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11–13 May 2005
CERN, Prévessin
Europe/Zurich timezone

The Hardware Infrastructure

11 May 2005, 16:00
15m
864-1-C02 (CERN, Prévessin)

864-1-C02

CERN, Prévessin

Speaker

Marc Vanden Eynden (AB-CO)

Description

The installation of the LHC control system hardware is a major step to be completed before the start of the LHC hardware commissioning phase. The control of the core LHC systems involved during hardware commissioning (power converters, power interlock system, quench protection system) requires in practice the full installation of most of the LHC control system hardware and associated low-level services. This presentation summarises the key operational hardware platforms that will be installed around the machine for hardware commissioning and their associated services (VMEbus systems, industrial PC based systems as WorldFIP bus arbiters, terminal servers, remote reboot systems for PCs and PLCs, timing distribution hardware), the dedicated distributed communication networks (Ethernet, General Machine Timing, WorldFIP), the Field Control Rooms and the low-level administration and diagnostic programs. The planning for the control system installation as organized today in the AB controls group is explained (hardware design, procurement, assembly, burn-in, functional test, installation and validation), along with the dependencies on cabling campaigns. The AB/CO control system operational support policy will also be presented.

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