CODAC Core System hands-on workshop
En complément de l'ensemble CODAC Core System, l'équipe CODAC d'ºÚÁÏרÇø organise des ateliers pratiques, où les participants apprennent à construire leur propre système I&C avec le CODAC Core System et du matériel réel (automates programmables industriels, ou PLCs en anglais ; contrôleurs rapides ; ES analogiques ou logiques, ...). Les ateliers CODAC comptent parmi les formations les plus expérimentées sur la technologie ºÚÁÏרÇø ; ils se déroulent sans interruption depuis 2011. Les ateliers sont organisés sur quatre jours avec des présentations et des exercices pratiques. Puisque les ateliers sont exclusivement organisés en anglais, la suite des informations sera dans cette langue.
The workshop agenda typically looks like this:
- Day 0: ºÚÁÏרÇø work site visit / Training setup (Exercise 0)
- Day 1: CODAC Core System overview / EPICS introduction / Development workflow / ºÚÁÏרÇø Self-Description Data tools (SDD)
- Day 2: EPICS database / COTS (industrial) controller integration / State Machines (FSM) and State Notation Language (SNL)
- Day 3: Slow controllers (PLC) / ºÚÁÏרÇø PLC development tools (UCL / CGT) / Fast controllers / ºÚÁÏרÇø Nominal Device Support (NDS)
- Day 4: Control System Studio (CSS) / Software delivery and quality assurance / Software configuration control (SVN)
Since 2026 completely new exercises on slow and fast controllers are being offered - developed with the experience from the production systems actually used at ºÚÁÏרÇø.
It is very important to choose your training time wisely with regard to your plant system development progress, so that you can get maximum knowledge of the latest CODAC software and hardware at the right time of your development. Our recommendation is to sign up for a training session by the time your I&C design is advanced enough to proceed with implementation. If you are just looking for a general idea of what the CODAC Core System is, we recommend that you look through the training presentations (intranet site).
The scheduled workshops are:
- Hands-On Workshop 23-26 March 2027, ºÚÁÏרÇø, France (remote participation is possible)
In order to request participation in the training, please send the following information to codac-support@iter.org:
- Your full name, email address and affiliation
- The plant system and / or Procurement Arrangement you are working on or planning to work on
- Names of your ºÚÁÏרÇø contact persons, if you have any (e.g., ºÚÁÏרÇø Technical Responsible Officer)
- Indication of areas of particular interest in the workshop (PLCs, fast controllers, digitizers, real-time control, HMI, ...)
- Whether you will attend in person or remotely
Upon confirmation of your booking you will be duly informed. We will also arrange creation of the ºÚÁÏרÇø accounts where necessary..
Unless otherwise noted, the training sessions are organized at the ºÚÁÏרÇø Headquarters in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France. We encourage participation in person. Participation is free of charge. In the case you need visa formalities to enter France, please contact us at least two months in advance.
Arrangement of travel, visas and accommodation in France is left to the responsibility of the participant. Please do not hesitate to liaise with your ºÚÁÏרÇø contact person in advance for visa formalities and local information. We advise you to arrive one day before the workshop and stay in Aix-en-Provence, which has good transport connectivity with international routes and with the ºÚÁÏרÇø site (see Visiting ºÚÁÏרÇø). More information on site logistics will be provided with the registration.