Dashboards for monitoring the status of accelerator control systems

The control system of the Diamond accelerators consists of many parts which depend on each other as well as key pieces of computing infrastructure. When a problem occurs in the control system, often we must spend time investigating to understand the root cause. With better monitoring, we will be able to anticipate problems, and more easily understand the cause. This will improve the reliability of our systems and allow normal service to be restored faster. 

This project will produce web-based dashboards to monitor the status of key control system components and infrastructure, to be displayed in the main Control Room and the Control Systems office. This will show the health of the key systems, with alarms alerting to any changes, together with documentation of a course of action to respond to each alarm. 

During the project you will need to

• gain an understanding of the diverse controls and computing systems at Diamond
• trial and refine various existing monitoring methods
• set these up to run in a maintainable way
• design a user-friendly interface for the display of information on the dashboard
• write clear documentation on the actions required to respond to alarms.