G0 Superconducting Magnet System
Control System

• Manufacturer's manuals and specifications

  • AutomationDirect and Host Engineering, Inc.
    • DirectSoft32 QuickStart Manual - August 1999, 4th edition, QS-DSOFT32-M
      (Portable Document Format, 6.67 Mb)
    • DL405 Analog I/O Modules - May 2000, 5th edition, Manual No. D4-ANLG-M
      (Portable Document Format, 6.12 Mb)
    • Ethernet Communication Modules - April 1998, 1st edition, Manual No. H24-ECOM-M
      (Portable Document Format, 2.28 Mb)
    • DL405 Installation and I/O Manual - December 1999, 1st edition, Manual No. D4-INST-M
      (Portable Document Format, 2.66 Mb)
    • DL405 User Manual (Preliminary Edition) - Dec. 2000, 3rd edition, Rev. C
      (Portable Document Format, 2.66 Mb)
    
    
  • National Instruments
    • National Instruments Lookout Operator's Manual - November 2000 Edition, Part No. 322391B-01
      (Portable Document Format, 544 kb)
    • National Instruments Lookout Reference Manual - March 1998 Edition, Part No. 321254B-01
      (Portable Document Format, 7.19 Mb)
    
    
  • Omega Engineering, Inc.
    • TX93 Thermocouple Two-Wire Temperature Transmitter (Omega Operator's Manual) - NLR0495APCIC5B
      (Scanned MS Word, 3.69 Mb)
      (Scanned Portable Document Format, 2.95 Mb)
    
    
  • MKS Instruments
    • MKS Instruments, HPS Products Series 903, Inverted Magnetron Transducer (IMT) Cold Cathode Ionization Vacuum Sensor, Operation and Maintenance Manual - June 1999, Part #1090300 Rev. A
      (Portable Document Format, 305 kb)
    
    

• Cabling and wiring information

  • An MS Excel workbook with one worksheet per cable which specifies the connectors and wiring at each cable end (i.e. wire color, pin assignments, etc.). This was updated on November 10, 2003 after re-wiring of voltage taps but probably is still not complete.
    (MS Excel Workbook, 487 kb)
    
    
  • An MS Excel workbook with one work sheet per vacuum feedthru connector on the G0 SMS cryostat. This was updated on October 31, 2005 after before the re-connection of cables with the SMS in the back-angle orientation.
    (MS Excel Workbook, 1.55 Mb)
    
    
  • An MS Excel workbook with a compilation of all sensors associated with the SMS. This version is a snapshot taken on March 1, 2002.
    (MS Excel Workbook, 94.7 kb)
    
    
  • An MS Excel worksheet with the status of all Warner JT actuator controllers. This version is a snapshot taken on December 18, 2005.
    (MS Excel Workbook, 18.4 kb)
    
    
  • Drawings of the control system console (the racks) and wiring produced by CSI under subcontract to BWXT. The information in these drawings is somewhat out-of-date, but it is the best we have (until someone takes the time to update all of the drawings).
    (Portable Document format, 2.32 Mb)
    (Gnu-zipped tar archive of Autocade .dwg files, 923 kb)
  
  

• Pictures of components of the SMS control system

  • Power supply connectors - UIUC, March 1, 2002.
    
    
  • Cernox sensors - UIUC, March 8, 2002.
    
    
  • Strain gauge Wheatstone bridge module - JLab, April 16, 2002.
  
  

• Software and associated files for the control system

  • DirectSoft32 Programmable Ladder-Logic (PLL) code for the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)

    • (Obsolete) Version 26 (containing modifications made during the forward angle measurement) of the DirectSoft32 PLC program (the last version before modifications for remote PLC operation). This archive contains all of the component files for this version (and a few other misc. files as well). - March 15, 2004
      (PKZip Compressed Archive, 78.3 kb)
      
      
    • (Obsolete) A list of PLC memory address allocations organized by the use to which each address is put. This version matches the last version of the PLC program before modifications for remote PLC operation (PG26) - March 15, 2003
      (MS Excel Workbook, 189 kb)
      
      
    • Version 30 (contains modifications for remote PLC operation using the ERM/EBC system for connecting to I/O modules) of the DirectSoft32 PLC program. - March 10, 2006
      (PKZip Compressed Archive, 65.1 kb)
      
      
    • A list of PLC memory address allocations organized by the use to which each address is put. This version matches the latest version of the PLC program with modifications for remote PLC operation (PG30) - March 10, 2006
      (MS Excel Workbook, 191 kb)
      
      
    • The Ethernet Remote Master (ERM) configuration file for remote PLC operation. - September 20, 2006)
      (Proprietary Binary, 273 b)
      
      

  • LookoutDirect Human-Machine-Interface (HMI) programs and associated information.

    • (Obsolete) The LookOut Direct HMI (human-machine-interface) program for the G0 SMS (containing modifications made during the forward angle run). This is the last version before modifications for remote PLC operation during the backward angle runs. - March 15, 2004
      (PKZip Compressed Archive, 620 kb)
      
      
    • (Obsolete) The LookOut Direct HMI (human-machine-interface) program for the G0 SMS. This has modifications for backward angle running. The alarm pager is assumed to be numeric. - January 23, 2006
      (PKZip Compressed Archive, 619 kb)
      
      
    • The LookOut Direct HMI (human-machine-interface) program for the G0 SMS. This is the latest version. It contains modifications for backward angle running. The alarm pager is assumed to be alphanumeric. - September 21, 2006
      (PKZip Compressed Archive, 645 kb)
      
      
    • User defined graphics for the Lookout Direct HMI program smscntrl. - March 10, 2006
      (PKZip Compressed Archive, 87.8 kb)
      
      
    • More user defined graphics for the Lookout Direct HMI program (smscntrl). These are mostly graphics used by the "plumbing" page. - January 20, 2004
      (PKZip Compressed Archive, 22.4 kb)
      
      
  • An MS Excel spread-sheet and associated Visual Basic program for periodically downloading data from the EPICS archive for display by the G0 Lookout program smscntrl. - February 19, 2004
    (MS Excel Workbook, 218 kb)
    
    

  • Temperature Monitoring Application

    • An overview of the temperature monitor application -- August 11, 2003
      
      
    • Version 1.1 of the source code necessary to compile the Linux/PC-104 based temperature monitoring software. This is the release just prior to the beginning of 2003 running. - September 15, 2003
      (Gnu-zipped tar archive, 1.72 Mb)
      
      
    • The configuration file, TempService.ini, for the temperature monitoring application -- November 6, 2002
      (ASCII Text, 47.1 kb)
      
      
    • Modified version of a routine provided by Host Engineering to allow ethernet communications from the PC-104 system to the PLC when there is more than one Network Interface Controller (NIC). -- October 27, 2003
      (ASCII Text, 12.8 kb)
  
  

• Screen shots of various control system displays. Click on an image to view an enlargement. All images are also available from the G0 ftp site

  A typical display from the DirectSoft32 PLC ladder-logic programming environment showing an interlock chain and the logic for controlling the dump switch.	95 kb
  A display from the LookoutDirect HMI showing the power supply and dump switch control and various status signals.	108 kb
  A screen-shot of the "plumbing" page of the LookoutDirect HMI taken during the testing of the magnet (note LHe level). Coil G instrumentation was not operational at the time (thus it's faulty reading).	190 kb

• Descriptions, drawings, reports, etc. related to the SMS digital quench protection system

  • A schematic drawing of the digital quench protection as configured in March 2003 after rewiring of protection resistors. - S. Williamson, November 10, 2003
    (Autocad 2004 .dwg format, 54.3 kb)
    (Portable Document Format, 14.4 kb)
  
  

• Descriptions, drawings, reports, etc. related to the SMS analog quench protection system

  Pictures of sample analog quench protection modules as produced for Fermi Lab. The first is the "first-fault" detector which identifies which part of the quench detection system produced the quench trigger. The second is the isolation amplifier/window comparitor module which contains two iso-amp/comparitor channels. Click on an image to view an enlargement. All images are also available from the G0 ftp site

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  • CDF Solenoid Interlocks Component Failure Analysis - C. Drennan, December 6, 1999
    (Portable Document Format, 164 kb)
    
    
  • (DZERO) Solenoid Quench Protection System Single Device Failure Analysis (FNAL Engineering Note H971203B) - R. Hance, Revised January 21, 1998
    (Portable Document Format, 55.4 kb)
    
    
  • Dump Switch Controls (D-Zero) (an example of dump switch controls using AQP relay contacts) - W. Jaskierny, November 7, 2001
    (Portable Document Format, 22.3 kb)
    
    
  • G0 Magnet Voltage Taps (sheet 1 of 7) - W. Jaskierny, June 19, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 12.6 kb)
    
    
  • G0 Magnet Quench Detection (sheet 2 of 7) - W. Jaskierny, June 19, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 32.8 kb)
    
    
  • G0 Isolation Amplifier and Level Detector (1 channel) (sheet 3 of 7) - W. Jaskierny, June 19, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 49.4 kb)
    
    
  • G0 QD NIM Bin Power Supply (sheet 4 of 7) - W. Jaskierny, June 19, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 11.5 kb)
    
    
  • G0 Interlock and First Fault Detector (sheet 5 of 7) - W. Jaskierny, June 19, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 45.9 kb)
    
    
  • G0 Magnet Bridge Resistors (sheet 6 of 7) - W. Jaskierny, June 28, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 14.3 kb)
    
    
  • G0 Magnet Voltage Tap Safety Resistor Array (sheet 7 of 7) - W. Jaskierny, June 19, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 13.9 kb)
    
    
  • Cable Assignments, Control Dewar Area to NIM Bin (100-124) - W. Jaskierny, May 10, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 4.30 kb)
    
    
  • Cable Assignments, NIM Bin Wiring (200-224) - W. Jaskierny, June 28, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 7.96 kb)
    
    
  • Cable Assignments, NIM Bin Wiring (225-249) - W. Jaskierny, June 28, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 7.04 kb)
    
    
  • Isolation Amplifier Module Front Panel - W. Jaskierny, June 19, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 9.05 kb)
    
    
  • Interlock Module Front Panel - W. Jaskierny, June 19, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 10.8 kb)
    
    
  • NIM Bin Pin Assignments, Slot 1 - W. Jaskierny, June 28, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 7.46 kb)
    
    
  • NIM Bin Pin Assignments, Slot 2 - W. Jaskierny, May 23, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 7.46 kb)
    
    
  • NIM Bin Pin Assignments, Slot 3 - W. Jaskierny, May 23, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 7.46 kb)
    
    
  • NIM Bin Pin Assignments, Slot 4 - W. Jaskierny, May 9, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 7.46 kb)
    
    
  • NIM Bin Pin Assignments, Slot 5 - W. Jaskierny, June 28, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 7.46 kb)
    
    
  • NIM Bin Pin Assignments, Slot 6 - W. Jaskierny, May 9, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 7.46 kb)
    
    
  • NIM Bin Pin Assignments, Slot 12 - W. Jaskierny, May 9, 2002
    (Portable Document Format, 7.46 kb)
    
    
  • I/O Terminal Wiring Spreadsheet - W. Jaskierny, June 28, 2002
    (MS Excel, 31.2 kb)
    (Portable Document Format, 8.45 kb)
    
    
  • Isolation Amplifier Module Checkout Procedure (Rev. 29, May 1997) - W. Jaskierny, May 8, 1997
    (Gnu-zipped MS Word, 4.2 kb)
    (Portable Document Format, 12.3 kb)
  
  

• Drawings of the dump-switch control and charging circuit

  • G0 Fast Dump Switch Control Schematic - D. Morton, BWXT, November 10, 2000; Rev. A, S. Williamson, September 18, 2002
    (Drawing Web Format (dwf), 21.7 kb)
    (Autocad 2000 .dwg, 63.9 kb)
    (Autocad Rel. 12 .dxf, 143 kb)
    (Portable Document Format, 36.1 kb)
    
    
  • G0 Charging Circuit Schematic - D. Morton, BWXT, November 10, 2000
    (Drawing Web Format (dwf), 17.4 kb)
    (Autocad 2000 .dwg, 53.0 kb)
    (Autocad Rel. 12 .dxf, 55.0 kb)
    (Portable Document Format, 32.1 kb)
    
    
  • Charging Circuit Arrangement at Power Supply - D. Morton, BWXT, November 13, 2000
    (Drawing Web Format (dwf), 16.3 kb)
    (Autocad 2000 .dwg, 76.8 kb)
    (Autocad Rel. 12 .dxf, 115 kb)
    (Portable Document Format, 23.9 kb)