Designing an effective SALT building management system (BMS)

Paul Rabe, Keith R. Browne, Eben Wiid, Jonathan Love, Janus Brink, Hitesh Gajjar, J. Christiaan Coetzee, Martin Wilkinson

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Abstract

The SALT Building Management System (BMS) was designed to control sub-system cooling and environmental control in the telescope chamber as part of ensuring optimal science data quality. With over 400 inputs and output points for monitoring and control, this required an effective system when performing maintenance in the event of any failure or degradation of the system. The BMS lacked this effectiveness due to an unstructured design and a lack of documentation, causing time-consuming root cause analysis and excessive downtime. In this paper, we describe the research and development of an effective Building Management System.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGround-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII
EditorsHeather K. Marshall, Jason Spyromilio
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510619531
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
EventGround-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII 2018 - Austin, United States
Duration: 10 Jun 201815 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10700
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceGround-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin
Period10/06/1815/06/18

Keywords

  • conditioning
  • cooling
  • electronics
  • environment
  • glycol
  • optics
  • SALT
  • SDLC
  • ventilation
  • weather

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