Waltz presentation at ASU and ANL
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Waltz is a web application that aims to integrate different hardware and software tools used at beamlines to provide a single interface for monitoring, control, and experiment preparation (1). It addresses challenges such as a lack of flexibility and integration between various software tools, and can help optimize and reduce costs of routine experiment tasks (2). Future versions of Waltz will include more features such as connectors to different control systems, direct hardware access, mobile interfaces, and a microservices architecture (3).
Waltz presentation at ASU and ANL
- 1. Igor KhokhriakovIgor Khokhriakov Olga MerkulovaOlga Merkulova
- 2. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 2 A general purpose web application that provides the interface between control system and the scientific users who define and calibrate their experiments. Contributors are:
- 3. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 3 * https://confluence.desy.de/display/P5I/Micro+Tomography+setup+overview
- 4. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 4 Challenges at beamline Used software is often not flexible and is not integrated. So beamline scientist have to use a lot of different software tools and paper notebooks instead of one program that fits in their needs. Tuning hardware may be very routine and time costly endeavor. Usually hardware is sold with software drivers. Software solutions may have no connectors to monitoring and controlling tools used at beamlines. If hardware was bought long time ago or was bought without drivers it is impossible to monitor and control it using single SCADA solution. Available SCADA solution are not optimized for specific needs. It is impossible sometimes to integrate different hardware in one monitoring and control tool.
- 5. Why we? Who areWhy we? Who are we?we? IgorIgor OlgaOlga
- 6. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 6 First web-site in the 2000 JavaScript developer since 2007 Enterprise Java and Web developer since 2008 Full stack developer since 2012 Advocating Tango REST API and Tango web/mobile technologies since 2013 CEO of IK Company since 2016 Tango kernel developer since 2016 Two degrees: AI (2007) Financial management (2013) First big project in JavaScript in 2007 Front-end developer since 2007 CEO assistant since 2016 Active involvement in Tango community since 2017 Igor Khokhriakov Olga Merkulova
- 7. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 7
- 8. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 8
- 14. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 14 roles perspective
- 15. Beamline Scientist Institute Customer Industry E.g. Beamline Control Software TANGO TINE Experiment Facts Other Hardware Infrastructure Other Hardware Infrastructure EPICS Data Hardware Program Program Program Supervise Supervise Supervise Experiment Preparatio n Transform workflow perspective/no waltz * credits to Friedrich Rantzau@HZG
- 16. Beamline Scientist Institute Customer Industry E.g. Beamline Control Software TANGO TINE Experiment Facts Other Hardware Infrastructure Other Hardware Infrastructure EPICS WALTZ Data Hardware Configure Program Program Supervise Supervise Supervise ExperimentPreparation Transform Web Interface Prototype * credits to Friedrich Rantzau@HZG workflow perspective/waltz (present)
- 18. WaltzWaltz present and futurepresent and future
- 19. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 19 Waltz v0.7.3 features present Security Application + User logs Dashboard profiles (per user) Customizable Table, Plot and List data views Multiple Tango hosts browser Search filters Tango Manager Editable Info panels Scripting Terminal Device filters Devices configuration and monitor Documentation Development platform Integration with EPICS via TANGO bridge Unique widgets for unique needs
- 24. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 24 Summary Waltz is a platform possible to build the system you want to have. It has: UI builders using drag&drop, coherent and intuitive UI, cloud based infrastructure, user context saving, device control and monitoring, plot and drag-n-drop interface solutions. So it is possible to tune Waltz for beamline scientists needs. From software development point of view Waltz provides an integration layer for all sub-systems of the instrument. This solves the problem with non-integrated(able) hardware and diversity of software tools being used. With Integration layer it is possible to develop special UI widgets to: - constant and permanent control and monitoring that everything is going as needed and planned; - reduce costs for experiments preparation time by implementing Machine Learning techniques for routine jobs; - optimize experiments line in a way it works stable and without error; - have fault prevention; - reduce risk of human factor. Waltz deployment allows remote access, e.g. monitoring and controlling, as it is a web based application. It is possible to develop add-ons for Waltz to relief the pains related to the missing integration solutions and inflexibility of the software being used.
- 25. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 25 Waltz offers a couple of very convenient features if you have to work with a distributed setup of tango device servers at the beamline, since it integrates all different servers in one instance. I like a lot the idea to have astor and jive capabiliites plus many extra features integrated into one tool. Waltz is my preferred tool for early commissioning of new components, since e.g. the dashboard allows to monitor many devices and attributes simultaneously. It also very conviente if you do not have to switch between many jive windows to access these attributes of interest. The online monitoring and plotting tools in Waltz are also valuable tools for commissioning. Of course I also like the HQ a lot since it offers me as beamline scientist the possibility to easily maintain and configure our dataformat services. J. Hammel, Beamline scientist, P05, DESY Waltz is now used as a standard commissioning tool at P05 and thus replaced other tools like Astor, Jive and ATK panel. Waltz 'all-in-one-place' approach reduces Window-clutter and the need for many remote logins. Although it is in very active development, the system feels mature. F. Wilde, Beamline scientist, P05, DESY User Feedback
- 26. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 26 How to try... Live Demo in Amazon cloud See Waltz readme on /waltz-controls/waltz/waltz-controls/waltz Docker container $> wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/waltz-controls/waltz/v0.7.3/docker-compose.yml $> docker-compose up $> firefox http://localhost:8080/waltz
- 27. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 27 Future plans
- 28. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 28 Waltz Waltz 2.0 diagram
- 29. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 29 Waltz 2.0 features Rich server side: Connectors to different CS (EPICS, TINE, TANGO) Direct hardware access modules Widgets server side Unified communication protocol Different user roles Split back-end into micro-services Mobile friendly interface
- 30. Igor Khokhriakov, Olga Merkulova 30 Our Goals Give overview of web front-end Show challenges of beamline scientists in DESY Show you are not alone (alike tasks in commerce) Give roles perspective overview Share web front-end experience Resources Collaboration Projects Ideas, thoughts New features, issues Stars on GitHub
- 31. Thank you!Thank you! Questions?Questions? Please, share your ideas/thoughts at:Please, share your ideas/thoughts at: /waltz-controls/waltz/waltz-controls/waltz waltz-controls/waltz/issueswaltz-controls/waltz/issues igor@ik-company.comigor@ik-company.com olga@ik-company.comolga@ik-company.com
- 32. DEMODEMO