| Title |
LANSCE Control System Upgrade Status and Challenges |
| Authors |
- M. Pieck, D. Baros, E. Björklund, J.A. Faucett, J.G. Gioia, J.O. Hill, P.S. Marroquin, J.D. Paul, J.D. Sedillo, F.E. Shelley, H.A. Watkins
LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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| Abstract |
The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) linear accelerator drives five user facilities: Isotope Production, Proton Radiography, Ultra-Cold Neutrons, Weapons Neutron Research, and Neutron Scattering. In 2011, we started an ambitious project to refurbish key elements of the LANSCE accelerator that have become obsolete or were near end-of-life. The control system went through an upgrade process that affected different areas of LANSCE. Many improvements have been made but funding challenges and LANSCE operational commitments have delayed project deliverables. In this paper, we will discuss our upgrade choices, what we have accomplished so far, what we have learned about upgrading the existing control system and what challenges we still face.
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| Funding |
Work supported by Los Alamos National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract W-7405-ENG-36. LA-UR-15-27880 |
| Paper |
download MOPGF161.PDF [0.819 MB / 4 pages] |
| Poster |
download MOPGF161_POSTER.PDF [1.131 MB] |
| Conference |
ICALEPCS2015, Melbourne, Australia |
| Series |
International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (15th) |
| Proceedings |
Link to full ICALEPCS2015 Proccedings |
| Session |
Poster session |
| Date |
19-Oct-15 17:30–18:30 |
| Main Classification |
Project Status Reports |
| Keywords |
controls, data-acquisition, hardware, EPICS, timing |
| Publisher |
JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editors |
Lou Corvetti (AS, Clayton, Australia); Kathleen Riches (SLSA, Clayton, Australia); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) |
| ISBN |
978-3-95450-148-9 |
| Published |
December 2015 |
| Copyright |
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