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BI Day - 7, 8 December, 2000

• BI Software Development for SPS and future LHC
  Operation
• for EA Software, see EA Day

• Our Mandate
• Our Resources
• Our plan for 2001
• SL-OP ltgt SL-BI

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Our Mandate

• The SL-BI Software Section provides all the
  software necessary to develop, control, operate
  and maintain the different instruments produced
  by the Group (for SPS, LEP, CNGS and LHC).
• This include the following responsibilities
• The Real Time Front End Software for our
  instruments.
• The Expert Graphical User Interfaces GUI for
  our instruments.
• The Operational GUIs for our instruments. They
  are most of the time developed in BI based a
  subset of the Expert ones.
• Exceptions For some specific cases involving
  other Groups (Orbit Correction, Feedback...), the
  developments are done in collaboration. For some
  other cases, SL/BI delegate the operational GUI
  to an other Group (mainly SL/OP).

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Our Relations with SL/CO 1/2

• The SL/BI Software Section relies on services
  (software and hardware development environment,
  third party software, middle-ware, timing...)
  provided by SL/CO.
• The SL/BI policy in this domain is clear and
  explained bellow
• 1 Use the standard solutions provided by SL/CO
  whenever possible.
• 2 When no standard solution is available, check
  with SL/CO if one could be provided on time.
• 3 If no standard solution can be provided
  within the timescale, develop one.
• Latest Examples
• FFEWG (P. Ribeiro)
• Java Dataviewer (V. Paris)

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Our Relations with SL/CO 2/2

• The SL/BI Software Section insists to participate
  in SL/CO projects which may have an impact on its
  activity. In this context, we are actively
  involved as project member or user in the
  following projects
• The SPS2001 (M. Jonker)
• The STOPMI (V. Paris)
• The HELIX (R. Hopkins)
• The LHC CP (R. Lauckner)
• Our objectives are
• to insure that the chosen solutions are
  compatible with our specific development and
  maintenance constraints.
• To implement the compatible solutions in our new
  developments.

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BI Development Planning Overview (EA Not
Included)

• Between 2001 and 2006, BI will be concurrently
• Developing more than 20 different new systems
  for SLI and LHC
• BST, Orbit system, Trajectories, BSRT, Wscan,
  IPM, Collimators, BLRing, BL Cleaning zone,
  Matching, Shaker, HS BPM, Tune Chromaticity,
  Orbit Feedback, Scrapers, OtrEnergy, Luminescence
  Monitors, IBMS, PIPOS, Rosy
• Maintaining actively existing SPS operational
  systems (20)
• SBCT, MOPOS, XPOS, TL/TIPOS, IBMS, Wscan, Btvp,
  Servo Spill, SEM, Stepping motors, Fast Position,
  Fast Profile, Fast Spill, Colmon, Scrapers, SPS
  Matching, Luminescence, HeadTail, SPS Tune, Bosc

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Resource Evolution (John Coop -gt EA Renov)
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SL-BI Software for SL-OP

• Our internal reorganization is now behind us (at
  least for a few years at least).
• We have now the structure to answer your
  recurrent requests in our new developments (OS9
  migration, SLI).
• MD/Operational Acquisition Storage and Export.
• Online Algorithm.
• Trouble shooting.
• Coherent Look Feel .
• ...
• We have now the opportunity (SPS2001 STOPMI
  OS9 Migration) to make these improvements.

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Youll get in 2001

• In our Web Pages and a dedicated BI Folder
  maintained by us (the Beam Instrumentation Book
  for Lost Engineers)
• An up-to-date list of Software and Hardware
  Experts per Instrument.
• A Trouble Shooting document per BI Software
  GUI.
• A User Manual per new (or prototype) BI
  Software GUI.
• A set of new GUIs from our OS9/RPC gt
  Lynx/SPS2001 Migration.
• The opportunity
• to include your recurrent requests on our future
  developments (OS9 Migration, SLI, LHC
  Prototypes).
• to specify these new GUIs.
• to include online algorithm features in our GUIs
  when necessary (Prototyping phase).

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Use this Opportunity

• Help SL-CO to provide an adequate infrastructure.
  Participate and be intransigent on OP key points.
• SPS2001 - STOPMI - Middle-ware - Timing
• HELIX...
• Dont give up your Dreams on BI GUIs.
• Give space for close collaboration with SL-BI-SW
  via linkmen (or OP software take care of v1.1,
  v1.2) for all our new developments.
• Dont hesitate to contact us in case of questions
  or problems.