IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 1/35) Experience with configurable acquisition software for magnetic measurement M Gateau, M Marchesotti, A Raimondo, A Rijllart, H Reymond 1.Introduction 2.SM18 test benches facility 3.Test Master 4.Hardware Recognition System 5.Automation of the magnetic measurements 6.Conclusions

IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 2/35) Introduction SM18

IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 3/35) Mandate of the magnet test facility: dipoles quadrupoles have to be cold tested at CERN - 12 benches built, organized in 6 clusters of 2 benches (SM18 building) - Wide range of local (per cluster) or shared (mobile rack) equipments - Magnet presence on the bench VS number of tests to execute Introduction

IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 4/35) Constraints for the tests & measurements: - Several applications have been developed to assist the tests and measurements - Fast and easy setup of the applications - Taking into account specific calibration of the used devices - Limit as much as possible the manual edition of the configuration files - Traceability of the used equipments is requested by the QA rules Introduction

SM18 test benches facility IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 5/35) The hardware side … Each cluster is made of : DAQ electronic racks MM rack and systems ( TRU, AMPLI …) HV mobile rack 14kA, 600A, 60A power supplies LOSS monitor multimeters PLC ( security for PS & CRYO ) …

SM18 test benches facility IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 6/35) … and the software side The SM18 CR hosts 6 supervision posts : Test & sequence of tests editor Management of the tests Data viewers & analysis Alarms monitoring & logging …

Test Master IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 7/35) Control Room Test Bench - MMP - HVTEST - POWER - LOSS - DVM_DAQ - PDI - MMP - HVTEST - POWER - LOSS - DVM_DAQ - PDI - HF - LF - POWER - HF - LF - POWER TEMA DAQ applicationsMM applications -TEMA - HRS - TTE - ALARM -TEMA - HRS - TTE - ALARM

Test Master IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 8/35) Definition of a Test: From the TEMA point of view, a test is : - A list of commands - From a set of pre-defined commands, dedicated to an application - Used to execute a measurement with a list of specified equipments - On a local test bench

Test Master IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 9/35)

Test Master IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 10/35)

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Test Master IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 12/35) Definition of a Sequence: From the TEMA point of view, a sequence is : - A list of tests - Used to execute a set of measurements & to drive the equipments - On a local test bench

Test Master IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 13/35)

Test Master IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 14/35)

Test Master IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 15/35) The TEST MASTER fulfills the first 2 constraints: - Management of several applications to assist the tests and measurements - Fast and easy setup of the applications What about : - Calibration parameters of the devices - Manual edition of the configuration files - Traceability

Hardware Recognition System IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 16/35) ProblemSolution Calibration parameters Manual edition of the configuration Traceability Database Auto configuration Identification

Hardware Recognition System IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 17/35) Hardware Recognition System

IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 18/35) Identification Electronic of the DAQ system Hardware Recognition System

IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 19/35) Identification 15m coil shaft used for magnetic measurements

Hardware Recognition System IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 20/35) Identification Cryogenic Feed Box used to cool down the magnets

Hardware Recognition System IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 21/35) Identification The MOBIC from SIEMENS - Bar code scanner - Industrial portable computer - Wireless communication - Connected to the equipment DB

Hardware Recognition System IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 22/35) Calibration databases The calibration data are taken from : - CFB & magnet temperature probe coefficients DB - Coil coefficients DB - Power supply DCCT DB - …

Hardware Recognition System IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 23/35) Auto configuration A set of scripts have been developed to : - Compare the needed & present equipments for a dedicated test. - Access to the calibration DB and generate setting files for the dedicated applications. - Build and transfer on the local test bench workstation the final configuration file.

Hardware Recognition System IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 24/35) But what about the Magnetic Measurements … … at SM18 the MM are managed by the MMP6 application

Automation of the magnetic measurements IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 25/35) MMP6 is made of 4 modes of use: The HARDWARE mode: Selection of the equipments Hardware configuration Test of the communications Test of the equipments

Automation of the magnetic measurements IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 26/35) The RUN mode: Selection of the magnet type Selection of the measurement param. Selection of the current cycle

Automation of the magnetic measurements IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 27/35) The MEASUREMENT mode: Execution of the current cycle Control of the equipments Execution of the MM Reading of the integrators Saving the data

Automation of the magnetic measurements IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 28/35) The DISPLAY mode: Analysis of the data Info. about over range / out of limits Archiving of the raw data & results

Automation of the magnetic measurements IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 29/35) From the TEST MASTER … … to the MM analysis

Automation of the magnetic measurements IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 30/35) From the TEMA: Selection of the bench (1/2) Selection of the test to execute (ie : MM) Click on Run Test button Then all the following actions will be done automatically …

Automation of the magnetic measurements IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 31/35) On the HRS: Extraction of the present equipments from the DB Comparison with the needed one for this MM Extraction of the calibration parameters Configuration file generation for MMP6 Transfer of the config. file on the cluster workstation

Automation of the magnetic measurements IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 32/35) On the cluster workstation: Launching of the MMP6 application Execution of the commands for this test

Automation of the magnetic measurements IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 33/35) On MMP6: Execution of the HW test of the equipments Execution of the magnetic measurement Display & online analysis

Automation of the magnetic measurements IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 34/35) From the users: Checking of the MM status & limits Acceptation of the test Archiving of the raw data

Conclusions IMMW14, Ferney Voltaire, September 2005 (slide 35/35) - The integration of the Test Master, Hardware Recognition System and MMP6 satisfies the constraints specified for the test benches facility. - The full system is in use since few month. The performance is very satisfactory, with a good reliability. - A lot of time has been saved during the phases of measurement and software configuration. - The experience of HRS will be taken as an example in the view of an adaptation for the LHC.