CERN Trip Report: April 4-8, 2011
LAFS WorkElliott McCroryApril 20, 2011
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Outline People
Jones and Lars (BI)Sigerud & Deghaye (CO/AP)HatziangeliLamontAnd, of course, Lahey.
ProjectsExisting workPotential Future Work
Personnel
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USD/CHF
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100 CHF = $111.17 (!)
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Summary of Discussions Beam Instrumentation Folks
Rhodri Jones & Lars Jensen• Satisfied with Schottky work• Proposed a new Daemon/GUI project for bunch-by-
bunch measurement and display– Details coming…
BE/CO/Applications Folks Katarina and Stephane
• They strongly acknowledge the good work that the LAFS team has provided and can provide
– RBAC– Daemon Infrastructure– Operations Applications
• Propose a new project to help with InCA (Injector Controls Architecture) and LSA database configurations.
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Department Heads Eugenia (BE/CO)
Will initiate the creation of a new M.O.U. for our bosses (Paul Collier and Roger Dixon)
Mike (BE/OP) Described the week’s work, and
the status of LAFS They said
Words of encouragementWould like to see more contributions
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Status of Existing Work
Supertable Wire Scanner App
Schottky SuiteBSRT (Synchrotron Light) App
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Supertable Taken over by BE/CO (Mario
Pereira) Prototype is working
http://cern.ch/test-supertable
Not online: Need work from DM
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Wire Scanner Bunch-by-bunch capabilities fully
integrated Listened to lots of criticism/suggestions for
improvement.
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New
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New Feature: Mountain Range
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Schottky Suite Daemon and GUI Only bunch-by-bunch device
active!Well, there’s the Fast BCT, too.BSRT is almost there.
Used extensivelyFavier, Pieloni, Mounet
Just implemented:Play ListSave/Restore
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Schottky Emittances
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Slot Selection GUI
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Schottky Play List
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Schottky Save/Restore
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Synchrotron Light
Unclear future for LAFS They proposed that we write a
DaemonStarted in early FebruaryWas not accepted (late February)
Talk of having a new GUI createdNot good
Terri and I are paying attention!
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Proposals
BI: Bunch data displayCO/AP: LSA Config GUIs
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Project Proposal: BI Bunch GUI A new BI GUI
Imagined by Rhodri, Lars and Jean-Jacques Gras
Basics: Gather bunch-by-bunch info from all BI devices that do
bunch-by-bunch• Schottky (Daemon)• Fast BCT• BSRT (soon)
Concentrated in one place • a Daemon
Republish in coherent manner Create a GUI
• Configure the Daemon• Allow easy access to all bunch-by-bunch data
Proposal letter (pre-requirements) coming Audience: LAFS team, BI group, P. Collier and R. Dixon.
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Proposal: LSA DB Config GUIs Katarina and Stephane Need a simpler way to configure the
LSA device database LSA Database being pushed into injector
Have existing tools, but must be replaced Configure front ends directly, through a non-standard
interface But easy for PS-Complex operators to use
LHC/SPS Situation? Only Extreme experts can configure Requires raw SQL (through Benthic)
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LSA DB Config GUIs, cont’d A limited number of GUIs are required
Less than ten? But we would develop the pattern for making more
Stephane will write a proposal letter Target: LAFS team, E. Hatziangeli, M. Lamont, P. Collier and
R. Dixon.
Proposed team: Deghaye would be the liaison Katarina and Mike would designate a “customer” LAFS team will decide on a work group
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Proposals: Next steps? Awaiting these documents
Jones (Bunch data concentrator and GUI) Stephane (LSA Configuration GUIs) Eugenia (M.O.U. proposal)
Analyze LAFS work force Now: 1.x FTE (Jerry and me), plus Terri. Can we increase that number?
• Are *YOU* interested in these new projects???
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Personnel Liaison
Terri returns to SLAC soon• Officially: May 31• Would like to extend
We have requested for Suzanne to be at CERN starting in October• Support from Prebys and Dixon• Official approval is pending
Elliott and Jerry C.: ~full time
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