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MOCOAAB04 |
The Integrated Control System at ESS |
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- G. Trahern
ESS, Lund, Sweden
- M. Reščič
Cosylab, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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The European Spallation Source (ESS) is a high current proton LINAC to be built in Lund, Sweden. The LINAC delivers 5 MW of power to the target at 2500 MeV, with a nominal current of 50 mA. The project entered Construction phase on January 1st 2013. In order to design, develop and deliver a reliable, well-performing and standardized control system for the ESS facility, the Integrated Control System (ICS) project has been established. The ICS project also entered Construction phase on January 1st. ICS consists of four distinct Core components (Physics, Software Services, Hardware and Protection) that make up the essence of the control system. Integration Support activities support the stakeholders and users, and the Control System Infrastructure provides the required underlying infrastructure for operating the control system and the facility. The current state of the control system project and key decisions are presented as well as immediate challenges and proposed solutions.
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Slides MOCOAAB04 [11.760 MB]
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MOPPC084 |
ESS Integrated Control System and the Agile Methodology |
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- M. Reščič
Cosylab, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- L. Fernandez
ESS, Lund, Sweden
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The stakeholders of the ESS Integrated Control System (ICS) reside in four parts of the ESS machine: accelerator, target, neutron instruments and conventional facilities. ICS plans to meet the stakeholders’ needs early in the Construction phase, to accelerate and facilitate the Commissioning process by providing and delivering required tools earlier. This introduces the risk that stakeholders will not have had the full set of information required available early enough for the development of the interfacing systems (e.g. missing requirements, undecided design etc.) In order for ICS to accomplish its objectives it is needed to establish a development process that allows a quick adaptation to any change in the requirements with a minimum impact in the execution of the projects. Agile Methodology is well known for its ability to adapt quickly to change, as well as for involving users in the development process and producing working and reliable software from a very early stage in the project. The paper will present the plans, the tools, the organization of the team and the preliminary results of the setup work.
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