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TY - CONF AU - Sohn, F. AU - Ehsan, W. AU - Giovanetti, G. AU - Goeries, D. AU - Karpics, I. AU - Sukharnikov, K. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Götz, Andy ED - Venter, Johan ED - White, Karen ED - Robichon, Marie ED - Rowland, Vivienne TI - Automatic Configuration of Motors at the European XFEL J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2023, Cape Town, South Africa, 09-13 October 2023 CY - Cape Town, South Africa T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems T3 - 19 LA - english AB - The European XFEL (EuXFEL) scientific facility relies heavily on the SCADA control system Karabo to configure and control a plethora of hardware devices. In this contribution a software solution for automatic configuration of collections of like Karabo devices is presented. Parameter presets for the automatic configuration are stored in a central database. In particular, the tool is used in the configuration of collections of single-axis motors, which is a recurring task at EuXFEL. To facilitate flexible experimental setup, motors are moved within the EuXFEL and reused at various locations in the operation of scientific instruments. A set of parameters has to be configured for each motor controller, depending on the controller and actuator model attached to a given programmable logic controller terminal, and the location of the motor. Since manual configurations are time-consuming and error-prone for large numbers of devices, a database-driven configuration of motor parameters is desirable. The software tool allows to assign and apply stored preset configurations to individual motors. Differences between the online configurations of the motors and the stored configurations are highlighted. Moreover, the software includes a "locking" feature to prevent motor usage after unintentional reconfigurations, which could lead to hardware damage. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 1358 EP - 1361 KW - software KW - controls KW - FEL KW - hardware KW - PLC DA - 2024/02 PY - 2024 SN - 2226-0358 SN - 978-3-95450-238-7 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-THPDP024 UR - https://jacow.org/icalepcs2023/papers/thpdp024.pdf ER -