ICALEPCS2013 - List of Authors (Booth, W.)

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Continuous Integration for Automated Code Generation Tools

431

I. Prieto Barreiro, W. Booth, B. Copy
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The UNICOS* (UNified Industrial COntrol System) framework was created back in 1998 as a solution to build object-based industry-like control systems. The Continuous Process Control package (CPC**) is a UNICOS component that provides a methodology and a set of tools to design and implement industrial control applications. UAB** (UNICOS Application Builder) is the software factory used to develop UNICOS-CPC applications. The constant evolution of the CPC component brought the necessity of creating a new tool to validate the generated applications and to verify that the modifications introduced in the software tools do not create any undesirable effect on the existing control applications. The uab-maven-plugin is a plug-in for the Apache Maven build manager that can be used to trigger the generation of the CPC applications and verify the consistency of the generated code. This plug-in can be integrated in continuous integration tools - like Hudson or Jenkins – to create jobs for constant monitoring of changes in the software that will trigger a new generation of all the applications located in the source code management.
* "UNICOS a framework to build industry like control systems: Principles & Methodology".
** "UNICOS CPC6: Automated code generation for process control applications".

Poster MOPPC138 [4.420 MB]

THPPC076

Re-Engineering Control Systems using Automatic Generation Tools and Process Simulation: the LHC Water Cooling Case

1242

W. Booth, E.B. Blanco Vinuela, B. Bradu, L. Gomez Palacin, M. Quilichini, D. Willeman
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

This paper presents the approach used at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) for the re-engineering of the control systems for the water cooling systems of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider). Due to a very short, and therefore restrictive, intervention time for these control systems, each PLC had to be completely commissioned in only two weeks. To achieve this challenge, automatic generation tools were used with the CERN control framework UNICOS (Unified Industrial Control System) to produce the PLC code. Moreover, process dynamic models using the simulation software EcosimPro were developed to carry out the ‘virtual’ commissioning of the new control systems for the most critical processes thus minimizing the real commissioning time on site. The re-engineering concerns around 20 PLCs managing 11000 Inputs/Outputs all around the LHC. These cooling systems are composed of cooling towers, chilled water production units and water distribution systems.

Poster THPPC076 [4.046 MB]

Paper	Title	Page
MOPPC138	Continuous Integration for Automated Code Generation Tools	431
	I. Prieto Barreiro, W. Booth, B. Copy CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The UNICOS* (UNified Industrial COntrol System) framework was created back in 1998 as a solution to build object-based industry-like control systems. The Continuous Process Control package (CPC) is a UNICOS component that provides a methodology and a set of tools to design and implement industrial control applications. UAB (UNICOS Application Builder) is the software factory used to develop UNICOS-CPC applications. The constant evolution of the CPC component brought the necessity of creating a new tool to validate the generated applications and to verify that the modifications introduced in the software tools do not create any undesirable effect on the existing control applications. The uab-maven-plugin is a plug-in for the Apache Maven build manager that can be used to trigger the generation of the CPC applications and verify the consistency of the generated code. This plug-in can be integrated in continuous integration tools - like Hudson or Jenkins – to create jobs for constant monitoring of changes in the software that will trigger a new generation of all the applications located in the source code management. * "UNICOS a framework to build industry like control systems: Principles & Methodology". ** "UNICOS CPC6: Automated code generation for process control applications".
	Poster MOPPC138 [4.420 MB]

THPPC076	Re-Engineering Control Systems using Automatic Generation Tools and Process Simulation: the LHC Water Cooling Case	1242
	W. Booth, E.B. Blanco Vinuela, B. Bradu, L. Gomez Palacin, M. Quilichini, D. Willeman CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	This paper presents the approach used at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) for the re-engineering of the control systems for the water cooling systems of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider). Due to a very short, and therefore restrictive, intervention time for these control systems, each PLC had to be completely commissioned in only two weeks. To achieve this challenge, automatic generation tools were used with the CERN control framework UNICOS (Unified Industrial Control System) to produce the PLC code. Moreover, process dynamic models using the simulation software EcosimPro were developed to carry out the ‘virtual’ commissioning of the new control systems for the most critical processes thus minimizing the real commissioning time on site. The re-engineering concerns around 20 PLCs managing 11000 Inputs/Outputs all around the LHC. These cooling systems are composed of cooling towers, chilled water production units and water distribution systems.
	Poster THPPC076 [4.046 MB]