MCAG code camp 2022

4 Jul 2022, 08:45 → 6 Jul 2022, 17:00 Europe/Stockholm

ESS B01

TwinCAT collaboration code camp 2022 between ESS, ISIS and JCNS.

Monday, 4 July

08:45 → 09:00 Check-in at F04

Get badges and register at the reception at F04 gate

Speaker: Federico Rojas (European Spallation Source ERIC)

09:00 → 09:50 Welcome and Collaboration Updates

Welcome
Agenda of Code Camp 2022
Overview about the collaboration
Current status of the software
Current supported features
Future features
Envisioned changes

Speaker: Federico Rojas (European Spallation Source ERIC)

09:50 → 10:10 FIKA

10:10 → 12:00 Beckhoff update

Agenda
• TwinCAT/BSD. Released version and upcoming updates.
• TwinCAT HMI and the new EtherCAT diagnostics feature. With live demo.
• New ELM-terminals. Metal chassis servo drive terminals. Extended safety built in.
• Drive Manager 2 can now be used for EL and AX5000
• Sensorless Motion (only AM80xx)
• Cogging Compensation
• Collision Detection (only AX)
• MC_TorqueControl. New PLC-block for simpler handling. (only AX).

12:00 → 13:00 LUNCH

13:00 → 14:45 ESS lab tours

Tour the motion labs and other ESS locations

Speaker: Federico Rojas (European Spallation Source ERIC)

14:45 → 15:15 FIKA

15:15 → 16:30 Update on EPICS comms

Update on ESS and ISIS communication strategy between TwinCAT and EPICS.

16:30 → 17:00 Closing Day-1

Closure of day 1
Information about next days
AOB

Tuesday, 5 July

08:45 → 09:00 Check-in at F04

Meet at the F04 gate

Speaker: Federico Rojas (European Spallation Source ERIC)

09:00 → 09:15 Agenda of the day

Conclusions of previous day
Agenda of the day

Speaker: Federico Rojas (European Spallation Source ERIC)

09:15 → 10:00 SAT and commissioning tools

ISIS commissioning and testing tools (C#)
ESS FAT/SAT tools (python)

10:00 → 10:20 FIKA

10:20 → 12:00 MBP-198 Improve code execution

Defining requirements
Defining procedures and methods

12:00 → 13:00 LUNCH

13:00 → 14:00 MBP-198 tasks allocations and final discussion

Defining action items
create sub-tickets
allocate the tickets

14:00 → 15:00 Other tickets

The poweron/AmplifierOn handling.
Prioritize and clean tickets
allocate tickets

15:00 → 15:30 FIKA

15:30 → 16:30 MBP-161 Clean up FB_axis

Once MBP-198 is defined:
Define the new format for FB-Axis
Action items
Ticket allocation

16:30 → 17:00 Closing Day-2

Discuss the day
Discuss the last day actions and agenda

Wednesday, 6 July

08:45 → 09:00 Check-in at F04

Speaker: Federico Rojas (European Spallation Source ERIC)

09:00 → 09:15 Agenda of the day

Discuss the agenda of the day
discuss unfinished items of previous days

09:15 → 10:00 Done movement status

Define Status methods and other needed methods
Define info in ST description

10:00 → 10:30 FIKA

10:30 → 12:00 Application specific code with new approach

How and where to program the specific application code

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 15:00 New default features

Add external set point
Add type of movement case

15:00 → 15:30 FIKA

15:30 → 16:15 Conclusions and how to move forward

Review new tickets
Prioritize and allocate tickets
Define the next steps

16:15 → 17:00 Closure of code camp 2022