<font color="#000000">Outcome from the WorldFIP taskforce (R. Brun)

Thursday 8 Nov 2007, 09:30 → 10:45 Europe/Zurich

864/1-C02

Alessandro Raimondo (CERN), Hermann Schmickler (CERN)

Minutes https://edms.cern.ch/document/879970/1

09:30 → 10:45 Outcome from the WorldFIP taskforce (R. Brun)

The WorldFIP Real-time fieldbus is intensively used at CERN for the control of mission critical LHC systems such as power converters, quench protection and cryogenics.
Unfortunately, on the horizon of 2010, the FIP market will be uncertain due to the presence of a large diversity of new fieldbuses.
Since this date is incompatible with the LHC lifetime, alternative technologies such as RT-Ethernet were studied, in parallel with an evaluation of a complete WorldFIP in-sourcing and re-engineering.
This presentation summarizes the key technical features required by CERN, the outcome of our RT-Ethernet investigations, and finally, the software and hardware aspects linked to the in-sourcing of the WorldFIP technology, as our choice to ensure the reliable operation of LHC beyond 2010.