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PVSS Service Training

The following courses are available and are part of the standard offering of the Technical Training Services. All applications should be made via the Technical Training Service web page with payment via EDH. Members of external institutes without EDH accounts or with no access to the online form should contact Margrit Burri.

Important Notes - to be read before applying for a course

  1. You can only give preferences in the EDH form. You CANNOT book the course for a specific date!
  2. Do not make travel plans before receiving an invitation for a specific session from the Technical Training service.
  3. Always wait for an invitation to a specific course date. Do not just show up. We cannot accept more than the invited number of participants.
  4. There is a small charge of 100 CHF for each course. If you can not attend the course to which you are invited, this fee can be refunded if you cancel your registration at least one week before the start of the course. If you give less than one week notice that you can not attend, this fee will not be refunded.
Joint PVSS and JCOP Framework Course
2012 Courses

From 2012 courses are organized once there are enough students inscribed.

Please, follow the link to the right of the table (Details and Online Request Form) to inscribe. You can also check there if currently there is any course scheduled.
4.5 day course

Read the Course Brochure

This course normally starts with a 0.5-day introduction to the front-end software and hardware used in the LHC experiments.

During the course itself you will visit the download page to get the exercise material.

Some parts of this course have been recorded. You can download the recordings for your own private viewing at any time.



You can make a request to attend this course if you are already a PVSS Authorized user (if not you can register here ).

Assuming you are authorized, you may request a place on a future course:
[Details and Online Request Form]

Please inform your experiment's controls coordinator and ICE Controls Support about your interest.

Please read the
PVSS Introduction for Newcomers
document before attending the course!

ETM also produce a PVSS Tutorial document.

You should expect to share a computer in the Training Room with another of the course participants.
Finite State Machines in the JCOP Framework    
2011 Courses

From 2012 courses are organized once there are enough students inscribed.

Please, follow the link to the right of the table (Details and Online Request Form) to inscribe. You can also check there if currently there is any course scheduled.
3 day course

This course introduces DCS developers to the usage of hierarchies and finite state machines in LHC experiments, based on the JCOP Framework.

This course is intended for the controls hierarchy experts and developers of the sub-detector controls systems.

A good practical knowledge of PVSS and the JCOP Framework as well as knowledge on detector operation is essential.

[Details and Online Request Form]

Please inform your experiment's controls coordinator and ICE Controls Support about your registration.
Advanced Course - Control System Integration using JCOP Tools    
No more Advanced Courses will be given   Online Course Materials can be obtained here.


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