EPICS WinCC Control of Vertical Cryostat Operations
Explore the integration of EPICS and WinCC for controlling vertical cryostats, utilizing Siemens S7-300 PLC and WinCC SCADA software. Learn about operation scenarios, lessons learned, and the seamless interfacing with EPICS for effective control and monitoring.
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EPICS/WinCC Control of the Vertical Cryostat K. Gajewski Kick-off meeting with Cryo Diffusion Uppsala, 10th May 2016
EPICS Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System Why EPICS? Has all features that we need at FREIA Mature, well maintained system Will be used at ESS EPICS drivers and device support for many commercial instrumentation Easy integration with PLCs Very wide users base and helpful community Scalable, suits well for both small and very large installations Ongoing projects on making EPICS easier to install, configure and maintain (EEE Epics ESS Environment) 10-May-2016 Konrad Gajewski Epics/WinCC Control of the Vertical Cryostat 2
Verical Cryostats controls Uses Siemens S7-300 PLC SCADA application based on WinCC software All interlocks, control loops and different modes of operation (a state machine) are handled by the PLC program All process variables that can be read/written via SCADA application will be accessible (rw access) from Epics IOC using s7plc driver Cryo Diffusion (ISII-Tech) will provide the PLC program that supports the communication with EPICS Cryo Diffusion will do the necessary modifications in the HNOSS (horizontal cryostat) PLC program to accomplish needed information exchange between HNOSS and the vertical cryostat 10-May-2016 Konrad Gajewski Epics/WinCC Control of the Vertical Cryostat 3
Operation scenario Interlocks Vertical Cryostat PLC WinCC I n O u t HNOSS PLC IOC Services: Archiver, alarms, Remote access, Epics GUI Epics GUI 10-May-2016 Konrad Gajewski Epics/WinCC Control of the Vertical Cryostat 4
Lessons learned from HNOSS Understand the automatic sequences before coding them in the PLC Specify the PID loops and the conditions where the manual operation is needed Think about and solve the problems at transitions between the PID regulation on/off modes Make sure that the control of the equipment connected to the PLC is reliable (MKS case in HNOSS) Use the same terminology in WinCC/PLC and Epics Make sure that the documentation of the sequences and the PLC program agree In the manual mode make visible the setting that will be applied when switched to automatic mode Interfacing with Epics works very well 10-May-2016 Konrad Gajewski Epics/WinCC Control of the Vertical Cryostat 5
HNOSS problems to solve MKS related PT102 seems to freeze from time to time CV551 unexpected behavior (seq 9, was closed but showed open in WinCC CV552 not followed manual mode commands PT550 never switches to PT100 Switching between PT551 and PT552 Switching between between the Gas bag and Kaeser (4 K gas) Explain/fix unexpected behavior in Sequenses 1, 8, 9, 12A, 12 B and 13 Purging system Purging system alarm explain/check FV011 should be normally open check/fix 10-May-2016 Konrad Gajewski Epics/WinCC Control of the Vertical Cryostat 6
