Requirements on a DCS system for GEM-based detectors

Bernd VossHelmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH (GSI)

                                                                                    

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Outline

Aim

Detector setup

Overview

Cylindrical GEM-TPC

Planar GEM-Trackers

DCS structure General & Design Options

In-situ Hardware Requirements

Control & Monitoring Concept

Supplies & Support

Gas

Low & High-Voltage

Cooling

Off-site Slow control system

PANDA DCS structure

Observables & Conditions

Parameters & Process Variables

Possible Improvements

Summary & Outlook

                                                                                    

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Aim

Present the status, the thoughts given and decisions made

on the subjects so far

Learn & Discuss about options

Looking for advice for set up & Get it running

                                                                                    

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GEM-TPC (2 x ½) ‘short version’ 1.2m (1.5m)

GEM-Trackers (4) (GT1..4)

Detector Setup Overview

Target spectrometer@PANDA ‘V833’

1 2 3 4

                                                                                    

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Cylindrical (½) GEM-TPC Prototype Assembly

GEM stack

Drift electrode

Cooling Support &

LV- Distribution

Front-End Electronic

Pad Plane Support &

Media-Distribution

Sensor info

                                                                                    

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Planar GEM-Trackers Design study

Window

Drift electrode

GEM stackPad Plane

Support &

Media-Distribution

Cooling Support &

LV- Distribution

Front-End Electronic

Shielding Cover

& Read-out

Plane

Possible cabling hooks: central bar & circumference

Sensor info

                                                                                    

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DCS structure General

It starts at the detector + its supplies + operation monitors

It has to cope with various (sensor-) hardware, information pathways (WHICH

information goes from WHERE to WHERE, communication protocols (I2C, SPI, CAN, Ethernet TCP/IP …)

It has to deal with information for device-configuration, -control, -operation and supplemental ambient & operational conditions

                                                                                    

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System design options

Separate sites: ‘in-situ’, ‘local’, detector-near systems

µController, CPLD, DSP, FPGA, SPS (Siemens S7) etc…

‘off-site’, supply & electronics room ‚Zoo‘ of Hardware

May involve various software solutions / SCADA systems Assembler, C, …

EPICS

LabVIEW

MonALISA

PVSS/UNICOS

                                                                                    

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In-situ Part Hardware Requirements

Dense & compact Local ‘intelligence’ & pre-processing

Modular (test and p-o-p activities)

Coping with the needs of a hostile environment Radiation tolerance

Aging resistance

Insensitivity to magnetic fields (no inductivities based on magnetic material)

Communication via LWL

So far, no appropriate candidates under investigation

                                                                                    

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In-situ Detector Control & Monitoring Concept

Current concept: Modular, expandable, flexible

Hierarchical interlocking

Failsafe operation

Hard- & software limits

History recording

Design: Placement on the rim of the

Media-flange

Questions: Should we go this way?

                                                                                    

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Gas System

Sensor info

                                                                                    

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Mpod 19’’ Mainframe / Power bin (5k€)

ten module slots primary HV power supply 600W

for 1- 4 HV modules, expandable Controller with Ethernet / USB interface 9U high with frontal / lateral air inlet

MPV 8008 LV module (1.5k€)

8 channels 0..8V, 10A, max. 50W, floating, low noise Sub-D high power connectors 1x for 4 ch Sub-D 37 pin for sense & control

MPV 4015L LV module (1.4k€)

4 channels 0..15V, max. 2,5A, max. 50W, floating

MPV 1008 LV module High Power (0.7k€)

4 channel, 2 Mpod slots 0- 7V, max. 115A, max. 500W, floating

HPn 300 106 HV module (4.4k€)

0..-30kV, 10mA, 300W, Residual ripple < 10-4 Voutmax

I/U Setting via 10-turn potentiometer RS 232 or CAN Interface LED Display (4 digit) 30 kV LEMO Connector ERA.3Y.425.CLL LEM30_CAB5, Lemo plug 30kV & 5m cable (180€)

EHS 8060n_105_SHV HV module (2.6k€)

8 channels 0..-6 kV, 1mA/channel, Residual ripple < 50 mV 6HE-cassette with CAN-Interface (Enhanced Device Control Protocol) Resolution U/I Settings & Trip: 240 mV/ 40 nA Resolution U/I Measurement: 1200 mV/ 20 nA SHV-Connector with common GND

Low- & High-Voltage supply

Status: Power system delivered

(ready-to-run)

Needs installation nearby

Sensor info

                                                                                    

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Cooling System

Findings: Overpressure system is preferable

< 5 bar@entrance

Water is insufficient, use HFE 7100

Cooling power > 5 kW@12,5°C

Pressure drop over cooling system: < 1 bar (optimized)

Mechanical stress 0,25 N/mm2

Status: Cooling system delivered

(ready-to-run)

Needs installation nearbySensor info

                                                                                    

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‘Off-site’ Part Slow control system

PostgreSQL data base

HV values Temperatures, flows etc. Configuration of FEE

Queue based command exchange (back & front end) Web front end for controlling and monitoring Sensor signals digitized by a Siemens Simatic S7 Scalable and variable system Mainly programed in C++ and PHP

Task of diploma student to set up the slow control

LabVIEW drivers / GUIs will be set up in parallel

                                                                                    

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DCS structure Observables & Parameters

Observables (approx. 46 in 2000 channels for the GEM-Trackers)

Overall status Temperature Pressure Flow (of media) Voltage Current Degradation (Ageing ?) ‘Special events’ (e.g. sparks)

Indicators / quantities Analog / Digital / Boolean Voltage Current Charge (?)

Hardware, Sensors / Transducers

GEM-detector (generic) Supply (external)

Gas supply HV supply LV supply Cooling (Chiller)

Control (local@detector) Gas Flow Bias voltages High voltages FEB ROB DAQ

Operation FEB ROB DAQ Calibration system …

                                                                                    

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PANDA DCS Requirements DBUI ‘Parameters’

Currently 47 entries in table ‘Parameters’ for the GEM-based detectors

                                                                                    

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PANDA DCS Requirements DBUI ‘ProcessVariables’

Currently 46 entries (2000 channels) in table ‘ProcessVariables’ for the GEM-Trackers

                                                                                    

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Structures & Methods Suggestions I

Needed information / structures:

Structured Datasets

allowing trees instead of simple and somewhat ‘unhandy’ flat presentation

taking into account the definition of Detector Sub-Groups e.g. following the various stages and/or states of operation of the system (State Machine)

                                                                                    

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Structures & Methods Suggestions II

Required, proposed methods: Easy-to-use multiple-entry interface

for whole sets of data (scripting, ‚xml’ etc?)

‘Delete’ options for respective table(s) ‘Parameters’ definitions ‘ProcessVariables’ definitions

Allow multiple usage of entries in table ‘ProcessVariables’ for different detector systems e.g. in cases where the same hardware is involved

Possible improvement to existing features: Keep table-header information visible at any time for the data input Group Information in tables by multiple (logic) choices

(e.g. GEM & Pressures & … etc.) ‘Connectivity’ definition comes ‘unhandy’ Define Interlock levels in more detail (e.g. ‘ALARM’ and ‘WARNING’) Specify clearly (variable named ‘Status’ is not helping much)

                                                                                    

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Summary and Outlook

Working on the topics we can currently approach / address

Started with standalone solution / small scale for the lab use (PostgreSQL data base, LabVIEW)

Requirements on time-scale:

Requirements on support:

Are there possible synergies between sub groups?

2009 FOPI GEM-TPC Beam-test pending2010 ELSA Installation & Operation … PANDA Construction of a PANDA GEM-TPC

Prototype of a PANDA GEM-Tracker

Backup slides

                                                                                    

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Integration Working hypothesis on requirements

High-density cabling required

Use cabling as structural elements

Install in-situ intelligence to reduce cabling effort

                                                                                    

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DCS System ‚In-situ‘ Part

                                                                                    

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DCS System ‚Off-site‘ Part