8-pack control system working group Meeting Notes
In attendance: R.
Hall, K. Kim, J. Nelson, J. Rock
Note taker/typer:
J. Nelson
Changes in blue.
-(no change) On going: Need to check out readback with real signals, check archiving of variables (pwr, pmin, pmax, etc), and check the plots.
-nothing new
-From Ron for Kukhee: Some displays need a precision of 5 to get gains
to show correctly.
All of these issues are for later:
-TBD: The trickle down of the SLED variables. This was specified at a previous meeting (numbers on SLED panel need to trickle down to I/Q and A/P PVs). For processing, we might want this feature functional sooner rather than later.
-TBD: the trickle down of the variables on the power distribution panel as well. There are 4 PVs there called Klystron Sled-in phases. These need to trickle down to the phase DACs as well. This phase is to be added to the channel phase angle (IQ calib panel) and to the timestep phase before going out to the DAC.
-Kukhee reported that Andrew requested some channel and polarity swaps for the DIO. The swaps are done. Need to test.
-(no change) 8-pack backup hardware trip circuit
Marc says yes. NLCTA ops will take care of it. Will need SW support for a fault counter, status and reset. Marc thinks we’ll use Joe’s interlock at least for now.
-This is on hold for now: SWE will make a PV for a temporary DIO channel as a reset to Joe Frisch’s kludge RE Interlock. They will send the name to Janice who will put a button on the panel with the pulse width and the klystron attenuation. Its DIO channel assignment should be on Andrew’s previously sent list. Also need a channel for status when it trips off.
-From Ron for Judy: check for one in and one out available
on DIO.
HW reset counter
needed as well. (we’re
not sure what this means or refers to)
-(no change) The following item was deferred for a few weeks:
LLRF + NLCTA Ops need to sort out what the LLRF enable and the mod off buttons do
-(no change) LLRF folks need to check mini-dbedit files for TRBRs and report problems if any
-All seem to work. Folks should report problems as they arise.
-(no change) We deferred the following: longer term issue: what to do if reading out an SIS when a fault occurs?
-(no change) Right now the SISs are paused and read out with a user request only. A read when a fault happens will also be added to this.
-Sooner than later Janice will check current list of archived variables to see if any are missing. (Notably PAVE, PMAX, PMIN, PWR and the processing control).
-(no change) Status? Bob reported the compiled version works. Instructions on the web.
-(no change) SWE plans to implement the following two features requested by LLRF (Joe’s email):
have waveforms archived on (1) every trip and (2) when an acquire is done by a user
-(no change) Later SWE will work with Joe on his other two requests: archive every few minutes and when a change occurs in a selected set of values in EPICS (a pseudo-trip if you will)
-nothing new
-The equations arrived from Steve
after the last meeting
-Kukhee made the required
database changes, which need to be moved to prod (i.e. reboot TR08)
-Judy will look into making one
panel per IQA with a big table of all the calibration constants for each IQA
channel. (go Judy go! Wrestle CVS into submission!)
-For Bob: These 6 (or 7) numbers
x 8 channels x 4 IQAs need to be archived at least once every 10 minutes. The panel interface could just be one table
for each IQA with 8 rows for the 8 channels and 6 columns with the calibration
variables.
- (still waiting on HW folks) Processing algorithm ready to be checked. Andy will call Kukhee and Ron when there’s a good time to check it.
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Kukhee will make sure the processing loop resets the IQAs too.
Peak Power Meter (PPM)
-This work continues to slide, though Janice reported that the Ethernet cable was pulled to the
ppm location on the stool next to klystron 8.
-Tonee and Janice will hook up enet box(es) and gpib cables to the PPMs.
-(no change) Tonee will tweak the labview program to send the waveform to epics once we have names – probably late next week
-(no change) Tonee and Janice will set up the necessary hardware in ESB (Enet box, cables, etc)
-(no change) We’re currently waiting for Dick’s setup to settle down then we’ll do one more iteration of getting list, changing database, changing panels, programming the dcm, changing alarm handler and archiver stuff as needed
-Out vs. SLED? Janice and Steve decided to leave things as they are.
-Is this resolved? Steve will try to use Ron’s workaround for getting epics to printout on the color printer near his office. Either with the vax queue name (SLC:Qname) or the NT queue name (something similar).
-(no change)Judy reported the crate profiles on the web are updated and look good. Janice requested that channel assignment information also be available via the web, even it it’s just a link to the template file. Judy and Ron will look into this.
-Has this been done? Andrew will tell Kukhee when he takes out the DIO module to modify it for the deadman
-(no change) we deferred the following:
-public/private matlab issues to be resolved at a later
date
(Part of separate ongoing SW project) (we guessed this is about the
matlab issue)
-LLRF needs to decide what the reset button does.