The synchronization system for the energy ramping is based on the broadcast mechanism of MIL 1553. Can work up to 1 KHz. There is one central server for booting. Editing is done on Unix. LynxOS threads are used by control programs.
All control is message based.
WANF K.Kostro presented the West Area Neutron Facility. Control is done using a program called FactoryLink from USData. An instance of a class corresponds to real world objects. Posix threads are used for multiple control. This system will be used to upgrade the beamlines.