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G. Oliaro - WBS 5 Central Instrumentation/Data Acquisition and Controls

G. Oliaro - WBS 5 Central Instrumentation/Data Acquisition and Controls. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory NCSX PDR 5/22/02 Princeton NJ 08543. WBS 5 Project Elements. WBS 51 TCP/IP network Infrastructure WBS 52 Central Facilities I&C

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G. Oliaro - WBS 5 Central Instrumentation/Data Acquisition and Controls

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  1. G. Oliaro - WBS 5 Central Instrumentation/Data Acquisition and Controls Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory NCSX PDR 5/22/02 Princeton NJ 08543 G. Oliaro 1

  2. WBS 5 Project Elements • WBS 51 TCP/IP network Infrastructure • WBS 52 Central Facilities I&C • WBS 53 Diagnostic Data Acquisition and Facility Computing • WBS 54 Facility Timing and Synchronization • WBS 55 Real Time Plasma and Power Supply Control System • WBS 56 Central Safety and Interlock System • WBS 57 Control Room Facility G. Oliaro 2

  3. Primary Design Basis of WBS 5 • The NCSX Design Leverages the NSTX Technology and Experience Base and Provides a Low Risk - Cost Effective Implementation. • Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) • Maximize Use of Open Source (Free) Software • Just-In-Time Design & Purchase • Steer Current NSTX Upgrades to Benefit NCSX • Network • CAMAC Replacement to CPCI & PCI • Synchronization System • Plasma Control (FIMM) • CAMAC Instrumentation Will Not Be Used In Design G. Oliaro 3

  4. WBS 51TCP/IP network Infrastructure • Common Backbone For All NCSX Data Communications • Minimum 100Mbps with possible 1Gbps uplinks • Cost Base • Experience Base • Use existing PPLnet backbone for Physics requirements • Extend existing NSTX Engineering Network to lower costs • Utilize existing firewall protection for Engineering network • Provide Fiber Optic network infrastructure for machine platform environment • Provide a total of 12-24 new day 0 network drops for NCSX Facility at D-Site and C-Site G. Oliaro 4

  5. WBS 51TCP/IP network Infrastructure • Hub and Fiber Patch Point modifications in 5 PPPL Locations • D-Site FCPC, D-Site MG, C-Site S1, C-Site NCSX Control Room, PPLCC, and NSTX Control Room • Use Existing Network C-Site to D-Site Fiber Optic Runs • Share Engineering Subnet with NSTX to Allow Seamless Sharing of Common Resources • 2X60 fibers C-Site/D-Site for Plasma Control/Utility I&C, Timing and Synchronization • 96 Diagnostic Fiber Optic Cables Between Test Cell and Control Room G. Oliaro 5

  6. WBS 52Central Facilities I&C • Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) Distributed Control System (DCS) • Well Established World Wide User Community • Multi-Platform & OS Base • Scales to hundreds of thousands of points • Multiple I/O Capability • PLCs • Native EPICS Input Output Controller (IOC) • VME, PCI, CPCI, … • Interfaces to • Standard DCS Capabilities • Trending • Alarms & Alarm Logging • Graphical Mimics, Control & Monitoring G. Oliaro 6

  7. WBS 52Central Facilities I&C • NCSX/NXTX EPICS Parameter Comparison G. Oliaro 7

  8. WBS 52Central Facilities I&C • Support for 5 Day 0 Engineering Subsystems • WBS 21 Fueling Systems • WBS 22 Vacuum Pumping Systems • WBS 43 Magnet Power Systems • WBS 62 Water Systems • WBS 63 Cryogenic Systems • Support for additional Subsystems after 1st year • WBS 23 First Wall Conditioning, Thermocouples for Bakeout, GDC • WBS 24 RF Heating Systems, ICH • WBS 25 Neutral Beam Heating Systems • WBS 42 Motor Generators G. Oliaro 8

  9. WBS 53Diagnostic Data Acquisition and Facility Computing • Design Objectives • All Data Available Online for Life of Machine • Access to All Engineering Process Control Data • Redundancy • All Data on RAID 5 • Battery Backup Cache • Dual Power Supply • Auto Configured Hot Spare RAID 5 Disk • Archive 3 Copies of Raw & Process Data • Nightly Backup of Local Data Acquisition Computer & Central Data Server • Data continuously Maintained on Central RAID 5 Storage Array G. Oliaro 9

  10. WBS 53Diagnostic Data Acquisition and Facility Computing • MDSplus (MIT) Set of Tools • Setup, Data Acquisition, Post-Processing Analyses, and Display • Pulsed Mode Experiments • MDSplus is becoming “standard” in fusion research throughout the world • Rich interface to platforms and languages • MDSplus Ported to VMS, Windows, UNIX • API’s for FORTRAN, C, Java, IDL, Visual Basic, and LabView. • PPPL will have a strong base of UNIX based MDSplus experience for NCSX design and startup requirements G. Oliaro 10

  11. WBS 53Diagnostic Data Acquisition and Facility Computing • Deploy 2 remote Data Acquisition I/O Processors (VME, CPI, CPCI) • 32 channels of magnetics sensors -16 bit,100KHz • E-Beam Measurements, 32 channels – 16 bit, 10 KHz • 32-64 channels of digital input & output points • One frame grabber • Deploy Primary UNIX Based MDSplus Data Acquisition Server with small data store of under 1TB • After the first year of operations: • Augment PPPL Facility Tape Backup System to 0.5 -1.0 PB • Augment PPPL Facility Compute Cluster G. Oliaro 11

  12. WBS 54Facility Timing and Synchronization • A new PCI based Timing And Synchronization System designed for NSTX will be deployed for NCSX. • Xilinx XC2S200, Spartan II, 200,000 logic & RAM gate FPGA • CeSys PCI XC2S board ~$400 • Each board has 6 multi-function channels • Timing • Timed Gate • Time Interval Counter • Clock Generator • Timing & Sequencing • A Signal Conditioning and Interface board has been designed to allow full output capabilities, (TTL, transformer & opto isolated) G. Oliaro 12

  13. WBS 54Facility Timing and Synchronization • Single Clock Generator with Multiple Receiver System G. Oliaro 13

  14. WBS 55Real Time Plasma and Power Supply Control System • Use Existing Hardware and Software System In Use For NSTX • Two Merlin 4 333MHz PPC Boards (20+ GFLOPS Total) • Clone Software With Parameter Changes for NCSX • Power Supply RTC (PSRTC) Software • GA Plasma Control System (PCS) Software • Add 64 Digitizer Channels in NCSX Test Cell in Two Crates • Systran FiberExtreme Fiber Channel (1 Gbps) to Power Supply Building • DMA (160MBps) Into Array Processor Using PPPL Developed FPDP Input Multiplexing Module (FIMM) G. Oliaro 14

  15. WBS 56Central Safety and Interlock System • Multi Site • Access Control at 2 Doors • Door Interlocks • E-Stop • Inputs from all Day 0 subsystems • Fail Safe Design • PLC monitoring and display • Outboard Mechanical Watch Dog Timers • Hard Wire Backup – Planned At This Time • UPS (?) • EPICS Monitoring G. Oliaro 15

  16. WBS 57Control Room Facility • 3200 sq.ft. Main Control Room & 600 sq.ft. Diagnostic Rack Space (Only a small portion of this will be used for Day ) operations) • Installation of 4 dual workstation tables wired for network and power. • Installation of 12-15 equipment racks wired for network and power. • Test Cell PA system • Wireless Ethernet for the Physics network to support visitors and laptop computers G. Oliaro 16

  17. Conclusions • The NCSX Design Leverages the NSTX Technology and Experience Base and Provides a Low Risk - Cost Effective Implementation. • Schedule Mirrors Actual NSTX Experience • Backend Loading Saves Cost and Optimizes Technology Choices • PPPL IT Infrastructure Upgrades Today Will Benefit NCSX • Technology Empowers Small (<10) Experienced NSTX Team G. Oliaro 17

  18. WBS 5 Cost & Schedule Central I&C (WBS 5) cost summary by expense class (WBS Level 3) Central I&C (WBS 5) cost summary by year of expenditure (WBS Level 2) G. Oliaro 18

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