| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 245, 2020
24th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2019)
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| Article Number | 05034 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | 5 - Software Development | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202024505034 | |
| Published online | 16 November 2020 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202024505034
A multi-purpose user interface for the iFDAQ of the COMPASS experiment
1
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
2
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
3
Technical University of Munich, Germany
4
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
* e-mail: antonin.kveton@cern.ch
Published online: 16 November 2020
In HEP experiments, remote access to control systems is one of the fundamental pillars of efficient operations. At the same time, development of user interfaces with emphasis on usability can be one of the most labor-intensive software tasks to be undertaken in the life cycle of an experiment. While desirable, the development and maintenance of a large variety of interfaces (e.g., desktop control interface, web monitoring interface, development API...) is often simply not feasible, as far as manpower is concerned. We present a solution employed in the control software of the iFDAQ of the COMPASS experiment at CERN. Being a mix of a command-line and terminal tool, this interface can fulfill the roles of a dynamic monitoring interface, a control interface, and a scripting API simultaneously. Furthermore, it can easily be used as a remote access tool for operations experts, needing nearly no setup user-side and being compatible with smartphones. We also discuss the methodology and results of a concrete use case – automated run control for performance tests of the iFDAQ readout software.
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