ICS November iWeek

25 Nov 2013, 08:00 → 29 Nov 2013, 18:00 Europe/Stockholm

ESS

Monday 25 November

08:40 → 09:40 ICS Meeting - WP2 & WP3 Boundaries Discussion

Meeting to sync on WP competencies and make the boundary between WPs more clear.

Leandro will prepare introductory presentation.

Expected attendees: Garry, Miha, Suzanne, Miki.

10:00 → 11:00 ESS and ICS Motion control

The current status of motion control will be discussed, focusing on:
- GeoBrick integration status
- PLC solutions
- ECCTD requirements and status
- LLRF status

10:00 → 11:00 Physics Core Status Report

• Introduction to the Physics Core WP and High Level Applications.
• Status update on the work done in OpenXAL, mostly model and lattice export from database.

Expected attendees: OpenXAL stakeholders and ICS members. Meeting is open to anyone interested in OpenXAL.

11:00 → 12:00 Data-on-demand proof of concept kick-off

Triggered data acquisition has been discussed a lot at ESS, but no concrete next steps were done.
At the meeting, the main requirements and use cases will be shown and a proof-of-concept setup presented and (hopefully) agreed.

11:15 → 12:30 MATLAB Middle Layer

Presentation by Marc Munoz.
MATLAB Middle Layer will be presented as an alternative

Expected attendees: Physics Core Team + Beam Physics members + Suzanne

13:30 → 14:30 Configuration Data Management Overview

Overview of database functionality to be delivered by ICS

13:30 → 15:00 HW Harmonization meeting

Finally the charge for the committee and a list of members is being prepared.
This would then be the introductory meeting for the committee members and the charge and responsibility explained and discussed.

Convener: Dr Anders J Johansson (Lund University)

14:40 → 15:40 Physics Core Scrum Process

Sync on how to resume the Scrum process.

Expected attendees: Physics Core WP members

15:00 → 17:00 Cryoplant integration work

Timeslot reserved for discussions on controls specifications for cryoplant procurement.

Speaker: Dr Daniel Piso Fernández (European Spallation Source ESS AB)

16:00 → 16:30 Script Execution Environment Vision

Presentation of the idea & a simple prototype that demonstrates using JVM scripting languages, EPICS and CSS to build applications.

Expected attendees: Physics Core WP members + Suzanne + Miha + Garry + anyone interested from ICS + Beam Physics + Beam Diagnostics

Tuesday 26 November

09:00 → 09:30 New Lattice Import Status

Karin will talk about the status of the new lattice

09:45 → 10:15 Lattice Browser Status Update

Stephen Molloy will present progress report on work done on the Lattice Browser Application / Service

10:30 → 11:15 Lattice V2 Requirements & Design Progress Discussion

Suzanne will talk about the requirements and will engage attendees into broader discussion about the next version of the Lattice Database & Tools.

11:00 → 12:00 Rack space allocation

Meeting intended for discussions on rack space allocation (ICS, Accelerator) in klystron gallery.

11:30 → 12:00 Naming Tools Presentatin

Status update for the Naming Tools, what is developed, what is the design, planned functionality & deploymenbt

14:05 → 16:05 OpenXAL Alternatives, TraceWin Collaboration & SOA (BNL)

A meeting to discuss broader Physics Core issues and decissions.

Expected attendees: Suzanne + Garry + Miha + Beam Physics Core WP members + Beam Physics

Wednesday 27 November

09:00 → 10:00 Meeting with Beam Physics

Sync meeting with Beam Physics. Plan for the coming months regarding OpenXAL. Workshop in March.

Expected attendees: Physics Core WP + Beam Physics

10:00 → 11:00 Nominal Device Support and Integration workflow

Presentation about a uniform middle layer between device driver and EPICS application for data acquisition devices. An introductory presentation to Thursday workshop.

An overview of device development and CS integration process and how this is enabled by proper development environment and high-level services. An introductory presentation to Thursday workshop.

11:00 → 12:00 Meeting With Target

Goal: identify interface and requirements regarding High level apps and Physics Apps.

Expected attendees: Physics Core WP + representatives from Target

13:00 → 13:45 RBAC Status Report

14:00 → 15:00 Timing system demo

The 2013 timing system demo setup is shown and the functionality demonstrated, including the uTCA receiver solution.

15:00 → 16:00 Timing system meeting

Topics for discussions:
- TR loss of 14Hz sync
- interface between MO and TG
- HW distribution of pulse type data

Convener: Mr Ziga Kroflic

15:30 → 16:30 Meeting with Beam Diagnostics

Architecture of controls for diagnostics and interfaces shall be discussed. Also, draft ICD will be presented and discussed.

Expected attendees: Physics Core WP members + Tom Shea + Cyrille Thomas + some other beam diagnostics members

Thursday 28 November

09:00 → 18:00 Vertical slice workshop

09:00 Morning session: motion controller support, Adlink DAQ cards support, Struck SIS8300 support

12:00 Lunch break

13:00 Afternoon session: Nominal device support use-case, global data timestamping, archiving & alarms

15:00 → 16:00 Software Services Presentation Slot

Archiver, Alarm, Operator Screens in CSS will be presented. Also Electronic Logbook in both CSS & Web Browser.

Friday 29 November

10:30 → 11:30 Meeting with RF

Goal: Identify interfaces and requirements regarding OpenXAL, physics models and high level applications

Expected attendees: Physics Core WP members + RF representatives

13:30 → 14:30 High Level Applications Example - Timing Application

Miki will present a mock-up of Timing Sequence editor application. The idea behind the presentation is to demonstrate to potential stakeholders how a specialized HL application looks like and what are its interfaces to the rest of ICS.

15:55 → 16:55 ICS Software Dev Infrastructure discussion - Tools we should procure