Category: Technical Glossary

  • NXCALS

    NXCALS NXCALS is the new logging system based on Hadoop Big Data technologies using cluster computing power for the Data Analysis. It is the long term data archiving system for all our control/monitoring systems. Next CERN Accelerator Logging Service

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  • CALS

    CALS CERN Accelerator Logging Service

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  • CV

    CV Cooling and Ventilation

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  • YETS

    YETS Year End Technical Stop

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  • OSRM

    OSRM Operational Support Review Meeting

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  • CPC

    CPC UNICOS-CPC is a package from UNICOS to engineer industrial PLC based process control systems. The goal of UNICOS is to standardize the development of control applications at CERN by: Part of the UNICOS Framework Continuous Process Control

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  • UNICOS

    UNICOS CERN-made framework to develop industrial control applications. It deals with the two layers Supervision and Control. UNICOS proposes a method to design and develop the control application which will run in commercial off-the-shelf products (e.g. SCADA and PLCs). The framework employs terminology and models of the ISA-88 standard for batch control systems. One of

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  • NGAES

    NGAES Project to provide new Alarm and Event screens (lists of events and alerts) integrated in the JCOP Framework and to be used in WinCC OA applications the group is providing New Generation Alarm and Event Screens

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  • JCOP

    JCOP A project started in 2000 for the LHC to collaborate on control systems for the LHC experiments. Today, this project is more like a service providing WinCC OA Frameworks and dedicated applications and control systems for LHC electrical rack control, the DSS (see definition) and Gas (distribution) Control Systems for the experiments. ICS is

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  • FRAS

    FRAS Project in collaboration with the BE-GM and BE-CEM groups to provide an automatic alignment system for magnets in the HL-LHC. ICS is developing part of the FRAS system Full Remote Alignment System

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