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We had another control system seminar in January all about ECS scope and how to use our Jira system to request help from the team.
We think it's a highly valuable presentation for new and veteran LCLS employees to understand what ECS can do for them.
Getting Help From ECS Control System Seminar
All the other control system seminars are posted here: Control System Seminar Series
ECS presented XES controls design status for the February Director's review. The review focused on preparation for CD2/3 with focus on plan, design status and resource profile. The team demonstrated that as per December 2020 DOE Status review recommendation that lessons learned have been addressed and being implemented.
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We recently completed a draft of an ICD for experiment controls for HE and it turned out so well we're thinking about making it a general purpose ICD for ECS to any and all projects going forward. ICD stands for Interface Control Document, and in systems engineering it can have a varied definition. Some projects use ICDs as a way to describe the physical and functional aspects of an interface between two subsystems. In HE and MEC-U's case the ICD will be used to describe the project interface between subsystems, clarifying who has what scope, and what information is needed from ECS and the respective other aspects of the projects.
It's a good document to read and understand because it clarifies what ECS will do in the HE and MEC-U project, and also in general.
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