Integrating Custom Software and Commercial SCADA

V. Aleinikov, A. Nikiforov

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia

A new cyclotron complex for the production of radioactive nuclear beams (DRIBs – Dubna Radioactive Ion Beams) was developed and manufactured in Flerov's Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions. The control system for DRIBS cyclotron uses commercial SCADA FlexControl running under RTOS QNX 4. Good interaction possibility allows integrating self-made visualization server, device drivers and SCADA system. Some custom programs have highly improved flexibility and look and we use them instead of the regular soft. Basic ideas for integrating custom software and commercial SCADA are described.