ESD Timing Workshop Presentations

September 16/17, 2003

September 16 – Green Room (Room R319, Building 40 [Central Lab])

9:00 – Opening and convocation

            Ron Chestnut – introductions; Rusty Humphrey – general charge

            List of invitees

9:15 – Mike Stanek – SLAC Operations

            Overview of the present SLAC timing system

9:45 – Patrick Krejcik  – SLAC LCLS

Timing Functional Requirements of the LCLS

10:45 – Break

11:15 – Joe Frisch – SLAC NLC R&D Program

 Results of the NLC Timing System Proof of Principle

Lunch

1:00 – Timo Korhonen – SLS, Diamond

Swiss Light Source Timing System

1:30 – Eric Bjorklund – LANL

SNS Timing System; LANSCE upgrade plans

2:15 – Break

2:45 – Eric Siskind – NYCB, Inc.

            Integrating Timing with Real-Time Data Acquisition

3:15 – Discussions and/or other informal presentations

            Mike Browne et al. - New timing distribution in SLC

3:30 – Dynamic decisions on how best to continue

Proceed tomorrow with plenary discussions of:

            LCLS requirements based on current SLC system – Ron Akre

            Hybrid SLC/SLS-EPICs timing solutions - All

            Blue sky future perfect system – Joe Frisch/Eric Siskind

Later – Meeting Dinner (not hosted!)

September 17 – Redwood C&D Conference Room (first floor of building 48 [Research Office Building]

9:00 – Ron Akre – LCLS requirements based on current SLC system

            Notes and discussion

            Tony Gromme’s notes on SLC software-based timing capabilities

10:30 – Break

10:45 – Hybrid discussion

            Bob Dalesio’s notes on discussion

            Ken Underwood’s thoughts

12:00 – Lunch

1:30 – Presentation of block diagram of proposed hybrid

1:45 – Blue Sky

3:00 – Break

3:30 – Summary / Conclusions

           Rusty's Workshop Summary