1. NCSX NCSX Project Meeting March 21, 2003 G. E. Oliaro Slide 1 WBS5 Central Instrumentation/Data Acquisition and Controls G. E. Oliaro Computer I&C, Network Engineering Branch

2. NCSX NCSX Project Meeting March 21, 2003 G. E. Oliaro Slide 2 Primary Design Basis of WBS 5 The NCSX Design Leverages the NSTX Technology and Experience Base and Provides a Low Risk - Cost Effective Implementation. –Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) –Maximize Use of Open Source (Free) Software –Just-In-Time Design & Purchase –Steer Current NSTX Upgrades to Benefit NCSX Network CAMAC Replacement to CPCI & PCI Synchronization System Plasma Control (FIMM) –CAMAC Instrumentation Will Not Be Used In Design –Maximize Use of Experience Base at PPPL

3. NCSX NCSX Project Meeting March 21, 2003 G. E. Oliaro Slide 3 WBS 5 Scope WBS 51 TCP/IP network Infrastructure WBS 52 Central Facilities I&C WBS 53 Diagnostic Data Acquisition and Facility Computing WBS 54 Facility Timing and Synchronization WBS 55 Real Time Plasma and Power Supply Control System WBS 56 Central Safety and Interlock System WBS 57 Control Room Facility WBS 58 Central I&C Management and Integration

4. NCSX NCSX Project Meeting March 21, 2003 G. E. Oliaro Slide 4 Questions in NCSX WBS5 Design at CDR A non-CAMAC design for a facility Timing and Synchronization System –As of the CDR: Use the BNL/ORNL-Spallation_Neutron_Source (10 MHz) timing system Upgrade NSTX (TFTR) Design to Current Technology Base Migration from VMS based MDSplus to UNIX

5. NCSX NCSX Project Meeting March 21, 2003 G. E. Oliaro Slide 5 WBS 54 Facility Timing and Synchronization Progress –A working prototype of a PCI based Timing And Synchronization System will be deployed for the next NSTX run. –Xilinx XC2S200, Spartan II, 200,000 logic & RAM gate FPGA –CeSys PCI XC2S board ~$300 –Each board has 6 multi-function channels Timing Timed Gate Time Interval Counter Clock Generator Timing & Sequencing –A Signal Conditioning and Interface board has been designed and is being sent out for fabrication now.

6. NCSX NCSX Project Meeting March 21, 2003 G. E. Oliaro Slide 6 WBS 54 Facility Timing and Synchronization Specifications –Programmable base clock: 1MHz(NSTX) and 10MHz(NCSX) –128 Event codes –Timing Resolution: 1us@1MHz and 100ns@10MHz –Timed gate duration: 1.2 hours (32 bits) –Outputs: Transformer coupled, TTL, Opto-Isolated –Output trigger: 1us

7. NCSX NCSX Project Meeting March 21, 2003 G. E. Oliaro Slide 7 Stepper Motor Controller PCI Timing Module32ch, 80KHz, SSH Digitizer ($2.5K) Stepper Motor Driver NSTX Technology Transfer To NCSX Li Pellet Injector Control System

8. NCSX NCSX Project Meeting March 21, 2003 G. E. Oliaro Slide 8 WBS 54 Facility Timing and Synchronization Clock application software is essentially complete. A standalone Windows GUI is being used for development now. A Windows DLL that will used by LabView and MDSplus is being tested.

9. NCSX NCSX Project Meeting March 21, 2003 G. E. Oliaro Slide 9 WBS 53 Diagnostic Data Acquisition and Facility Computing VMS based MDSplus was proposed as the Data Acquisition and Data Management & Storage System for NCSX MDSplus services have now all been successfully ported to UNIX by the MIT developers –As of 2/24/03, all 5 CMOD CAMAC highways have been moved to a LINUX MDSplus server: alcserv II –MIT has 3 UNIX servers, 12 UNIX workstations, and 24 VMS workstations. 12 VMS workstations to be replaced with UNIX by end of FY03 MIT will be VMS free by end of FY04

10. NCSX NCSX Project Meeting March 21, 2003 G. E. Oliaro Slide 10 WBS 53 Diagnostic Data Acquisition and Facility Computing PPPL progress towards UNIX based MDSplus –UNIX based MDSplus has been used to store and serve TRANSP data to local and offsite users for about a year. There are no performance issues with this port. –NSTX Data acquisition team is now serving NSTX data trees with a test LINUX server. –We will serve production NSTX data for the next NSTX run in October. PPPL will have a strong base of UNIX based MDSplus experience for NCSX design and startup requirements

11. NCSX NCSX Project Meeting March 21, 2003 G. E. Oliaro Slide 11 Conclusions The NCSX Design Leverages the NSTX Technology and Experience Base and Provides a Low Risk - Cost Effective Implementation.

12. NCSX NCSX Project Meeting March 21, 2003 G. E. Oliaro Slide 12 WBS 5 Cost & Schedule Breakdown 5Central I&C$4,115K 9.8%Cont.$403K 51TCP/IP Network Infrastructure$716K 5.0%$36K 52Central Facilities I&C$978K 10.0%$98K 53Data Acquisition & Facility Computing$641K 16.0%$103K 54Facility Timing & Synchronization$676K 14.0%$95K 55Real Time Power Supply Control$374K 8.0%$30K 56Central Safety Interlock System$409K 8.0%$33K 57Control Room Design$320K 3.0%$10K