Joint Accelerator Performance Workshop 2024

Session

Controls, data and automation <-> Operation

11 Dec 2024, 16:45

Royal Plaza Montreux & Spa

Conveners

Controls, data and automation <-> Operation

• Michael Schenk (CERN)
• Andrea Calia (CERN)

27. Settings management – status and plans (15'+10')

Michi Hostettler (CERN)

11/12/2024, 16:45

2024 report: settings-related issues and improvements
Future plans: what will be done in 2025 and beyond, with resource requests
Settings management in the automation context: online checks for all machines, avoiding trim conflicts (human <-> controller, controller <-> controller)
(Replacement of CESAR)

28. Dynamic beam scheduling and automated LHC filling (20'+10')

Amaury Beeckman

11/12/2024, 17:10

Beam scheduling: progress in 2024 and future plans
Automatic LHC beam preparation
Progress in 2024 across complex (online beam quality monitoring, optimizers, sequences / orchestration)
Future plans and missing pieces across complex (PSB, PS, SPS)

29. Results and plans for integration of automation and optimization in operation (20'+10')

Georges Trad (CERN)

11/12/2024, 17:40

Frameworks: mostly generic steering (experience in 2024, limitations, plans)
Status & plans for automatic controllers:
What is used operationally, under development? E.g. PS MTE efficiency, SPS spill noise, LEIR progress, automation tests at CLEAR, LHC collimators & procedures for alignment
Where do we want to be by LS3?
Other: continuous optimization vs on-demand, interaction between controllers

30. OP feedback and recommendations as we move towards automation (15'+10')

Denis Gerard Cotte (CERN)

11/12/2024, 18:10

Feedback from operation team on usability and integration of automation tools
How to improve interaction with controllers (e.g. manual intervention)
Limitations: diagnostics / monitoring, performance of autopilots
Automatic fault tracking and analysis