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TY - CONF AU - Cox, G. AU - Clarke, R.F. AU - Hancock, M.D. AU - Heath, P.W. AU - Kinder, S. AU - Knowles, N. AU - Martlew, B.G. AU - Oates, A. AU - Owens, P.H. AU - Smith, W. AU - Wilson, J.T.G. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Costa, Isidre ED - Fernández, David ED - Matilla, Ãscar TI - Status of the CLARA Control System J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2017, Barcelona, Spain, 8-13 October 2017 C1 - Barcelona, Spain T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Control Systems T3 - 16 LA - english AB - STFC Daresbury Laboratory has recently commissioned Phase 1 of CLARA (Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications) [1], a novel FEL (Free Electron Laser) test facility focussed on the generation of ultra-short photon pulses of coherent light with high levels of stability and synchronisation. The main motivation for CLARA is to test new FEL schemes that can later be implemented on existing and future short wavelength FELs. Particular focus will be on ultra-short pulse generation, pulse stability, and synchronisation with external sources. Knowledge gained from the development and operation of CLARA will inform the aims and design of a future UK-XFEL. The control system for CLARA is a distributed control system based upon the EPICS software framework. The control system builds on experience gained from previous EPICS based facilities at Daresbury including ALICE (formerly ERLP) [2] and VELA [3]. This paper presents the current status of the CLARA control system and discusses the systems deployed for Phase 1 and future plans for later phases. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 1517 EP - 1521 KW - ion KW - controls KW - EPICS KW - FEL KW - timing DA - 2018/01 PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-95450-193-9 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2017-THPHA063 UR - http://jacow.org/icalepcs2017/papers/thpha063.pdf ER -