1. E. Gorskaia, P. Ferreira, A. Raimondo, H. Reymond, A. Rijllart NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000 The Control Architecture for the LHC Dipole Series Measurements CERN-LHC-IAS

2. Contents  Introduction to the magnet test activities  The magnet test applications  The defined control architecture for SM18  Project status and Summary NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000CERN-LHC-IAS

3. The LHC dipole magnet test programme 4 years to test all dipoles ~1200 dipole magnets to be tested ~1 week test time per dipole 12 magnet test benches 4 years to test all dipoles ~1200 dipole magnets to be tested ~1 week test time per dipole 12 magnet test benches NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000CERN-LHC-IAS

4. SM18 test area a total of 6 clusters will be installed the first cluster shown here 2 dipole magnets per cluster with shared power supplies a total of 6 clusters will be installed the first cluster shown here 2 dipole magnets per cluster with shared power supplies NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000CERN-LHC-IAS

5. LHC dipole test systems using LabVIEW ™ Power Test DAQ and analysis Magnetic Measurement Magnetic mole Optical telescope Calibration bench LHC dipoles NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000CERN-LHC-IAS

6. Magnetic Measurement System Magnet under test Energy Loss Measurement GPIB Data base TCP/IP NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000CERN-LHC-IAS

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9. Power test DAQ and analysis Data base TCP/IP NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000CERN-LHC-IAS Magnet under test VME A/D converters web access

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13. Operator console for magnet tests in Central Control Room in SM18 Magnetic Measurements or Power Control Low Frequency DAQ display High Frequency DAQ display Ethernet UPM VME integrators Power Supply VME Data Acquisition DVMs Loss M. Operator Console Power Test Magnetic Measurement NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000CERN-LHC-IAS

14. Cooling downMagnetic meas. The Application Layer The Test Master Layer MMP Loss LF-DAQ HF-DAQ Cluster View Application View TRU Mole Telescope Power-supply Motor Sub-system View The Resource Manager Layer SM18 Clusters View Inventory table History table Device info Warming upPower Test Installed only PS Status Sequence MM1 Power2 Test3 NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000 CERN-LHC-IAS

15. Power supply sharing PS 60 A PS 600 A PS 13 kA application 1 application 2 application 3 server & acces crtl NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000CERN-LHC-IAS Who drives which? application layer

16. Client-server and access management to power supplies with LabVIEW VI server NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000CERN-LHC-IAS

17. Command file system for TeMa application control User/TeMa level Application level edit cmd file check sts file looking for cmd execution write sts NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000CERN-LHC-IAS

18. TeMa operation using the Internet Toolkit send status LF application HF application send status Magnetic Measurement application get sts send cmd TeMa NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000CERN-LHC-IAS UDP socket UDP socket send status FTP send cmd and read sts

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20. NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000CERN-LHC-IAS ReMa communication TeMa layer ReMa layer TeMa power station database ReMa info consumption inventory history power agreement and info through UDP

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22. The Application Layer The Test Master Layer MMP Loss LF-DAQ HF-DAQ Cluster View Application View TRU Mole Telescope Power-supply Motor Sub-system View The Resource Manager Layer SM18 Clusters View Inventory table History table Device info PS Status Sequence MM1 Power2 Test3 NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000 CERN-LHC-IAS Project Status ready under development

23. Summary NI-Days 2000, CERN Geneve, 26 October 2000CERN-LHC-IAS  Choice of LabVIEW for the three layers: l Equipment interface in the application layer (VME, MXI, GPIB, RS232, …) l Internet tools for the communication between applications in the Test Master and Resource Manager layers (FTP, UDP, HTTP, …) l Homogeneity in all control levels l Fast development of user friendly applications