ILCTA Controls Status

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ILCTA Controls Status

• April 12, 2007

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Getting Updates

• Most of these slides stolen from CD ILC-Forum
  talk last week all were invited.
• Please review monthly status reports. For the
  most part, we are writing them for you. They are
  available in DocDB
• http//docdb.fnal.gov/ILC-public/DocDB/DocumentDat
  abase
• Please read these and help us prioritize.
  Personnel effort is so small, that every request
  you make, slows down progress somewhere else.
• Second monitor for coupler

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SCRF Focus

• Infrastructure support
• Core controls system(s) support, development, and
  configuration management including code packaging
  and distribution
• Controls systems include EPICS, DOOCS and
  diagnostic systems such as LabView and MatLab
• Develop cavity data management system
• not the group of people that you interface with
• Additional component support including system
  management, electronic logbook, cavity data
  management system
• Test area specific
• NML specific development
• Develop timing and clock system that are required
  for first beam operation
• Develop interfaces for new components for
  instrumentation and control
• Develop controls interface for ATCA BPMs
• Develop/configure NML application software
• HTS/VTS ongoing support updating processes, and
  user interfaces as more experience with the
  cavities is gleaned.

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Labor Resources Needed

• Labor - 12 FTE annually
• Infrastructure support
• NML specific support
• HTS/VTS support
• Cavity Data Management Development (1 year only)
• Details later
• CD Ron, Luciano, Margaret, New Hire, Bakul, Rob
  Kutschke, Connie/Troy
• AD Mike Kucera (SCRF Controls Deputy Head),
  Sharon Lackey (Head while Margaret gone), Dennis
  Nicklaus, Jerry Firebaugh, Jimmy You, Michele
  McCusker-Whiting
• PPD Geoff Savage, Vladimir Sirotenko
• UofI contract Micheal Davidsaver
• Does not include support for Tim
• 3.0 -gt 3.5 FTEs effort reported this quarter.
• 4 ! 12

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Annual Labor Details

• About 8.5 possible FTEs identified spread over 25
  people in 4 divisions (bulk in AD and CD)
• Connie/Troy starting sys admin support
• Two new people in AD/Controls starting. Large
  learning curve
• In processing of hiring new full time person.
  Interviewing is taking away peoples time.
• In process of establishing collaboration with
  UofI. Student arriving midMay

NML Specific Software Development 3 FTE
NML Specific Hardware Engineering 2 FTE
New instrumentation interfaces 0.5 FTE, increases over time
Network Switch installation 0.2 FTE
Data Management Development 2.5 FTE, decreases over time
ILCTA infrastructure 3.5 FTE
HTF Support 0.5 FTE
VTS Support 0.25 FTE
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Global Infrastructure

• Establishing EPICS installation layout
• Epics has its own build system that is different
  than the FNAL/CD standard way.
• Primarily paths are hardcoded, not determined via
  environment variables. This has a large
  implication on build and distribution strategies.
  
• Have a proposal almost done for managing built
  software. Need to work on how to manage
  area-specific configuration information.
• Naming convention for EPICS variables
• Proposal in AD Doc database
• http//beamdocs.fnal.gov/AD-public/DocDB/ShowDocum
  ent
• Consistent for HINS and ILC
• Make data transition between DOOCS and EPICS
  easier
• Front end supprt
• Including dumping of SPARC boards
• System Management
• Connie/Troy helping here
• Custom kernels, many behind AD firewall, in
  remote locations, etc.
• CRL installed and in use

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VTS

• Not much to say
• Controls system in LabView. Provided by JLab as
  part of MOU.
• Needs to interface to CRL and cavity data
  management system.

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MDB Controls Overview
Electronic Logbook (CRL)
Data Management


LabView App (Diagnostics)
MatLab App (Diagnostics)
EPICS APP (State Machine)
EPICS APP (Archiving)
1G Ethernet
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HTF/CC2

• Primarily EPICS, but LLRF in DOOCS
• Todo list
• Establish standard EPICS (and friends)
  installation so we can support it.
• LLRF Controller is SPARC board. Its old and
  problematic. Working on replacing it with an X86
  running Linux.
• Hit by roadblocks, eg Matlab version increase
  with know prior knowledge.
• Still includes ACNET for RF interface
• New interlock crates with additional digitizers
  will fix this
• Want to Alarm/Archive in EPICS
• Get Doocs2Epics interface running.
• Upgrade DOOCS Driver with new server (firmware
  has changed)
• Automation, Automation, Automation
• Dennis Nicklaus away at LHC for summer May -gt
  September.
• Documentation

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A0

• Prototype of many pieces of equipment moving to
  NML
• Photoinjector
• OTR devices
• BPMs
• Strictly DOOCS
• Various operational support issues
• Servers didnt start after March shutdown. Lot of
  confusion due to second ip address assigned to
  spitefire06.

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A0 Layout
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DOOCS Display of A0
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NML Controls Work

• Weekly status meetings
• Monthly report (all of ILC controls activity)
• Requirements document started
• Lack of progress on timing is turning out to be a
  big deal
• MS Project Plan started
• Control room outfitting in progress, equipment
  being ordered
• Cosylab Epics embedded IOC ordered and being
  tested.
• Cryo components being brought online
• Would like website to help document
• Lower priority than other ILCTA areas
  (HTF/VTS/A0)
• gt suffers in schedule delay because personnel
  often the same.
• Instrumentation effort has discovered that Ron
  (and Luciano) are great at integration.

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NML Controls Overview
Electronic Logbook (CRL)
Data Management

1G Ethernet