Accelerator Complex Controls Renovation Workshop, LHC excluded

Wednesday 3 Dec 2008, 09:00 → 17:30 Europe/Zurich

AB Auditorium Prevessin (CERN)

Review of the motivations, scope and objectives of the Accelerator Complex Controls Renovation, LHC excluded. The objective of this workshop is to explain the present control system situation, the required technical and organizational evolutions and to gather form the different groups clear figures in terms of milestones, budget and human resources.

09:00 → 09:20 Introduction

09:00 Objectives of this Workshop

Speaker: Hermann Schmickler (AB-BDI)

Slides Workshop_on_controls_renovation.pdf Workshop_on_controls_renovation.ppt

09:10 Controls Renovation and the Accelerator Consolidation Project

Speaker: Simon Baird (CERN)

Slides Accelerator_Consolidation_for_CO_workshop.pdf Accelerator_Consolidation_for_CO_workshop.ppt

09:20 → 11:40 Controls

09:20 Purpose and Scope of the Controls Renovation

This talk will provide a global overview of the technical and organizational motivations for this controls renovation, along with a general overview of the concerned domains and actors.

Speaker: Marc Vanden Eynden (CERN)

Slides Marc.pdf Marc.pptx

09:40 Front-end Hardware Platforms

Workpackage covering the standard front-end hardware platforms supported by the CO group, along with global operational figures, new technology opportunities and cost. This talk covers the scope, objectives, budget and resources needed to build, integrate, validate and deploy these platforms in the future

Speaker: Nicolas De Metz-Noblat (CERN)

Slides FE_processors.pdf

10:00 Standardized Hardware Modules

Workpackage covering the standard controls hardware modules supported by the CO group, along with their devide drivers and test programs This talk covers the scope, objectives, budget and resources needed

Speaker: Javier Serrano (CERN)

Slides abcohtrenov.pdf abcohtrenov.ppt

10:20 break

10:40 The FESA Project

Workpackage covering the Front-End Software Architecture (FESA) Framework used as the standard environment for RT front-end software development across all CERN Accelerators. This talk covers the scope, objectives, budget and resources needed, as an outcome of the FESA workshop organized at CERN on November 25th.

Speaker: Michel Arruat (CERN)

Slides FESAControlsRenovation.pdf FESAControlsRenovation.ppt

11:00 Front-end Software

Workpackage covering the global Front-end RT software, its current situation and evolution. This talk covers the scope, objectives, budget and resources needed as seen from the CO group

Speaker: Mr Claude-Henri SICARD (CERN)

Slides FESW-Renov.pdf FESW-Renov.ppt

11:20 The IncA Project

Workpackage covering all core components of the Application software required for beam control. This talk covers the scope, objectives, budget and resources needed, as seen by the CO group.

Speaker: Stephane Deghaye (CERN)

Slides RenovWorkshop.pdf RenovWorkshop.pptx

14:00 → 14:25 Beam Instrumentation

14:00 Beam Instrumentation

Motivations for this controls renovation, as seen by the BI group. Scope, objectives, budget and resources needed.

Speaker: Mr Lars Jensen (AB/BDI)

Slides ControlsWorkshop_ABBI_08.pdf ControlsWorkshop_ABBI_08.pptx

14:25 → 14:50 Radio Frequency

14:25 Radio Frequency

Motivations for this controls renovation, as seen by the RF group. Scope, objectives, budget and resources needed.

Speaker: Andrew Butterworth (CERN)

Slides RF.pdf RF.pptx

14:50 → 15:15 Beam Transfer

14:50 Beam Transfer

Motivations for this controls renovation, as seen by the BT group. Scope, objectives, budget and resources needed.

Speaker: Etienne Carlier (CERN)

Slides Controls_Renovation_Workshop_-_BT_v3.pdf Controls_Renovation_Workshop_-_BT_v3.pptx

15:15 → 15:40 Power Converters

15:15 Power Converters

Motivations for this controls renovation, as seen by the PO group. Scope, objectives, budget and resources needed.

Speaker: Mr Quentin King (CERN AB-PO)

Slides AB-PO_Controls_Renovations_V1.2.pdf AB-PO_Controls_Renovations_V1.2.pptx

15:40 → 16:00 break

16:00 → 16:25 Areas Targets Beam

16:00 Areas Targets Beam

Motivations for this controls renovation, as seen by the ATB group. Scope, objectives, budget and resources needed.

Speaker: Mr Alessandro Masi (CERN)

Slides ATB_Consolidation1.pdf ATB_consolidation2.pdf

16:25 → 16:50 Operations

16:25 Operations

Current controls siutation as seen from Operations. Constraints and implementation scenario for the controls renovation, as seen from Operations

Speaker: Rende Steerenberg (CERN)

Slides CO_workshop_on_controls_renovation_OP_contribution_03Dec2008.pdf CO_workshop_on_controls_renovation_OP_contribution_03Dec2008.pptx

16:50 → 17:15 Summary

16:50 Summary

Speaker: Hermann Schmickler (AB-BDI)