Comparison between an in-house vs. a commercial control system for beam line control

Author

Pieck, Martin ; Kasemir, Kay-Uwe

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

800

Abstract

Two independent magnet and vacuum control systems were implemented in the Low-Energy Demonstration Accelerator (LEDA) facility. The first one, for the High-Energy Beam Transport (HEBT) in context of the Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) project, used the in-house Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS). The second one, for the high-power proton beam-halo experiment (HALO-Channel) as an extension to the existing accelerator, is based on commercial products (National Instruments, LabVIEW). This paper will evaluate our experience during implementation, operation, and maintenance of these systems. It will include a discussion of various problems encountered and solutions implemented

Keywords

accelerator control systems; accelerator magnets; beam handling equipment; electromagnets; linear accelerators; particle beam dynamics; proton accelerators; proton beams; vacuum apparatus; APT; Accelerator Production of Tritium; EPICS; HALO-Channel; HEBT; LEDA; LaWIEW; Low-Energy Demonstration Accelerator facility; National Instruments; T; beamline control; commercial control system; high energy beam transport; high-power proton beam-halo experiment; implementation; in-house control system; linear accelerator design; magnet control systems; maintenance; operation; vacuum control systems; Communication system control; Computer architecture; Control systems; Ethernet networks; Hardware; Instruments; Laboratories; Particle beams; Physics; Proton accelerators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.986479

Filename

986479