Programming PLCS under EPICS at the SNS Project : Further Experiences in Collaboration
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is an accelerator-based neutron source being built in Tennessee by a partnership of six national laboratories. The control system components for the SNS were produced by personnel at the collaborating laboratories, by vendors of the equipment, and by commercial contractors. A number of different approaches were used to provide the programming for both the programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and the input-output controllers (IOCs) which were all based on the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS). For conventional facilities, both the PLCs and the IOCs were programmed under a commercial contract. The PLCs for the high power radio frequency system (HPRF) were programmed by the vendors of the equipment, while the IOCs were programmed by the collaborating laboratory. Finally, while the IOCs for the cryogenic systems were programmed at Oak Ridge, three different approaches were used to produce the PLC programming: some were programmed at Oak Ridge, some at TJNAF, and some at vendor sites. This paper discusses the status of the PLCs in the control system and the integration challenges encountered in the various approaches.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab., Oak Ridge, TN (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC05-84ER40150
- OSTI ID:
- 839425
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-ACC-03-86; DOE/ER/40150-3344; TRN: US0501653
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ICALEPCS 2003, Gyeongju (KR), 10/13/2003--10/17/2003; Other Information: PBD: 1 Oct 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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