Speaker
Description
The ITER control system started integration and operation of in-kind deliveries in 2018. Since then, the integrated control system has been expanded with monitoring and control of ITER buildings and utilities and is poised to receive the first contributions to the distributed real-time control of the ITER machine.
A control system integration process has been defined to address the integration and verification of in-kind deliveries. The process aims at providing a robust incremental and iterative integration mechanism to facilitate rapid deployment of fixes and features during the site acceptance and commissioning process, whilst also ensuring conformance to requirements related to enabling effective operation and maintenance of the ITER integrated control system by the ITER central team.
After three years, a large number of EPICS-based control system software components have been deployed and have also gone through perfective and adaptive maintenance. Over 100 EPICS IOC sit atop industrial automation controllers and provide configuration, control and monitoring functions. EPICS Channel Access and pvAccess gateway services provide bi-directional communication, role-based and condition-based access control capabilities to the Temporary Main Control Room (T-MCR), as well as Remote Participation Centers (RPC) located in the Russian Federation and the United States. Software application frameworks have been adopted and developed to facilitate deployment of pvAccess to support central automation and monitoring services.
The presentation will re-affirm the control system integration objectives, the integration process, summarise the status after 3 eventful years, the lessons learnt, and forecast for the short-term future.
| Talk duration | 30 minutes or more |
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