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After these adjustments, the PPMs are silky smooth, quiet, and reach their destinations reasonably quickly.

Supported Device List Amendment Process

ECS+ME SME Teams

ECS and ME are working on arranging subject matter exper

Validated Configuration Database

LCLS has never had a single-source-of-truth for beamline configuration, meaning the arrangement and state of components in the beamline. This has led more than one incident where either equipment was added to the beamline without notification or proper planning leading to last minute mitigation. New projects also suffer as an updated as-built of the beamline configuration is mythical. In some cases the beamline GUI is the best and only as-built reference.

ECS and ME (you could call us together, LCLS engineering), have been collaborating since early 2022 to develop requirements for a database system to address this issue. We considered a number of options, including using an existing system from the AD. Our requirements aim for a highly collaborative platform, with an excellent API, and ease of use as the key to ensuring an accurate as-built record. Essential information includes x, y, z, functional component name, and status (planned, installed, commissioned, etc.), with the ability to add fields as desired. We plan to link Development started in June and is proceeding. Learn more here.

MEC SPL Upgrade

Peregrine McGehee 

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