1. Integrated Alarm System for ALMA
Progress report
Erich Schmid – ALMA Computing
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2. Study Overview ALMA MEMO #600:
Small internal study to determine requirements and design concepts
Funds from ESO to cover travel and contracts
Collaboration of all ALMA partners, in particular JAO operators and engineering
Started in October 2015, completed in June 2016
ALMA MEMO #600:
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3. Status update
Identify all the relevant hardware and software systems. ✔
Document the existing alarm systems and available interfaces to access relevant data. ✔
Engage an external alarm system expert (ESA) ✔
Engage a human-computer interface expert (INRIA) ✔
Compile a report to stipulate the requirements and design concepts for an integrated alarm system. ✔
Write a proposal for a development project to design, implement and deploy an integrated alarm system ✔
Got approval from [E|A]SAC and ALMA Board ✔

4. Things to be monitored (not complete)

5. Overview of ESA model Hierarchical model with alarm propagation
Intuitive overview of the monitored information
Qualified values
Alarm is to abnormal condition what a notification is to
Property X
Value
Validity
Alarm
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6. Alarm panel mock-ups Observatory Overview Panel
Will never be covered by other windows, dialogs

7. Alarm panel mock-ups
Array elements

8. Alarm panel mock-ups
Visualization techniques

9. Alarm panel mock-ups
Weather reporting

10. Alarm panel mock-ups
Power generation

11. Alarm panel mock-ups
Buildings

12. Alarm panel mock-ups
Observations

13. High-level Architecture
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14. What’s Next? Started prototyping Start project in Jan 2017
Project duration ~ 2 years
Total effort required ~ 3.1 FTE years
1.6 ESO ISM Garching (0.8 FTE over 2 years)
1.5 ESO Contractor Santiago (1.0 FTE over 1.5 years) - TODO
Run as open-source project in Github
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15. What’s Next? Design to be ready by end Q1 2017
Meeting with CTA in mid December
Keen to collaborate and contribute
Subsystem scientists confirmed
Emilio Barrios & Bernhard Lopez
Create Project Management Plan
Light-weight design reviews
Panel members?
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16. That’s all!