ICALEPCS2017 - List of Authors (Biffiger, R.)

Paper	Title	Page
MOAPL04	SwissFEL Control System - Overview, Status, and Lessons Learned	19
	E. Zimoch, A.D. Alarcon, D. Anicic, A.G. Bertrand, R. Biffiger, K. Bitterli, M. Boccioli, H. Brands, P. Bucher, T. Celcer, P. Chevtsov, E.J. Divall, S.G. Ebner, M. Gasche, F. Haemmerli, C.E. Higgs, T. Humar, M. Janousch, G. Janser, G. Jud, B. Kalantari, R. Kapeller, R.A. Krempaská, D.J. Lauk, M.P. Laznovsky, H. Lutz, D. Maier-Manojlovic, F. Märki, V. Ovinnikov, T. Pal, W. Portmann, S.G. Rees, T. Zamofing, C. Zellweger, D. Zimoch PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
	The SwissFEL is a new free electron laser facility at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland. Commissioning started in 2016 and resulted in first lasing in December 2016 (albeit not on the design energy). In 2017, the commissioning continued and will result in the first pilot experiments at the end of the year. The close interaction of experiment and accelerator components as well as the pulsed electron beam required a well thought out integration of the control system including some new concepts and layouts. This paper presents the current status of the control system together with some lessons learned.
	Talk as video stream: https://youtu.be/oaGDyYYzKJ4
	Slides MOAPL04 [2.258 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2017-MOAPL04
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TUCPL04	SwissFEL Timing System: First Operational Experience	232
	B. Kalantari, R. Biffiger PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
	The SwissFEL timing system builds on MRF's event system products. Performance and functional requirements have pushed MRF timing components to its newest generation (300 series) providing active delay compensation, conditional sequence events, and topology identification among others. However, employing available hardware functionalities to implement complex and varying operational demands and provide them in the control system has its own challenges. After a brief introduction to the new MRF hardware this paper describes operational aspects of the SwissFEL timing and related control system applications. We describe a new technique for beam rate control and how this scheme is used for the machine protection system (MPS). We show how a well thought modular software-side design enables us to maintain various rep rates across the facility and allows us to implement complex triggering patterns with minimum development effort. We also discuss our timestamping method and its interface to the beam synchronous data acquisition system. Further we share our experience in timing network installation, monitoring and maintenance issues during commissioning phase of the facility.
	Talk as video stream: https://youtu.be/CWx8QBpSxXc
	Slides TUCPL04 [5.381 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2017-TUCPL04
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SwissFEL Control System - Overview, Status, and Lessons Learned

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E. Zimoch, A.D. Alarcon, D. Anicic, A.G. Bertrand, R. Biffiger, K. Bitterli, M. Boccioli, H. Brands, P. Bucher, T. Celcer, P. Chevtsov, E.J. Divall, S.G. Ebner, M. Gasche, F. Haemmerli, C.E. Higgs, T. Humar, M. Janousch, G. Janser, G. Jud, B. Kalantari, R. Kapeller, R.A. Krempaská, D.J. Lauk, M.P. Laznovsky, H. Lutz, D. Maier-Manojlovic, F. Märki, V. Ovinnikov, T. Pal, W. Portmann, S.G. Rees, T. Zamofing, C. Zellweger, D. Zimoch
PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

The SwissFEL is a new free electron laser facility at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland. Commissioning started in 2016 and resulted in first lasing in December 2016 (albeit not on the design energy). In 2017, the commissioning continued and will result in the first pilot experiments at the end of the year. The close interaction of experiment and accelerator components as well as the pulsed electron beam required a well thought out integration of the control system including some new concepts and layouts. This paper presents the current status of the control system together with some lessons learned.

Talk as video stream: https://youtu.be/oaGDyYYzKJ4

Slides MOAPL04 [2.258 MB]

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2017-MOAPL04

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reference for this paper using ※ BibTeX, ※ LaTeX, ※ Text/Word, ※ RIS, ※ EndNote (xml)

TUCPL04

SwissFEL Timing System: First Operational Experience

232

B. Kalantari, R. Biffiger
PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

The SwissFEL timing system builds on MRF's event system products. Performance and functional requirements have pushed MRF timing components to its newest generation (300 series) providing active delay compensation, conditional sequence events, and topology identification among others. However, employing available hardware functionalities to implement complex and varying operational demands and provide them in the control system has its own challenges. After a brief introduction to the new MRF hardware this paper describes operational aspects of the SwissFEL timing and related control system applications. We describe a new technique for beam rate control and how this scheme is used for the machine protection system (MPS). We show how a well thought modular software-side design enables us to maintain various rep rates across the facility and allows us to implement complex triggering patterns with minimum development effort. We also discuss our timestamping method and its interface to the beam synchronous data acquisition system. Further we share our experience in timing network installation, monitoring and maintenance issues during commissioning phase of the facility.

Talk as video stream: https://youtu.be/CWx8QBpSxXc

Slides TUCPL04 [5.381 MB]

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2017-TUCPL04

Export •

reference for this paper using ※ BibTeX, ※ LaTeX, ※ Text/Word, ※ RIS, ※ EndNote (xml)