Are there any current plans for the APS to provide emergency power backup for the beamlines?
The current emergency generator system has the capacity to provide emergency power for the basic building systems and critical systems of the accelerators and front ends. At the present time, there are no plans and no budget to increase the capacity of the current system.3. What is the status on the badging system for the Users? The badging materials are again in stock, which were previously on back order. The Users Office will begin issuing badges on Monday, September 21. For further information, please contact the Users office on extension – 2-9090. 4. What is the status on the remote shutter control? The remote shutter control chassis are in fabrication. We will inform you of the installation schedule next week. 5. Early this year, you had presented a plan for a simplified interface to the ID control system. What is the current status of this interface? Before the interface could be implemented, the existing ID control software had to be streamlined and made more fail-safe. This has
