2. SCADA & Monitoring Developments for Vacuum
Claudia S. P. Dias
CERN, Technology Department
Vacuum, Surfaces and Coatings Group
Interlocks Controls Monitoring

3. Summary Controls Overview Web Monitoring Control Systems Architecture
Supervision Layer
Web Monitoring
VacMon Definition
VacMon Currently
VacMon Consolidation
Architecture overview
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4. Vacuum Controls Overview

5. Vacuum Control System Architecture
> 128km of vacuum chambers across all accelerators
10-4 to mbar achieved by:
~3000 vacuum pumps
~3000 vacuum gauges
~500 sector valves
Supervised and controlled by:
7 SCADA servers
~300 PLCs
Backboned by vacuum-specific software frameworks
ICALEPCS 2011 poster :
ICALEPCS 2011 paper :
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6. Vacuum Supervision Layer
What is SCADA?
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition software
(SCADA)
WinCC-OA, by Siemens (former PVSS)
Graphical User Inferfaces (GUI)
Real-time connection
History archive
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7. Vacuum Supervision Layer
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition software
(SCADA)
Main Views of accelerators
Synoptics
Pressure profiles
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8. Vacuum Supervision Layer
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition software
(SCADA)
Main Views of accelerators
Synoptics
Pressure profiles
Replay
State history
Trend history
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9. Vacuum Supervision Layer
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition software
(SCADA)
Main Views of accelerators
Synoptics
Pressure profiles
State history
Trend history
Replay
Devices list
SMS notifications
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10. Vacuum Supervision Layer
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition software
(SCADA)
Main Views of accelerators
Synoptics
Pressure profiles
State history
Trend history
Replay
Devices list
SMS notifications
Beam parameters *
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11. Vacuum Supervision Layer
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition software
(SCADA)
Main Views of accelerators
Synoptics
Pressure profiles
State history
Trend history
Replay
Devices list
SMS notifications
Beam parameters *
Help widgets *
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12. Vacuum Supervision Layer
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition software
(SCADA)
Main Views of accelerators
Synoptics
Pressure profiles
State history
Trend history
Replay
Devices list
SMS notifications
Beam parameters *
Help widgets *
Workorders simplification *
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13. Vacuum Supervision Layer
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition software
(SCADA)
Main Views of accelerators
Synoptics
Pressure profiles
State history
Trend history
Replay
Devices list
SMS notifications
Beam parameters *
Help widgets *
Workorders simplification *
Sector status flag *
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14. Vacuum Web Monitoring

15. VacMon – What is it? SCADA panels screenshots Access-data webpage
Sector Valves state
VISTAR webpages
ELogBook webpages
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16. VacMon – Currently Limitations: Static dimensions on screen;
Inflexible design;
Legacy, scattered code;
Numerous technologies.
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17. VacMon – Consolidation
Collaboration:
University Bachelors final project;
2 Students from Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPL, Portugal):
Ivo Amador, Rodrigo Faria
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18. VacMon – Consolidation
Deployment: October 2017
New features:
TV mode / Static mode / Admin mode;
Configurable;
Mobile friendly;
Calendar of updates;
notifications;
TPG300 status page;
Modern technology.
Future Improvements:
Infrastructure status page;
Deeper integration with SCADA system;
Dynamic pressure charts.

19. VacMon – Consolidation
01/08/2017
02/08/2017
03/08/2017
04/08/2017
Main Part X
Pressure
Date = 7 Aug, 2017; Name = Eqp Y; DCUM = 1230m; Value = 1e-10mbar
05/08/2017
06/08/2017
07/08/2017
08/08/2017
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20. VacMon – Global Architecture
VacMon SCADA Interface Server (GPN with TN access)
VacMon Web Server (GPN)
VacMon Project
Back-end
Elogbook
Webpage
Local Project
WinCC OA
Panels screenshot
WinCC controller
Valves States
Pressures
TPG 300
VacMon DB
Oracle Database
Access Data
Webpage
VacMon
User Interface (UI)
vacmon.cern.ch
SCADA Production Server (TN)
Production Project
WinCC OA
Vistars
Webpage
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21. Obrigada Thanks Gracias Ευχαριστώ Merci Grazie Dankje
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22. Questions?
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24. VacMon – Consolidation
June
July
1e-8
1e-12
mbar
Date
Equipment X
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