Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7191-7
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2001.986479
