Title :
Initial control of the H- ion source at the Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
Author :
Martinsen, G. ; Acharya, S. ; Allen, M. ; Faught, E. ; Low, K. ; Sage, J.
Author_Institution :
Superconducting Super Collider Lab., Dallas, TX, USA
Abstract :
The ion source produces a 30-mA beam of 35-KeV H/sup -/ ions for SSC accelerators. The beam is chopped at 10 Hz into pulses of 7 to 100 mu s. The ion source presents an opportunity to implement and exercise software tools and techniques which will be useful in future SSC control systems. TACL, a software package from the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, forms the core of the system. TACL controls several analog channels and monitors interlocks. The integrated system, including VXI and CAMAC acquisition modules attached to a network of heterogeneous computers, is described.<>
Keywords :
CAMAC; computerised control; ion sources; physical instrumentation control; physics computing; proton accelerators; storage rings; synchrotrons; CAMAC acquisition modules; Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility; H/sup -/; SSC accelerators; SSC control systems; Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory; TACL; VXI; analog channels; heterogeneous computers; integrated system; interlocks; ion source; software package; software tools; CAMAC; Computer displays; Control systems; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Ion accelerators; Ion sources; Particle beams; Software packages; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1991. Accelerator Science and Technology., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0135-8
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1991.164637
