Human Machine Interface for High Energy Physics Experiments

P. Plewiński, D. Makowski, A. Mielczarek, A. Napieralski (Lodz Univ. of Techn., Poland)

The increasing complexity of scientific experiments puts additional requirements on the systems, which need to control and monitor the hardware required for the experiments. This article presents and compares different technologies of creating Human Machine Interface for the Piezo Control System (PCS) developed by TUL DMCS. The purpose of the PCS system is compensating the detuning of a superconducting accelerating structure caused by the Lorentz force. HMI was needed to operate the prototype device. In order to select the technology, which would best suit the requirements; interface was designed and developed in native Qt, Qt Quick and EPICS. The comparison was made and their advantages and drawbacks are presented.