Design and Development of a Diagnostics Client for a Beam Loss ...

Design and Development of a Diagnostics Client for a Beam Loss Measurement System at CERN
Figure 37: Multi Channel Acquisition. Status Tab.
enough to successfully perform all the demanded functions.
Another important factor that affects the reliability and effectiveness of the client application
is its efficiency. This includes the system crash rate and unexpected behavior. Many
problems of this nature arose during the development process, but the end product, after
all the required testing and bug fixing, proved to be stable enough for operational usage.
A last important factor that reflects the success of the end product is the user satisfaction
rate. This criteria is closely dependent on the system performance and behavior. The
main users of this application are the developers of the BLEDP FPGAs, members of the
BLM team and also sometimes the operators’ crew in the Cern Control Center (CCC).
During the development period, the application received many positive responses from its
users, whereby it could be concluded that it satisfies the main function it is employed to
fulfill.
5.1.2 Performance
It could be very interesting to measure the performance of the application in a typical
computer system, such as the one mentioned for the remote connection in the beginning
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