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.
Author
Marc Vanden Eynden
(AB-CO)
