Control System Integration of a MicroTCA.4 Based Digital LLRF Using the ChimeraTK OPC UA Adapter

The superconducting linear electron accelerator ELBE at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf is a versatile light source. It operates in continuous wave (CW) mode to provide a high average beam current. In order to meet the requirements for future high resolution experiments the analogue low level radio frequency control (LLRF) is currently replaced by a digital MicroTCA.4 LLRF system based on a development at DESY, Hamburg.
Operation and parametrization is realized by a server application implemented by DESY using the ChimeraTK software framework. To interface the WinCC 7.3 based ELBE control system an OPC UA adapter for ChimeraTK has been developed in cooperation of DESY, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD) and HZDR. The contribution gives an overview of the collaborating parties, the variable
mapping scheme used to represent LLRF data in the OPC UA server address space and integration experiences with different industrial OPC UA Clients like WinCC 7.3 and LabVIEW.