

4. Switch Off: This command is used to off the dipole magnet power supply.
SD

DA

SA

Reserve
d bytes

Comman
d Type

No .of
parameters

Board
addre
ss

0000

xxxx

0004

xxxx

No.
of
Cycl
es
xxxx

Ima
x

Imi
n

Rise_slo
pe

Fall_slo
pe

Top_Fl
at
Time

Bottom_Fl
at Time

xxx
x

xxx
x

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

Final
Curre
nt
Value
xxxx

Checksum

End
Delimit
er

Add all
field
values in
HEX
format
and take
last 4
byte.

\r\n

5. Shutdown: This command is used to shut down the dipole magnet power supply with gradual decrease in
current.
SD

DA

SA

Reserve
d bytes

Comman
d Type

No .of
parameters

Board
addre
ss

0000

xxxx

0005

xxxx

No.
of
Cycl
es
xxxx

Ima
x

Imi
n

Rise_slo
pe

Fall_slo
pe

Top_Fl
at
Time

Bottom_Fl
at Time

xxx
x

xxx
x

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

Final
Curre
nt
Value
xxxx

Checksu
m

End
Delimit
er

Add all
field
values in
HEX
format
and take
last 4
byte.

\r\n

6. Setting: This command is used to set the dipole magnet power supply to a particular given reference.
SD

DA

Board
addre
ss

SA

0000

Reserve
d bytes

xxxx

Command
Type

0006

No .of
parameters

0008

No. of
Cycles

0000

Imax

setting

Imin

setting

Rise_slope

Slope set

Fall_slope

Slope set

Top_Flat
Time

0000

Bottom_Flat
Time

0000

Final
Current
Value

Checksum

End
Delimiter

setting

Add all
field
values
in HEX
format
and
take last
4 byte.

\r\n

7. Setting Read back: This command ask the TM to provide the 16bit value set on DAC.
SD

DA

SA

Reserve
d bytes

Command
Type

No .of
parameters

Board
addre
ss

0000

xxxx

0007

xxxx

No.
of
Cycl
es
xxxx

Ima
x

Imi
n

Rise_slo
pe

Fall_slo
pe

Top_Fl
at
Time

Bottom_Fl
at Time

xxx
x

xxx
x

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

Final
Curre
nt
Value
xxxx

Checks
um

End
Delimi
ter

Add all
field
values
in HEX
format
and
take
last 4
byte.

Final
Curre
nt
Value
xxxx

Checks
um

End
Delimi
ter

Add all
field
values
in HEX
format
and
take
last 4
byte.

\
r\n

8. Device Read back: This command ask the FM to provide the 12bit value from ADC.
SD

DA

SA

Reserve
d bytes

Command
Type

No .of
parameters

Board
addre
ss

0000

xxxx

0008

xxxx

No.
of
Cycl
es
xxxx

Ima
x

Imi
n

Rise_slo
pe

Fall_slo
pe

Top_Fl
at
Time

Bottom_Fl
at Time

xxx
x

xxx
x

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

9. Azimuth Setting: This command is used to set the dipole magnet power supply to a particular given
reference.
SD

DA

SA

Reserve
d bytes

Command
Type

No .of
parameters

No. of
Cycles

Imax

Imin

Rise_slope

Fall_slope

Top_Flat
Time

Bottom_Flat
Time

Final
Current

Checksum

End
Delimiter

\
r\n

Value

Board
addre
ss

0000

0000

0009

0008

0000

setting

setting

Slope set

Slope set

0000

0000

setting

Add all
field
values in
HEX
format
and take
last 4
byte.

\r\n

10.
Azimuth Setting Read back: This command asks the FM to provide the 16bit value set on DAC for
Azimuth.
SD

DA

SA

Channel
No.

Command
Type

No .of
parameters

Board
addre
ss

0000

xxxx

0010

xxxx

11.

Ima
x

Imi
n

Rise_slo
pe

Fall_slo
pe

Top_Fl
at
Time

Bottom_Fl
at Time

xxx
x

xxx
x

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

Final
Curre
nt
Value
xxxx

Checksu
m

End
Delimi
ter

Add all
field
values in
HEX
format
and take
last 4
byte.

\
r\n

Azimuth Device Read back: This command asks the FM to provide the 12bit value from ADC.

SD

DA

SA

Channel
No.

Command
Type

No .of
parameters

Board
addre
ss

0000

xxxx

0011

xxxx

12.

No.
of
Cycl
es
xxxx

FPGA remote reset:

No.
of
Cycl
es
xxxx

Ima
x

Imi
n

Rise_slo
pe

Fall_slo
pe

Top_Fl
at
Time

Bottom_Fl
at Time

xxx
x

xxx
x

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

xxxx

Final
Curre
nt
Value
xxxx

Checksu
m

End
Delimi
ter

Add all
field
values in
HEX
format
and take
last 4
byte.

\
r\n

Start
Delimiter
$

13.

Source
Address

Board
address

0000

Command
Type

Checksum

End
Delimiter

0097

\r\n

FPGA remote reconfiguration: This is used to reset FPGA remotely.

Start
Delimiter
$

14.

Destination
Address

Destination
Address

Source
Address

Board
address

0000

Command
Type

Checksum

End
Delimiter

0098

\r\n

Microcontroller remote reset: This is used to reset the microcontroller.

Start
Delimiter
$

Destination
Address

Source
Address

Board
address

0000

Command
Type

Checksum

End
Delimiter

0099

\r\n

Responses to Different frames

1. Setting readback: The setting is a 16 bit value to DAC, therefore, its response value contains 4 characters in
setting value field.

S
D

DA

SA

Readback
of
CH1/CH2

Settin
g
value

8
Interloc
ks

Remote/lo
cal

On/O
ff

Under
cyclin
g

Under
Settin
g

New
fram
e

00
00

Boar
d
addr
ess

SRC1 /
SRC2

4 char

8 bits

1 bit

1bit

1bit

1bit

1bit

Dat
a
erro
r
1bit

Redunda
nt bits

End
Delimit
er

00(2
bits)

\
r\n

2. Device readback: The setting is a 12 bit value from ADC, therefore, its response value contains 3 characters in
device value field.
S
D

DA

SA

Readback
of
CH1/CH2

Device
value

8
Interloc
k

Remote/lo
cal

On/O
ff

Unde
r
cyclin
g

Under
Settin
g

New
fram
e

Data
error

Redunda
nt bits

End
Delimi
ter

00
00

Boar
d
addr
ess

DRC1 /
DRC2

4 char

8bits

1bit

1bit

1bit

1bit

1bit

1bit

00(2
bits)

\
r\n

3. Positive/Negative frame acknowledgement:

Start
Delimiter

$
#

Destination
address

Source
Address

Frame
Type

4 char

4 char

4 char

0000

Board
address

ACKW

Last frame received

4 char

Acknowledge
ment

End
Delimiter

4 char
This will contains frame type information in
hex number

FYOK/FNOK#

FYOK( Frame Yes OK): For correct frame received, positive acknowledgement followed by read-back frame will be sent.
FNOK( Frame Not OK): For incorrect frame received, only negative acknowledgement will be sent. No read-back frame will be sent.
DRC1: Device Readback Channel1
SRC2: Setting Readback Channel2
DRC1: Device Readback Channel1
SRC2: Setting Readback Channel2

\
r\n