The Architecture of ASTRI Mini Array Cherenkov Camera Software Supervisor

Discussion timeslot (ZOOM-Meeting): 16. July 2021 - 18:00
ZOOM-Meeting URL: https://icrc2021.desy.de/pf_access_abstracts
Corresponding Session: https://icrc2021-venue.desy.de/channel/Presenter-Forum-1-Evening-All-Categories/48
Abstract:
'The ASTRI Mini-Array (MA) is an INAF project to construct and operate an experiment to study gamma-ray sources emitting up to the TeV spectral band. The ASTRI MA consists of an array of nine Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes that will be deployed at the Observatorio del Teide (Tenerife, Spain). These telescopes will be an evolution of the two-mirror ASTRI-Horn telescope, successfully tested since 2014 at the Serra La Nave Astronomical Station of the INAF Observatory of Catania. Each telescope will be equipped with the new version of the ASTRI Silicon Photo-Multiplier (SiPM) Cherenkov Camera.rnThe ASTRI-MA will be monitored and controlled by a Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system which consists of different software subsystems. One of these is the Cherenkov Camera Supervisor (CCS) that controls each Cherenkov Camera.rnIts main functionality is to realize an interface between each Camera and the central SCADA software.rnThe CCS provides the services to control and monitor the Camera through the Alma Common Software (ACS). This is a framework based on object-oriented CORBA middleware, which gives the infrastructure for the exchange of messages between distributed objects and system wide services. The CCS is based on the Open Platform Communications - Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) protocol, a platform-independent service-oriented architecture.rnThis work presents the design and the technologies used by the ASTRI Camera team to implement the CCS. It describes architecture and functionalities starting from the definition of the use cases and the system requirements.'

Authors: Mattia Corpora | Alessandro Grillo | Pierluca Sangiorgi | Milvia Capalbi | Osvaldo Catalano | Giuseppe Sottile | Federico Russo | Gino Tosti | Andrea Bulgarelli | Fabrizio Lucarelli | Nicolò Parmiggiani | Joseph Hilary Schwarz | F. Russo | Salvatore Scuderi
Collaboration: ASTRI Mini Array

Indico-ID: 106
Proceeding URL: https://pos.sissa.it/395/691