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-====== History ======
+[[index|Return to Contents]]
+====== History of development ======
+<box 80% red>The cycle of works « Program complexes Sonix and Sonix + for instrument control at the IBR-2 reactor» is awarded with 1 premium at competition of scientific, methodical and applied works at FLNP in section « Applied and methodical works » in 2005.
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+Group of developers:
+**Kirilov A.S., Murashkevich S.M., Petukhova Т.B., Yudin V.E.**
+We are grateful to:
+**Heinitz J., Litvinenko E.I., Prickhodko V.I., Nikiforov A.S., Sirotin A.P., Korobchenko M.L., Levchanovski F.V., Drozdov V.A., Butenko V.A.
+**
+Software complex Sonix (SOftware for Neutron Instruments on X11 base) was initially developed for the Neutron Spectrometer with High Resolution(for VME-computer in the [[wpru>OS-9|OS-9]]environment) at the IBR-2 reactor. Since that it was significantly improved and installed at the most IBR-2 instruments.
+[[http://flnp.jinr.ru|FLNP]].
+====== Sonix milestones ======
+**1995.** The first control system based on the modular VME-computer with operational system OS-9 has been created at the NSHR diffractometer at the  IBR-2 reactor.  The NSHR complex is organized as a community of  X-clients implemented on the base of  X11/OS-9 package. Simple script interpreter was included.
+**1997-1998.** Complex is installed at SKAT, NERA-PR and Epsilon instruments.
+**1999-2002.** Complex was modified greatly and installed at YuMO, DN-2, SPN, DN-12, FSD and HRFD instruments.
+Main improvements are:
+  * former X-clients were separated into "resident" and "interface" parts;
+  * use of a real time database (Varman from IRI TU Delft) for module communication;
+  * script language enhancements.
+A script file is provided. Script interpreter is
+Modules have two modes: ‘manual’ and ‘auto’ for script control
+A local version is the same as distributed
+Clients are configured by a common configuration file.
+====== Basic Sonix features ======
+    * The VME computer is used for the whole job
+    * The complex has modular structure. Each module completely controls a single spectrometer unit (goniometer etc.)
+    * [[wpru>Graphical_user_interface|GUI]] modules (interfaces) were separated
+    * The inter-client communication is implemented with Varman real time database([[http://wwwinfo.jinr.ru/publish/Preprints/2003/011(P13-2003-11).pdf|Varman]])
+    * Clients are configured by a common configuration file.
+    * Modules have two modes: ‘manual’ and ‘auto’ for script control
+    * A local version is the same as distributed
+    * In case of fatal error system automatically restarted to continue mesurement
+    * Private script generators and tuning programs are present
+====== From Sonix to Sonix+  ======
+**//PC(Windows) vs. VME(OS-9//)**
+  * Using PC with Windows for instrument control reduces the overall costs of the system
+  * Users are more experienced with the Windows environment
+  * Many useful software products are available
+//**Sonix disadvantages**//
+  * GUI - many windows to control complicated systems
+  * No common protocol for module communication
+  * The script language is rather poor
+  * The configuration file is too complicated to edit manually
+  * In **2003** -- Sonix+ was initiated
+  * In **2004** – It was installed at NERA-PR?, REMUR and YuMO instruments (IBR-2)
+  * In **2005** – Versions for YuMO (IBR-2) and DSD (Yekaterinburg) instruments are ready to use
+  * In **2007** - the complex was installed at the GEK3 и GEK5 instriuments(Obninsk) and MOND instrument ([[wpru>Курчатовский_институт|Moscow, Kurchatov institute]])
+====== Sonix+ benefits ======
+    * The user works with devices not with modules
+    * Creating virtual devices and representing several devices as a single device became possible
+    * Module (device) communication is completely standardized
+    * [[wpru>Python_(programming_language)|Python]] is used as the script language
+    * Clog file are included
+    * Two data format are used: internal format for storing of intermediate data, user format - for final accumulation
+    * [[wpru>Graphical_user_interface|GUI]] is unified and became more convenient
+    * Visualization of the data from is included [[dotdetector|point]], [[detector1D|1D]] и [[detector2D|2D detectors]] were included
+    * The complex is implemented in the Windows environment
+[[index|Return to Contents]]\\
+ --- //[[akirilov@nf.jinr.ru|AK]] 9.09.2009//