Naming Conventions for Vacuum Devices

Base Device Type

First, lets consider the base DeviceType values without the detail suffix.

The following table lists vacuum Compound DeviceTypes:

Value

Device Type

SLC Aware

Controllable

VGBA

Vacuum Gauge Baratron

N

N

VGKL

Vacuum Gauge associated with a Klystron

N

N

VGPR

Vacuum Pirani Gauge

N

N

VGCC

Vacuum Cold Cathode Gauge

N

Y

VGTC

Vacuum ThermoCouple Gauge

N

N

VGCP

Vacuum Convection-enhanced Pirani Gauge

N

N

VGHF

Vacuum Hot Filament Gauge

N

Y

VGOS

Vacuum Overpressure Switch

N

N

VVKL

Vacuum Valve associated with a Klystron

N

Y

VVPG

Vacuum Pneumatic Gate Valve

N

Y

VVMG

Vacuum Manual Gate Valve

N

N

VVPR

Vacuum Pneumatic Roughing Valve

N

Y

VVMR

Vacuum Manual Roughing Valve

N

N

VVPF

Vacuum Pneumatic Fore Valve

N

Y

VVMF

Vacuum Manual Fore Valve

N

N

VVPV

Vacuum Pneumatic Vent Valve

N

Y

VVMV

Vacuum Manual Vent Valve

N

N

VVFS

Vacuum Fast (Shutter) Valve

N

Y

VVFL

Vacuum (Mass) Flow Valve

N

Y

VPKL

Vacuum Pump associated with a Klystron

N

Y

VPCR

CRyo Pump

N

Y

VPIO

IOn Pump

N

Y

VPTM

TurboMolecular Pump

N

Y

VPTS

Ti Sublimation Pump

N

Y

VPFO

Fore Pump

N

Y

VPRO

Roughing Pump

N

Y


The following table lists vacuum gauge Attributes:

Value

Description

P

Pressure

PSTAT

Status of pressure relay

PSTATSPRBCK

Readback of trip point of pressure relay

PSTATSPDES

Set the trip point of the pressure relay

PSTATEN

Enable the pressure relay

PSTATENRBCK

Status of pressure relay enable