1. Control System Studio (CSS)
At ITER…

2. CSS Features & Benefits
CSS provides a modern User Interface
CSS is an Eclipse-based Integrated Environment:
Based on plugin technology and therefore easily extensible
Generic features like menus, preferences, help…
Multi-platform support (portable JAVA code)

3. CSS Integrated Platform
CSS is a common platform for new control system applications
Connection to external data sources like JDBC-databases, JMS and LDAP servers…
Data accessible through all the applications
PV object contribution
2 sources: SNS and DESY

4. ICH Sample Core System V1
IOC Core
EDM screen
SNL Sequencer
Alarm Handler
EPICS Channel Archiver tools
IOC Error Logging tools
Autosave

5. BOY User friendly editor ICH EDM screen converted to BOY:
Label, line, rectangle, text update
Personalisation: Action button, menu, slider, chart…
No script for now!

6. Open a detailed display in a Tab
BOY – many screens!
Open a detailed display in a Tab
Detailed views have been defined for the 5 x ICH main components
The new display could replace the existing one, appear in a new Tab (press Ctrl) or in a new Window (press Shift)

7. Strip chart live and archived data
Data Browser
Strip chart live and archived data
Tool for displaying live as well as historic data in a Strip-Chart type plot
Compatible with EPICS Channel Archiver (Abyss Standalone server)
Plot toolbar: different zooms, annotation…

8. BEAST - distributed alarm system
Alarm tree, table and history
Distributes system:
Alarm Server
User Interface
Configuration and logging DB
<web report>
User interface:
Access guidance, invoke links to related operator displays, acknowledge alarms and edit the configuration
EPICS ALH configuration imported in BEAST but needs personalisation

9. SNL Sequence Editor Programming editor Syntax highlighted
Quick navigation using the Outline view
Compilation
Diagram view

10. ITER Specific Self-Description interface
Access to PVs definition (name, alarm limits, states etc) shall be from ITER configuration data management (“Self-Description Data”).
Data-base interface?
Plug-ins to interact with a SDD?
Impact on existing components (BOY, BEAST, SNL…)
It’s important to keep a unique interface for PV services (extensions).
A PostgreSQL back-end shall be added to the Oracle and MySQL ones.
Some ITER customization will be required (ex: standard symbols in synoptics)
It’s important to maintain shared sources!

11. Conclusion
Control System Studio is a very good platform to build an integrated development environment for the development, test and commissioning of the plant systems controls.
There are arguments on RCP vs. web applications (light clients). We’ll certainly use both, depending on user and use cases (ex: data browsing, some edition, fixed screens).
We are including CSS applications in CODAC Core System Vs 2 (2011/Q1) for HMI and alarm handling (archiving ?).
We will maintain EDM, AHS and ChannelArchiver in this version.
It shall be integrated with EPICS application (IOC) development tools, using “SDD”, SNL editor and DCT(?)
There will be additions from ITER.
It is important to have a well established process for sharing the sources
A common repository (SourceForge)
A good structure of the components
Clear versions and tags
Regular & automated check/merge of between the shared repository and the lab’s sources copies.. 14