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Control System Studio (CSS)

At ITER…

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CSS Features & Benefits

• CSS is an Eclipse-based Integrated Environment:

– Based on plugintechnology and therefore easily extensible

– Generic features like menus, preferences, help…

– Multi-platform support (portable JAVA code)

CSS provides a modern User Interface

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CSS Integrated Platform

• CSS is a common platform for new control system applications

• Connection to external data sources like JDBC-databases, JMS and LDAP servers…

• Data accessible through all the applications

PV object contribution

2 sources: SNS and DESY

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ICH SampleCore System V1

• Core System V1:– IOC Core – EDM screen– SNL Sequencer– Alarm Handler– EPICS Channel

Archiver tools– IOC Error

Logging tools– Autosave

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BOY

• ICH EDM screen converted to BOY:

– Label, line, rectangle, text update

• Personalisation:Action button, menu, slider, chart…

• No script for now!

User friendly editor

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BOY – many screens!

• Detailed views have been defined for the 5 x ICH main components

• The new display could replace the existing one, appear in a new Tab (press Ctrl) or in a new Window (press Shift)

Open a detailed display in a Tab

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Data Browser

• Tool for displaying live as well as historic data in a Strip-Chart type plot

• Compatible with EPICS Channel Archiver (Abyss Standalone server)

• Plot toolbar: different zooms, annotation…

Strip chart live and archived data

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BEAST - distributed alarm system

• Distributes system:– Alarm Server– User Interface– Configuration and

logging DB – <web report>

• User interface:Access guidance, invoke

links to related operator displays, acknowledge alarms and edit the configuration

• EPICS ALH configuration imported in BEAST but needs personalisation

Alarm tree, table and history

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SNL Sequence Editor

• Syntax highlighted• Quick navigation

using the Outline view

• Compilation

• Diagram view

Programming editor

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ITER Specific

• Self-Description interface– Access to PVs definition (name, alarm limits, states etc) shall be from

ITER configuration data management (“Self-Description Data”).• Data-base interface?• Plug-ins to interact with a SDD?• Impact on existing components (BOY, BEAST, SNL…)

It’s important to keep a unique interface for PV services (extensions).– A PostgreSQL back-end shall be added to the Oracle and MySQL

ones.

• Some ITER customization will be required (ex: standard symbols in synoptics)It’s important to maintain shared sources!

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Conclusion

• Control System Studio is a very good platform to build an integrated development environment for the development, test and commissioning of the plant systems controls.

• There are arguments on RCP vs. web applications (light clients). We’ll certainly use both, depending on user and use cases (ex: data browsing, some edition, fixed screens).

• We are including CSS applications in CODAC Core System Vs 2 (2011/Q1) for HMI and alarm handling (archiving ?).

– We will maintain EDM, AHS and ChannelArchiver in this version.• It shall be integrated with EPICS application (IOC) development tools, using

“SDD”, SNL editor and DCT(?) • There will be additions from ITER. • It is important to have a well established process for sharing the sources

– A common repository (SourceForge)– A good structure of the components– Clear versions and tags– Regular & automated check/merge of between the shared repository and the lab’s

sources copies..