LESSONS LEARNED AFTER IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HALF OF THE SNS DIAGNOSTICS PC-BASED INPUT OUTPUT CONTROLLERS (IOCS) (1)
James D. Purcell, Darryl J. Murphy · 2005
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) Project’s Diagnostics Group has completed its implementation of half of the PC-based Network Attached Devices (NAD) [2]. The latest deployment included new NAD installations and configuration upgrades to existing NADs. This deployment included modifications to the base XP Embedded (XPE) OS and the addition of software to support patching, virus/worm protection, and database interaction. After deployment, these devices were used to support commissioning activities for the SNS linac. This paper describes the deployment