The Joint COntrols Project

Framework
Manuel Gonzalez Berges on behalf of the JCOP FW
Team
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Contents
Overview
Deliverables
Who is using it?
Development Process
Current Status
Summary

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The Joint COntrols Project
Set up in 1998 as a collaboration between the four LHC
experiments and CERN as equal partners
Project mandate:
To develop a common Framework and components for
detector control of the LHC experiments and to define the
required long-term support.
JCOP comprises many activities
Evaluation of different technologies
Main subprojects
Framework
Detector Safety System (DSS)
Gas Systems
And others
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The JCOP Framework
Project established in May 2000
Use Architecture WG Framework Design Proposal as
starting point
Aims
Reduce the development effort
Reuse of components
Hide complexity
Help in the learning process
Facilitate the integration
Reduce resources needed afterwards
Homogeneous control system
Operation
Maintenance

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Approach Followed
Provide a higher layer of abstraction
reduce knowledge of tools
interface for non experts
Customize & Extend industrial components
Modular/Extensible
core
mix & match components
As intuitive as possible
Global rather than local optimization

Not a complete control system!
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Types of Users
Component Developer
Extends the Framework
System Developer
Develops a controls application using the Framework
System Integrator
Puts together systems developed separately
End Users
Domain Expert (e.g. gas, high voltage)


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DCS Development

Architecture Working Group
Experiment
Control System
Experiment
Framework
Control System
Framework
SCADA/FSM
And other tools
Framework
Design
JCOP Framework Team
Experiment Team
Experiment Sub-detector Teams
Users
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SCADA (PVSS)
JCOP FW (Supervisory)
Supervisory Application
FSM, DB,
Web,etc.
Supervision
Front-end
PLC
UNICOS FW
FE Application
Communication
PC (Windows, Linux)
Other Systems
Commercial Devices
Device Driver
FE Application
OPC, PVSS Comms, DIM, DIP
OPC, PVSS Comms, DIM, DIP
Architecture
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Framework Deliverables
Guidelines document
Devices
Tools
Libraries
Examples
Tutorial & training






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Guidelines and Conventions
Guidelines to produce a coherent control system
Look and feel
e.g. colours, fonts, layout
Alarm classes
Naming convention
Exception handling
File organization
and so on


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Devices
Representation of real-world device or logical entity
Device consists of
Supervisory
Data Point Type(s)
Library
Panels
Front-end object
Commercial
Custom made
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Supported Devices
Generic Analog-Digital devices
CAEN power supplies
Wiener power supplies
Wiener Fan Tray (crate control)
PS and SPS machine data server
ELMB
Logical Node/View
Device Support Extension



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Tools (I)
Device Editor/Navigator
Main interface to the Framework
System management: installation, login, etc
Configuration and operation of devices
Controls Hierarchy
High level view and behaviour of experiment
Includes Finite State Machines (based on SMI++)
Provides predefined behaviour (partitioning rules)
External Alarm Handler
Receive alarms in PVSS from a external system
Trending
Simplify & extend PVSS trends
Pages of predefined plots, templates, tree
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Tools (II)
Generic External Handler
To incorporate C++ code to panels and ctrl manager
Easier to use than standard PVSS C++
Mass Configuration
Initial release including creation and deletion
Manipulation of device sets coming
Component Installation
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S7-300
Supervisory
Application
Event
Manager
Data
Manager
OPC client
OPC client OPC client
OPC server OPC server
OPC server
S7-300
FW Custom
FE
Device Editor
Navigator
Controls
Hierarchy
C/C++ code
GEH
EAH External
System
FW Custom
FE
Devices
User
specific FE
User
Framework
PVSS
Commercial
Equipment
OPC, DIM, PVSS comms
Framework Components
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Other deliverables
Libraries
Setting of address, alerts, archiving, etc
List manipulation
Exception handling
Examples
Panels
Buttons
Scripts
Tutorial
Use of several FW tools
Available as a one day course from the CERN Training Service
Can be run in our lab with real hardware or in users own lab with
simulator
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Who is using it?
Fixed target experiments
COMPASS
HARP
NA60
LHC experiments & testbeams
ALICE / HMPID, TPC
ATLAS / Muon Chambers, Inner Detectors integration
CMS / Muon DT
LHCb / Velo, Muon
Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF)
Experiments Gas Control Systems
LHC Accelerator UNICOS Framework
Cryogenics
Vacuum
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Development Process
Driven by the Framework Working Group
Meetings every two weeks
Identify new components and set priorities (planning)
Review requirements
Review implementation proposals
Forum for exchanging ideas
Members
Representatives from each of the LHC experiments
FW core team
Agreed development process
Iterative, lightweight
Configuration Management
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Short requirements doc
Implementation Proposal
Implementation
Test
Documentation
FW WG Review
FW WG Review
Development Process
Information Management
Configuration Management
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Status
Three major releases since June 2001
Increasing functionality
Incorporating feedback
Current work
Simplification of the integration of new device types
Configuration from an external database
Data Storage and Retrieval
CASTOR
Conditions Database
ISEG power supplies
Access Control
Scalability tests


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Summary
Successful collaboration
Development process
Framework WG
Feedback from users
Deliverables in production
Overhead of consultancy and support
Useful feedback from users
Recent external JCOP Review
Approach adopted was supported
Framework identified as one of the key elements of JCOP
Good support for common devices
Databases an important issue to be followed

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Pointers

JOint Controls Project
http://cern.ch/itco/Projects-Services/JCOP

External JCOP Review
http://cern.ch/itco/Projects-Services/JCOP/ExternalReview

JCOP Framework:
http://cern.ch/itcobe/Projects/Framework