TY - CONF AU - Antoniazzi, L. AU - Conte, A. AU - Roncolato, C.R. AU - Savarese, G. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Götz, Andy ED - Venter, Johan ED - White, Karen ED - Robichon, Marie ED - Rowland, Vivienne TI - Status of Vacuum Control System Upgrade of ALPI Accelerator J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2023, Cape Town, South Africa, 09-13 October 2023 CY - Cape Town, South Africa T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems T3 - 19 LA - english AB - The vacuum system of ALPI (Acceleratore Lineare Per Ioni) accelerator at LNL (Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro), including around 40 pumping groups, was installed in the 90s. The control and supervision systems, composed by about 14 control racks, were developed in the same period by an external company, which produced custom solutions for the HW and SW parts. Control devices are based on custom PLCs, while the supervision system is developed in C and C#. The communication network is composed of multiple levels from serial standard to Ethernet passing true different devices to collect the data. The obsolescence of the hardware, the rigid system infrastructure, the deficit of spares parts and the lack of external support, impose a complete renovation of the vacuum system and relative controls. In 2022 the legacy high level control system part was substituted with a new one developed in EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System) and CSS (Control System Studio). After that, we started the renovation of the HW part with the installation and integration of two new flexible and configurable low level control system racks running on a Siemens PLC and exploiting serial server to control the renewed pumping groups and pressure gauges. The plan for the next years is to replace the legacy hardware with new one retrieving spare parts, provide service continuity, improve PLC software and extend the EPICS control system with new features. This paper describes the adopted strategy and the upgrade status. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 595 EP - 598 KW - controls KW - vacuum KW - PLC KW - EPICS KW - interface DA - 2024/02 PY - 2024 SN - 2226-0358 SN - 978-3-95450-238-7 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-TUPDP038 UR - https://jacow.org/icalepcs2023/papers/tupdp038.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Pranovi, L. AU - Montis, M. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Götz, Andy ED - Venter, Johan ED - White, Karen ED - Robichon, Marie ED - Rowland, Vivienne TI - Integrating EPICS Control System in VR Environment: Proof of Concept J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2023, Cape Town, South Africa, 09-13 October 2023 CY - Cape Town, South Africa T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems T3 - 19 LA - english AB - Preliminary activities were performed to verify the feasibility of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies applied to nuclear physics laboratories, using them for different purposes: scientific dissemination events, data collection, training, and machine maintenance. In particular, this last field has been fascinating since it lets developers discover the possibility of redesigning the concept of the Human-Machine Interface. Based on the experience, it has been natural to try to provide to the final user (such as system operators and maintainers) with all the set of information describing the machine and control system parameters. For this reason, we tried to integrate the accelerator’s control system environment and VR/AR application. In this contribution, the integration of an EPICS-based control system and VR environment will be described. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 599 EP - 601 KW - controls KW - EPICS KW - interface KW - cyclotron KW - framework DA - 2024/02 PY - 2024 SN - 2226-0358 SN - 978-3-95450-238-7 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-TUPDP039 UR - https://jacow.org/icalepcs2023/papers/tupdp039.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Trachanas, E. AU - Baltador, C. AU - Bellan, L. AU - Fedel, G.S. AU - Gaget, A. AU - Grespan, F. AU - Haghtalab, S. AU - Jones, B. AU - Piquet, O. AU - Zeng, R.H. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Götz, Andy ED - Venter, Johan ED - White, Karen ED - Robichon, Marie ED - Rowland, Vivienne TI - Automated Procedure for Conditioning of Normal Conducting Accelerator Cavities J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2023, Cape Town, South Africa, 09-13 October 2023 CY - Cape Town, South Africa T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems T3 - 19 LA - english AB - Radio frequency (RF) conditioning is an essential stage during the preparation of particle accelerator cavities for operation. During this process the cavity field is gradually increased to the nominal parameters enabling the outgassing of the cavity and the elimination of surface defects through electrical arcing. However, this process can be time-consuming and labor-intensive, requiring skilled operators to carefully adjust the RF parameters. This proceeding presents the software tools for the development of an automatized EPICS control application with the aim to accelerate and introduce flexibility to the conditioning process. The results from the conditioning process of the ESS Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) and the parallel conditioning of Drift-Tube Linac (DTL) tanks will be presented demonstrating the potential to save considerable time and resources in future RF conditioning campaigns. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 699 EP - 703 KW - cavity KW - controls KW - DTL KW - linac KW - vacuum DA - 2024/02 PY - 2024 SN - 2226-0358 SN - 978-3-95450-238-7 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-TUPDP080 UR - https://jacow.org/icalepcs2023/papers/tupdp080.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Montis, M. AU - Bellan, L. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Götz, Andy ED - Venter, Johan ED - White, Karen ED - Robichon, Marie ED - Rowland, Vivienne TI - Particle Swarm Optimization Techniques for Automatic Beam Transport at the Lnl Superconducting Linac Accelerators J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2023, Cape Town, South Africa, 09-13 October 2023 CY - Cape Town, South Africa T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems T3 - 19 LA - english AB - The superconductive quarter wave cavities hadron Lin-ac ALPI is the final acceleration stage at the Legnaro National Laboratories and it is going to be used as re-acceleration line of the radioactive ion beams for the SPES (Selective Production of Exotic Species) project. The Linac was designed in ’90s with the available techniques and it was one of the peak technologies of this kind in Europe at those times, controls included. In the last decade, controls related to all the functional systems composing the accelerator have been ungraded to an EPICS-based solution. This upgrade has given us the opportunity to design and test new possible solutions for automatic beam transport. The work described in this paper is based on the experience and results (in terms of time, costs, and manpower) obtained using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) techniques for beam transport optimization applied to the ALPI accelerator. Due to the flexibility and robustness of this method, this tool will be extended to other parts of the facility. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 1370 EP - 1373 KW - EPICS KW - controls KW - cavity KW - beam-transport KW - linac DA - 2024/02 PY - 2024 SN - 2226-0358 SN - 978-3-95450-238-7 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-THPDP028 UR - https://jacow.org/icalepcs2023/papers/thpdp028.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Montis, M. AU - Gelain, F. AU - Giacchini, M.G. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Götz, Andy ED - Venter, Johan ED - White, Karen ED - Robichon, Marie ED - Rowland, Vivienne TI - Alpi-Piave Beam Transport Control System Upgrade at Legnaro National Laboratories J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2023, Cape Town, South Africa, 09-13 October 2023 CY - Cape Town, South Africa T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems T3 - 19 LA - english AB - During the last decade, the control system employed for ALPI and PIAVE Accelerators was upgraded to the new EPICS-based framework as part of the new standards adopted in the SPES project in construction in Legnaro. The actual control for beam transport was fully completed in 2015 and it has been in production since that year. Due to the power supply upgrade and to optimize costs and maintenance time, the original controllers based on in-dustrial PCs were substituted with dedicated serial-over-ethernet devices and Virtual Machines (VMs). In this work we will describe the solution designed and imple-mented for ALPI-PIAVE accelerators. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 1374 EP - 1376 KW - controls KW - EPICS KW - power-supply KW - beam-transport KW - Ethernet DA - 2024/02 PY - 2024 SN - 2226-0358 SN - 978-3-95450-238-7 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-THPDP029 UR - https://jacow.org/icalepcs2023/papers/thpdp029.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Montis, M. AU - Antoniazzi, L. AU - Baldo, A. AU - Giacchini, M.G. AU - Rizzo, A. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Götz, Andy ED - Venter, Johan ED - White, Karen ED - Robichon, Marie ED - Rowland, Vivienne TI - ESS Drift Tube Linac Control System Commissioning: Results and Lessons Learned J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2023, Cape Town, South Africa, 09-13 October 2023 CY - Cape Town, South Africa T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems T3 - 19 LA - english AB - European Spallation Source (ESS) will be a neutron source using proton beam Linac of expected 5MW beam power. Designed and implemented by INFN-LNL, the Drift Tube Linac (DTL) control system is based on EPICS framework as indicated by the Project Requirements. This document aims to describe the results of the first part of the control system commissioning stage in 2022, where INFN and ESS teams were involved in the final tests on site. This phase was the first step toward a complete de-ployment of the control system, where the installation was composed by three sequential stages, according to the apparatus commissioning schedule. In this scenario, the firsts Site Acceptance Test (SAT) and Site Integrated Test (SIT) were crucial, and their results were the mile-stones for the other stages: the lessons learned can be important to speed up the future integration, calibration, and tuning of such a complex control system. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 1377 EP - 1380 KW - controls KW - DTL KW - EPICS KW - hardware KW - site DA - 2024/02 PY - 2024 SN - 2226-0358 SN - 978-3-95450-238-7 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-THPDP030 UR - https://jacow.org/icalepcs2023/papers/thpdp030.pdf ER - TY - CONF AU - Duckitt, W. AU - Abraham, J.K. AU - Marcato, D. AU - Savarese, G. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Götz, Andy ED - Venter, Johan ED - White, Karen ED - Robichon, Marie ED - Rowland, Vivienne TI - React Automation Studio: Modern Scientific Control with the Web J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2023, Cape Town, South Africa, 09-13 October 2023 CY - Cape Town, South Africa T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems T3 - 19 LA - english AB - React Automation Studio is a progressive web application framework that enables the control of large scientific equipment through EPICS from any smart device connected to a network. With built-in advanced features such as reusable widgets and components, macro substitution, OAuth 2.0 authentication, access rights administration, alarm-handing with notifications, diagnostic probes and archived data viewing, it allows one to build modern, secure and fully responsive control user interfaces and overview screens for the desktop, web browser, TV, mobile and tablet devices. A general overview of React Automation Studio and its features as well as the system architecture, implementation, community involvement and future plans for the system is presented. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 1643 EP - 1649 KW - EPICS KW - controls KW - interface KW - GUI KW - framework DA - 2024/02 PY - 2024 SN - 2226-0358 SN - 978-3-95450-238-7 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-FR2BCO01 UR - https://jacow.org/icalepcs2023/papers/fr2bco01.pdf ER -