Wayne Salter, CERN IT-CO JCOP Roadmap JCOP External Review 10 th -12 th March 2003.

Wayne Salter, CERN IT-CO

JCOP Roadmap

JCOP External Review10th-12th March 2003

22W. Salter JCOP External Review 10th-12th March 2003

OverviewCurrent situation and approach

On-going activitiesNew activitiesLooking forwardMajor milestones and resources

Summary


Current Situation CERN resources, both financial and

manpower, are continuing to decline In such an environment common

projects are very importantReduce overall development effortEase maintenance

Common projects imply some level of compromiseOnly activities which are required for the

majority of the experimentsJCOP works via consensus


ApproachEssentially to continue the approach adopted up-

to-now: Commercial solutions where possible

Reduce resources Ease maintenance

Where custom solutions are required Agreed support and maintenance concept (includes proper

documentation) Monitor work of other domains and collaborate

(where appropriate) to benefit from their work: Controls Board – standardisation at CERN and exchange

information with other controls domains, e.g. LHC/CPLHC Data Interchange Working Group (LDIWG) - DIPSASG - PVSS developments

LHC Cryogenics - UNICOS Computer Centre Supervision Project - Computer/process

monitoring


On-going Activities Complete current activities:

Provide the basic building blocks required by all experiments

Enhance the building blocks based on feedback from the sub-detector teams

Ensure that the documentation is appropriate Majority of key components (prototype)

should be available in 2003 Continue to clarify/agree the interaction

with external systems:Conditions and configuration databasesElectrical distribution, JCOV, magnet control, etc.DCS interfaces with rest of the experiment not part

of JCOP; but will there be any impact?


Sub-detector Interaction

Sub-detectors are now increasingly looking into controls issuesThis year’s test-beam campaigns are seen as crucialCollaboration with IT-CO contact people

Get sub-detectors using the technology in preparation for developing their final solutions

Tutorials/training for the JCOP componentsBasic PVSS and FW tutorials already existTraining courses exist for PVSS and the FW

Test technologies in an experiment environmentRefine experiment requirementsBetter tailor solutions to the needs of the experimentsValidate the technology


Future Activities - I Review of DSS prototype and agree on

implementation strategy and piquet Develop and agree the maintenance

concept for JCOP components and toolsGenerally accepted that this should be handled by

support groupsMust ensure that resources requirements are

known and availableHow do we maintain the required expertise?

Short-term versus long-term staffDevelopment versus pure maintenance

Support and maintenance for PVSS, OPC, PLCs and field buses already in place


Future Activities - II Propose strategy for configuration, operation

and maintenance of large PVSS distributed systems Scaling up PVSS project Discussions with ETM

Security (remote access) and networking (use of technical network?)

Continue to work with companies providing common technologies to enhance them, e.g. ETM for PVSS CAEN ISEG Wiener

Installation and monitoring of DCS computers (CCSP and LCG?)


Looking forward Are there other areas where

common solutions would be beneficial?The higher in the control system the more

commonality is possibleNonetheless experiments should try to

achieve as much commonality as possible even at the lower levels

As we move towards final systems the time is running out for defining new common items


Major milestones for 2003

RCS Specification of PCB available 3rd quarter

DSS Prototype completed and review 2nd quarter Initial CMS system end of 3rd quarter Initial LHCb system 4th quarter

GCS ALICE TPC GCG completed in 2nd quarter with commissioning

in 3rd/4th quarter FW design completed in 3rd quarter

FW Prototypes for configuration and data storage and retrieval,

ISEG PS 2nd quarter Access control, mass configuration and web access 3rd

quarter 1st version for configuration, and data storage and retrieval

4th quarter


Major milestones for 2004/2005

RCSSystem available as stores item early 2004

GCSFW completed in 1Q2004Instances 2004-2006

DSSInitial systems for ATLAS and ALICE in 2004Final systems for all experiments 2006

FWRCS, DIP interface, improved alarm reporting,

update of configuration and data storage and retrieval tools 2004

Interface to histogramming tool 2005


Resource Situation Project resources from IT-CO and EP-ESS Many temporary staff

Lack of continuity Investment in training

In kind contributions from the experimentsSupport and maintenance

Just keeping our heads above waterAssuming we can maintain the current level of

resources Still to be addressed:

Resources for the implementation of the 23 gas control systems

Specialised support for DSSLong-term maintenance


Summary

The more done by JCOP the easier is the task of the experiments

JCOP is one of the few, and earliest, common projects

Experiment approaches are differentBut still possible to deliver common

components

Maintenance still an issue long-termStrategy needs to be defined

Resources are at best very tight

Wayne Salter, CERN IT-CO JCOP Roadmap JCOP External Review 10 th -12 th March 2003.

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