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.
The team also showed the plan and ramp up towards CD2/3 now that we have secured the resources needed to execute the project.
The review committee observed in their reports that our designs appear to be sufficient at this point.
Currently, the team is focused on preparing for the upcoming DOE Review in March.
Ken Lauer Zachary L Lentz Alex Wallace
Federica Murgia contributes to the design and implementation of the new alarm system at LCLS.
The NewALarMSystem, developed by the TID CDS Advanced Controls group, is designed for the availability, integrability, and extensibility of the alarm systems at SLAC.
The installation of the NALMS will start from the FEE in the coming weeks.
Zachary L Lentz Michael Browne
We have been busy with testing, checkouts and install of QRIX endstation Controls. The schedule has been pulled forward with tasks that needs to be completed/ready in preparation for Toyama's visit to install and checkout the spectometer arm.
All the in-vacuum stages have been functionally tested prior to installation.
Installation and termination of 80% of vacuum control components (DRLs and cables) are complete and 50% of motion controls components.
The qRIX Motion and Vacuum PLC are up and running with their IOCs and vacuum screen live and added to RIX LUCID screen.
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We're getting much much better at Jira. Check it out:
Our unresolved tickets grew by about 50% from December to the end of February. We're keeping pace, and perhaps with our new resolution workflows we'll start to cut down on the complete backlog.
One thing to note is we'll soon cross a point where it is a good idea to check Jira for prior tickets before submitting a new one. Much like Stack Overflow, Jira tickets are a kind of knowledgebase.
We resolved 199 tickets in Jan and Feb.