Category: Technical Glossary
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TC
TC ICS group committee where technical subjects are presented for discussion and decisions by the group members. Regular group committee, taking place every 2 weeks Technical Committee
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CTTB
CTTB ATS Common Hardware & Software Technologies Technical Board (CTTB) As one of the three Controls groups in the department ICS is a key player in the CTTB. Common Hardware & Software Technologies Technical Board
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PAS
PAS In the ICS group, a catalogue of all ongoing Projects, existing Services and Activities in the group Project catalogue Activity catalogue Service catalogue. Where the group spends its resources Project Activity Service
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DSS
DSS The DSS is responsible for safeguarding the experimental equipment. As such, it acts to prevent damage to the experimental equipment when a serious fault situation (e.g. too high temperature, water leak in a counting room) is detected, inside or outside of the detector. ICS is responsible for development and maintenance of the DSS application
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SCADA
SCADA SCADA systems are used to monitor and control physical processes involved in industry and infrastructure on a large scale and over long distances. See WinCC OA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
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PLC
PLC An industrial computer used for control and regulation of processes and to gather status information and error or fault conditions to be reported to for example a Control Room operator or a specialist. ICS has supply contracts on CERN level with Siemens and Schneider for PLC equipment. We also use PLCs internally for different
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WinCC OA
WinCC OA SIMATIC WinCC Open Architecture (OA) is a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and human-machine interface (HMI) system from Siemens. SCADA systems are used to monitor and control physical processes involved in industry and infrastructure on a large scale and over long distances. BE-ICS provides central support and expertise for this technology, either