BEAST
This is the distributed alarm system developed at the SNS, consisting of
- Alarm Server that uses channel access to monitor alarm triggers in the control system
- CSS user interface for viewing current alarms as a table or hierarchical tree
- Relational Database for configuration and logging
- Web reports to analyze the number and frequency of alarms, search the alarm configuration etc.
The user interface allows operators to
- Access guidance on how to handle a specific alarm
- Invoke links to related operator interfaces or other CSS tools for the alarm trigger PVs
- Acknowledge alarms
- Edit the configuration
See also:
- ICALEPCS 2009 presentation http://icalepcs2009.spring8.or.jp/abstract/pdf/TUA001_TALK.PDF