ICALEPCS2021 - Classification: Project Status Reports

Paper	Title	Page
MOAL01	Maturity of the MAX IV Laboratory in Operation and Phase II Development	1
	V. Hardion, P.J. Bell, M. Eguiraun, T. Eriksson, Á. Freitas, J.M. Klingberg, M. Lindberg, Z. Matej, S. Padmanabhan, A. Salnikov, P. Sjöblom, D.P. Spruce MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
	MAX~IV Laboratory, the first 4th generation synchrotron located in the south of Sweden, entered operation in 2017 with the first three experimental stations. In the past two years the project organisation has been focused on phase II of the MAX IV Laboratory development, aiming to raise the number of beamlines in operation to 16. The KITS group, responsible for the control and computing systems of the entire laboratory, was a major actor in the realisation of this phase as well as in the continuous up-keep of the user operation. The challenge consisted principally of establishing a clear project management plan for the support groups, including KITS, to handle this high load in an efficient and focused way, meanwhile gaining the experience of operating a 4th generation light source. The momentum gained was impacted by the last extensive shutdown due to the pandemic and shifted toward the remote user experiment, taking advantage of web technologies. This article focuses on how KITS has handled this growing phase in term of technology and organisation, to finally describe the new perspective for the MAX IV Laboratory, which will face a bright future.
	Slides MOAL01 [79.837 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2021-MOAL01
About •	Received ※ 10 October 2021 Revised ※ 22 November 2021 Accepted ※ 13 December 2021 Issue date ※ 22 December 2021
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MOAL02	Status of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Integrated Computer Control and Information Systems	9
	M. Fedorov, A.I. Barnes, L. Beaulac, G.K. Brunton, A.D. Casey, J.R. Castro Morales, J. Dixon, C.M. Estes, M.S. Flegel, V.K. Gopalan, S. Heerey, R. Lacuata, V.J. Miller Kamm, M. Paul, B.M. Van Wonterghem, S. Weaver LLNL, Livermore, California, USA
	Funding: This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344 The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is the world’s most energetic laser system used for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and High Energy Density Physics (HEDP) experimentation. Each laser shot delivers up to 1.9 MJ of ultraviolet light, driving target temperatures to in excess of 180 million K and pressures 100 billion times atmospheric ’ making possible direct study of conditions mimicking interiors of stars and planets, as well as our primary scientific applications: stockpile stewardship and fusion power. NIF control and diagnostic systems allow physicists to precisely manipulate, measure and image this extremely dense and hot matter. A major focus in the past two years has been adding comprehensive new diagnostic instruments to evaluate increasing energy and power of the laser drive. When COVID-19 struck, the controls team leveraged remote access technology to provide efficient operational support without stress of on-site presence. NIF continued to mitigate inevitable technology obsolescence after 20 years since construction. In this talk, we will discuss successes and challenges, including NIF progress towards ignition, achieving record neutron yields in early 2021. LLNL-ABS-821973
	Slides MOAL02 [5.014 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2021-MOAL02
About •	Received ※ 10 October 2021 Accepted ※ 30 November 2021 Issue date ※ 24 February 2022
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MOAL03	From SKA to SKAO: Early Progress in the SKAO Construction	14
	J. Santander-Vela, M. Bartolini, M. Miccolis, N.P. Rees SKAO, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
	The Square Kilometre Array telescopes have recently started their construction phase, after years of pre-construction effort. The new SKA Observatory (SKAO) intergovernmental organisation has been created, and the start of construction (T0) has already happened. In this talk, we summarise the construction progress in our facility, and the role that agile software development and open-source collaboration, and in particular the development of our TANGO-based control system, is playing.
	Slides MOAL03 [17.847 MB]
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About •	Received ※ 15 October 2021 Accepted ※ 04 November 2021 Issue date ※ 11 February 2022
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MOPV001	Status of the SARAF-Phase2 Control System	93
	F. Gougnaud, P. Bargueden, G. Desmarchelier, A. Gaget, P. Guiho, A. Lotode, Y. Mariette, V. Nadot, N. Solenne CEA-DRF-IRFU, France D. Darde, G. Ferrand, F. Gohier, T.J. Joannem, G. Monnereau, V. Silva CEA-IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France H. Isakov, A. Perry, E. Reinfeld, I. Shmuely, Y. Solomon, N. Tamim Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel T. Zchut CEA LIST, Palaiseau, France
	SNRC and CEA collaborate to the upgrade of the SARAF accelerator to 5 mA CW 40 Mev deuteron and proton beams and also closely to the control system. CEA is in charge of the Control System (including cabinets) design and implementation for the Injector (upgrade), MEBT and Super Conducting Linac made up of 4 cryomodules hosting HWR cavities and solenoid packages. This paper gives a detailed presentation of the control system architecture from hardware and EPICS software points of view. The hardware standardization relies on MTCA.4 that is used for LLRF, BPM, BLM and FC controls and on Siemens PLC 1500 series for vacuum, cryogenics and interlock. CEA IRFU EPICS Environment (IEE) platform is used for the whole accelerator. IEE is based on virtual machines and our MTCA.4 solutions and enables us to have homogenous EPICS modules. It also provides a development and production workflow. SNRC has integrated IEE into a new IT network based on advanced technology. The commissioning is planned to start late summer 2021.
	Poster MOPV001 [1.787 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2021-MOPV001
About •	Received ※ 09 October 2021 Revised ※ 20 October 2021 Accepted ※ 03 November 2021 Issue date ※ 11 March 2022
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MOPV002	CENBG Control System and Specific Instrumentation Developments for SPIRAL2-DESIR Setups	98
	L. Daudin, P. Alfaurt, A. Balana, M. Corne, M. Flayol, A.A. Husson, B. Lachacinski CENBG, Gradignan, France
	The DESIR facility will be in few years the SPIRAL2 experimental hall at GANIL dedicated to the study of nuclear structure, astrophysics and weak interaction at low energy. Exotic ions produced by the new S3 facility and SPIRAL1 complex will be transferred to high precision experiments in the DESIR building. To guaranty high purity beams to perform high precision measurements on specific nuclei, three main devices are currently being developed at CENBG: a High Resolution Separator (HRS), a General Purpose Ion Buncher (GPIB) and a double Penning Trap named ’PIPERADE’. The Control System (CS) developments we made at CENBG are already used to commission these devices. We present here beamline equipment CS solutions and the global architecture of this SPIRAL2 EPICS based CS.To answer specific needs, instrumental solutions have been developed like PPG used to optimize bunch timing and also used as traps conductor. Recent development using the cost efficient Redpitaya board with an embedded EPICS server will be described. This device used to drive a FCup amplifier and is also used for particle counting and time of flight measurements using our FPGA implementation called ’RedPiTOF’.
	Poster MOPV002 [2.483 MB]
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About •	Received ※ 08 October 2021 Revised ※ 15 October 2021 Accepted ※ 03 November 2021 Issue date ※ 19 November 2021
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MOPV003	Laser Megajoule Facility Operating Software Overview	104
	J-P. Airiau, V. Denis, H. Durandeau, P. Fourtillan, N. Loustalet, P. Torrent CEA, LE BARP cedex, France
	The Laser MegaJoule (LMJ), the French 176-beam laser facility, is located at the CEA CESTA Laboratory near Bordeaux (France). It is designed to deliver about 1.4 MJ of energy on targets, for high energy density physics experiments, including fusion experiments. The first bundle of 8-beams was commissioned in October 2014. By the end of 2021, ten bundles of 8-beams are expected to be fully operational. Operating software tools are used to automate, secure and optimize the operations on the LMJ facility. They contribute to the smooth running of the experiment process (from the setup to the results). They are integrated in the maintenance process (from the supply chain to the asset management). They are linked together in order to exchange data and they interact with the control command system. This talk gives an overview of the existing operating software and the lessons learned. It finally explains the incoming works to automate the lifecycle management of elements included in the final optic assembly (replacement, repair, etc.).
	Poster MOPV003 [0.656 MB]
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About •	Received ※ 08 October 2021 Revised ※ 22 October 2021 Accepted ※ 03 November 2021 Issue date ※ 13 February 2022
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MOPV005	Towards a New Control System for PETRA IV	108
	R. Bacher, T. Delfs, D. Mathes, T. Tempel, T. Wilksen DESY, Hamburg, Germany
	At DESY, an upgrade of the PETRA III synchrotron light source towards a fourth-generation, low emittance machine PETRA IV is currently being actively pursued. The basic concept of the control system of PETRAIV is to exploit synergies between all accelerator facilities operated by DESY. The key figures of PETRAIV’s new accelerator control system include the DOOCS control system framework, high-end MTCA.4 technology compliant hardware interfaces for triggered, high-performance applications and hardware interfaces for conventional slow-control applications compliant with industrial process control standards such as OPC UA, and enhanced data acquisition and data storage capabilities. In addition, the suitability of standards for graphical user interfaces based on novel Web application technologies will be investigated. Finally, there is a general focus on improving quality management and quality assurance measures, including proper configuration management, requirements management, bug tracking, software development, and software lifetime management. The paper will report on the current state of development.
	Poster MOPV005 [0.189 MB]
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About •	Received ※ 01 October 2021 Accepted ※ 03 November 2021 Issue date ※ 10 March 2022
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MOPV006	The New Small Wheel Low Voltage Power Supply DCS for the ATLAS Experiment	111
	C. Paraskevopoulos NTUA, Athens, Greece
	The present ATLAS Small Wheel detector will be replaced with the New Small Wheel(NSW) which is expected to be installed in the ATLAS underground cavern by the end of the LS2. Due to its complexity and long-term operation, NSW requires the development of a sophisticated Detector Control System. The use of such a system is necessary to allow the detector to function consistently as a seamless interface to all sub-detectors and the technical infrastructure of the experiment. The central system handles the transition between the possible operating states while ensuring monitoring and archiving of the system’s parameters. The part that will be described is the modular system of Low Voltage. The new LV Intermediate Control Station will be used to power all the boards of the NSW and through them providing readout and trigger data while functioning safely. Among its core features are remote control, split of radiation sensitive parts from parts that can be housed in a hostile area and compatibility with operation under radiation and magnetic field as in the ATLAS cavern.
	Poster MOPV006 [4.251 MB]
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About •	Received ※ 10 October 2021 Revised ※ 18 October 2021 Accepted ※ 21 December 2021 Issue date ※ 24 December 2021
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MOPV007	Progress of The HIAF Control System
	W. Zhang IMP/CAS, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China
	High Intensity Heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) is one of the 16 projects of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-2030). It is a next-generation heavy ion scientific research device with international leading level and wide range of subject uses. The task of the control system is to complete the task of overall control, including the overall structure of the control system, the standard of the control system interface, the time system, the database system, the network system. At present, the overall task and subsystem control scheme design and verification have been basically completed. The standard of unified control system software interface under EPICS frame is established and the middle-layer software development platform based on Python+C+C++ is developed, which facilitates the development of hardware layer and application layer personnel. Hardware selection and functional testing have also been completed. By the end of this year, we will have completed the time system prototype, next year began to purchase hardware equipment, 2022-2024 on-site equipment installation and commissioning.
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MOPV008	Development of Computer Centralized Control System for Large- Scale Equipment
	Ms. Yao, Z. Ni, X. Zhou CAEP, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
	The Computer centralized control system is the command center of SG-III large-scale equipment. It controls and integrates the major systems of the equipment, forms a centralized and complete operation control and management platform, completes the control, monitoring, experimental analysis and other functions of the equipment, and analyzes the operation and maintenance status of the equipment data. The Computer centralized control system is mainly composed of computer centralized control platform , control software, synchronization system and each specific function control subsystems. This paper analyzes the design of computer centralized control platform. Prepare to discuss the control structure, hardware/software hierarchy, controlling business processes, integration process, and software design, data management, etc.
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MOPV009	The HV DCS System for the New Small Wheel Upgrade of the ATLAS Experiment	115
	E. Karentzos CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The ATLAS muon spectrometer will exceed its design capabilities in the high background radiation as expected during the upcoming runs and at HL-LHC. In order to cope with the foreseen limitations, it was decided to replace the SW with a New SW (NSW) system, by combining two prototype detectors, the sTGC & and resistive Micromegas. Both technologies are ’aligned’ to the ATLAS general baselines for the NSW upgrade project, maintaining in such way the excellent performance of the muon system beyond Run-3. Complementary to the R&D of these detectors, an intuitive control system was of vital importance. The Micromegas DCS (MMG HV) and the sTGC DCS (STG HV) for the NSW have been developed, following closely the existing look, feel and command architecture of the other Muon sub-systems. The principal task of the DCS is to enable the coherent and safe operation of the detector by continuously monitoring its operational parameters and its overall state. Both technologies will be installed in ATLAS and will be readout and monitored through the common infrastructure. Aim of this work is the description of the development and implementation of a DCS for the HV system of both technologies. This paper has been submitted on behalf of the ATLAS Muon Collaboration
	Poster MOPV009 [7.747 MB]
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About •	Received ※ 10 October 2021 Accepted ※ 16 December 2021 Issue date ※ 22 December 2021
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FRAL01	The Laser MegaJoule Facility Status Report	989
	H. Cortey CEA, LE BARP cedex, France
	The Laser MegaJoule (LMJ), the French 176-beam laser facility, is located at the CEA CESTA Laboratory near Bordeaux (France). It is designed to deliver about 1.4 MJ of energy on targets, for high energy density physics experiments, including fusion experiments. The first bundle of 8-beams was commissioned in October 2014. By the end of 2021, ten bundles of 8-beams are expected to be fully operational. In this paper, we will present: - The LMJ Bundles Status report - The main evolutions of the LMJ facility since ICALEPS 2019: the new target diagnostics commissioned and a new functionality to manage final optic damage with the implementation of blockers in the beam. - the result of a major milestone for the project : ‘Fusion Milestone’
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About •	Received ※ 09 October 2021 Revised ※ 01 February 2022 Accepted ※ 22 February 2022 Issue date ※ 01 March 2022
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FRAL02	DISCOS Updates	994
	S. Poppi, M. Buttu, G. Carboni, A. Fara, C. Migoni INAF - OAC, Selargius (CA), Italy M. De Biaggi, A. Orlati, S. Righini INAF - IRA, Bologna, Italy M. Landoni INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate, Italy F.R. Vitello INAF IRA, Bologna, Italy
	DISCOS is the control software of the Italian Radio Telescopes and it is based on the Alma Control Software. The project core started during the construction of the Sardinia Radio Telescope and it has been further developed to support also the other antennas managed by INAF, which are the Noto and the Medicina antenna. Not only does DISCOS control all the telescope subsystems like servo systems, backends, receivers and active optic, but also allows users to execute the needed observing strategies. In addition, many tools and high-level applications for observers have been developed over time. Furthermore, DISCOS development is following test driven methodologies, which, together with real hardware simulation and automated deployment, speed up testing and maintenance. Altogether, the status of the DISCOS project is described here with its related activities, and also future plans are presented as well.
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About •	Received ※ 06 October 2021 Revised ※ 27 October 2021 Accepted ※ 17 December 2021 Issue date ※ 21 December 2021
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FRAL03	CERN Cryogenic Controls Today and Tomorrow	997
	M. Pezzetti, Ph. Gayet CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The CERN cryogenic facilities demand a versatile, distributed, homogeneous and highly reliable control system. For this purpose, CERN conceived and developed several frameworks (JCOP, UNICOS, FESA, CMW), based on current industrial technologies and COTS equipment, such as PC, PLC and SCADA systems complying with the requested constraints. The cryogenic control system nowadays uses these frameworks and allows the joint development of supervision and control layers by defining a common structure for specifications and code documentation. Such a system is capable of sharing control variable from all accelerator apparatus. The first implementation of this control architecture started in 2000 for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Since then CERN continued developing the hardware and software components of the cryogenic control system, based on the exploitation of the experience gained. These developments are always aimed to increase the safety and to improve the performance. The final part will present the evolution of the cryogenic control toward an integrated control system SOA based CERN using the Reference Architectural Model Industrie 4.0 (RAMI 4.0).
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About •	Received ※ 10 October 2021 Revised ※ 25 October 2021 Accepted ※ 26 November 2021 Issue date ※ 01 March 2022
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FRAL04	The Control System of the New Small Wheel Electronics for the Atlas Experiment	1005
	P. Tzanis NTUA, Athens, Greece
	The present ATLAS Small Wheel Muon detector will be replaced with a New Small Wheel(NSW) detector in order to cope up with the future LHC runs of high luminosity. One crucial part of the integration procedure concerns the validation of the electronics for a system with more than 2.1 M electronic channels. The readout chain is based on optical link technology connecting the backend to the front-end electronics via the FELIX, which is a newly developed system that will serve as the next generation readout driver for ATLAS. For the configuration, calibration and monitoring path the various electronics boards are supplied with the GBT-SCA ASIC and its purpose is to distribute control and monitoring signals to the electronics. Due to its complexity, NSW electronics requires the development of a sophisticated Control System. The use of such a system is necessary to allow the electronics to function consistently, safely and as a seamless interface to all sub-detectors and the technical infrastructure of the experiment. The central system handles the transition between the probe’s possible operating states while ensuring continuous monitoring and archiving of the system’s operating parameters.
	Slides FRAL04 [18.694 MB]
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About •	Received ※ 09 October 2021 Revised ※ 05 November 2021 Accepted ※ 20 November 2021 Issue date ※ 31 January 2022
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FRAL05	MACE Camera Electronics: Control, Monitoring & Safety Mechanisms	1011
	S.K. Neema, A. Behere, S. Joy, S. Mohanan, P. Sridharan, S. Srivastava BARC, Trombay, Mumbai, India J. Hariharan Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India
	MACE Telescope installed in Ladakh Region of India comprises of many functionally diverse subsystems, Camera being the most important one. Mounted at the focal plane of 21 m diameter parabolic reflector dish, event driven Camera system comprises of 1088 PMTs, with 16 PMTs constituting one Camera Integrated Module (CIM). Central Camera Controller (CCC), located in Camera housing, manages and coordinates all the actions of these 68 Modules and other camera subsystems as per the command sequence received from Operator Console. In addition to control and monitoring of subsystems, various mechanisms have been implemented in hardware as well as embedded firmware of CCC and CIM to provide safety of PMTs against exposure to ambient bright light, bright star masking and detection and recovery from loss of event synchronization at runtime. An adequate command response protocol with fault tolerant behavior has also been designed to meet performance requirements. The paper presents the overall architecture and flow of camera control mechanisms with a focus on software and hardware challenges involved. Various experimental performance parameters and results will be presented. *MACE camera controller embedded software: Redesign for robustness and maintainability, S.Srivastava et.al., Astronomy and Computing Volume 30
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About •	Received ※ 09 October 2021 Accepted ※ 19 November 2021 Issue date ※ 11 February 2022
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Maturity of the MAX IV Laboratory in Operation and Phase II Development

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V. Hardion, P.J. Bell, M. Eguiraun, T. Eriksson, Á. Freitas, J.M. Klingberg, M. Lindberg, Z. Matej, S. Padmanabhan, A. Salnikov, P. Sjöblom, D.P. Spruce
MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

MAX~IV Laboratory, the first 4th generation synchrotron located in the south of Sweden, entered operation in 2017 with the first three experimental stations. In the past two years the project organisation has been focused on phase II of the MAX IV Laboratory development, aiming to raise the number of beamlines in operation to 16. The KITS group, responsible for the control and computing systems of the entire laboratory, was a major actor in the realisation of this phase as well as in the continuous up-keep of the user operation. The challenge consisted principally of establishing a clear project management plan for the support groups, including KITS, to handle this high load in an efficient and focused way, meanwhile gaining the experience of operating a 4th generation light source. The momentum gained was impacted by the last extensive shutdown due to the pandemic and shifted toward the remote user experiment, taking advantage of web technologies. This article focuses on how KITS has handled this growing phase in term of technology and organisation, to finally describe the new perspective for the MAX IV Laboratory, which will face a bright future.

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Received ※ 10 October 2021 Revised ※ 22 November 2021 Accepted ※ 13 December 2021 Issue date ※ 22 December 2021

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MOAL02

Status of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Integrated Computer Control and Information Systems

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M. Fedorov, A.I. Barnes, L. Beaulac, G.K. Brunton, A.D. Casey, J.R. Castro Morales, J. Dixon, C.M. Estes, M.S. Flegel, V.K. Gopalan, S. Heerey, R. Lacuata, V.J. Miller Kamm, M. Paul, B.M. Van Wonterghem, S. Weaver
LLNL, Livermore, California, USA

Funding: This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is the world’s most energetic laser system used for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and High Energy Density Physics (HEDP) experimentation. Each laser shot delivers up to 1.9 MJ of ultraviolet light, driving target temperatures to in excess of 180 million K and pressures 100 billion times atmospheric ’ making possible direct study of conditions mimicking interiors of stars and planets, as well as our primary scientific applications: stockpile stewardship and fusion power. NIF control and diagnostic systems allow physicists to precisely manipulate, measure and image this extremely dense and hot matter. A major focus in the past two years has been adding comprehensive new diagnostic instruments to evaluate increasing energy and power of the laser drive. When COVID-19 struck, the controls team leveraged remote access technology to provide efficient operational support without stress of on-site presence. NIF continued to mitigate inevitable technology obsolescence after 20 years since construction. In this talk, we will discuss successes and challenges, including NIF progress towards ignition, achieving record neutron yields in early 2021.
LLNL-ABS-821973

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Received ※ 10 October 2021 Accepted ※ 30 November 2021 Issue date ※ 24 February 2022

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MOAL03

From SKA to SKAO: Early Progress in the SKAO Construction

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J. Santander-Vela, M. Bartolini, M. Miccolis, N.P. Rees
SKAO, Macclesfield, United Kingdom

The Square Kilometre Array telescopes have recently started their construction phase, after years of pre-construction effort. The new SKA Observatory (SKAO) intergovernmental organisation has been created, and the start of construction (T0) has already happened. In this talk, we summarise the construction progress in our facility, and the role that agile software development and open-source collaboration, and in particular the development of our TANGO-based control system, is playing.

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Received ※ 15 October 2021 Accepted ※ 04 November 2021 Issue date ※ 11 February 2022

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MOPV001

Status of the SARAF-Phase2 Control System

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F. Gougnaud, P. Bargueden, G. Desmarchelier, A. Gaget, P. Guiho, A. Lotode, Y. Mariette, V. Nadot, N. Solenne
CEA-DRF-IRFU, France
D. Darde, G. Ferrand, F. Gohier, T.J. Joannem, G. Monnereau, V. Silva
CEA-IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
H. Isakov, A. Perry, E. Reinfeld, I. Shmuely, Y. Solomon, N. Tamim
Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel
T. Zchut
CEA LIST, Palaiseau, France

SNRC and CEA collaborate to the upgrade of the SARAF accelerator to 5 mA CW 40 Mev deuteron and proton beams and also closely to the control system. CEA is in charge of the Control System (including cabinets) design and implementation for the Injector (upgrade), MEBT and Super Conducting Linac made up of 4 cryomodules hosting HWR cavities and solenoid packages. This paper gives a detailed presentation of the control system architecture from hardware and EPICS software points of view. The hardware standardization relies on MTCA.4 that is used for LLRF, BPM, BLM and FC controls and on Siemens PLC 1500 series for vacuum, cryogenics and interlock. CEA IRFU EPICS Environment (IEE) platform is used for the whole accelerator. IEE is based on virtual machines and our MTCA.4 solutions and enables us to have homogenous EPICS modules. It also provides a development and production workflow. SNRC has integrated IEE into a new IT network based on advanced technology. The commissioning is planned to start late summer 2021.

Poster MOPV001 [1.787 MB]

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Received ※ 09 October 2021 Revised ※ 20 October 2021 Accepted ※ 03 November 2021 Issue date ※ 11 March 2022

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MOPV002

CENBG Control System and Specific Instrumentation Developments for SPIRAL2-DESIR Setups

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L. Daudin, P. Alfaurt, A. Balana, M. Corne, M. Flayol, A.A. Husson, B. Lachacinski
CENBG, Gradignan, France

The DESIR facility will be in few years the SPIRAL2 experimental hall at GANIL dedicated to the study of nuclear structure, astrophysics and weak interaction at low energy. Exotic ions produced by the new S3 facility and SPIRAL1 complex will be transferred to high precision experiments in the DESIR building. To guaranty high purity beams to perform high precision measurements on specific nuclei, three main devices are currently being developed at CENBG: a High Resolution Separator (HRS), a General Purpose Ion Buncher (GPIB) and a double Penning Trap named ’PIPERADE’. The Control System (CS) developments we made at CENBG are already used to commission these devices. We present here beamline equipment CS solutions and the global architecture of this SPIRAL2 EPICS based CS.To answer specific needs, instrumental solutions have been developed like PPG used to optimize bunch timing and also used as traps conductor. Recent development using the cost efficient Redpitaya board with an embedded EPICS server will be described. This device used to drive a FCup amplifier and is also used for particle counting and time of flight measurements using our FPGA implementation called ’RedPiTOF’.

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Received ※ 08 October 2021 Revised ※ 15 October 2021 Accepted ※ 03 November 2021 Issue date ※ 19 November 2021

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MOPV003

Laser Megajoule Facility Operating Software Overview

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J-P. Airiau, V. Denis, H. Durandeau, P. Fourtillan, N. Loustalet, P. Torrent
CEA, LE BARP cedex, France

The Laser MegaJoule (LMJ), the French 176-beam laser facility, is located at the CEA CESTA Laboratory near Bordeaux (France). It is designed to deliver about 1.4 MJ of energy on targets, for high energy density physics experiments, including fusion experiments. The first bundle of 8-beams was commissioned in October 2014. By the end of 2021, ten bundles of 8-beams are expected to be fully operational. Operating software tools are used to automate, secure and optimize the operations on the LMJ facility. They contribute to the smooth running of the experiment process (from the setup to the results). They are integrated in the maintenance process (from the supply chain to the asset management). They are linked together in order to exchange data and they interact with the control command system. This talk gives an overview of the existing operating software and the lessons learned. It finally explains the incoming works to automate the lifecycle management of elements included in the final optic assembly (replacement, repair, etc.).

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Received ※ 08 October 2021 Revised ※ 22 October 2021 Accepted ※ 03 November 2021 Issue date ※ 13 February 2022

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MOPV005

Towards a New Control System for PETRA IV

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R. Bacher, T. Delfs, D. Mathes, T. Tempel, T. Wilksen
DESY, Hamburg, Germany

At DESY, an upgrade of the PETRA III synchrotron light source towards a fourth-generation, low emittance machine PETRA IV is currently being actively pursued. The basic concept of the control system of PETRAIV is to exploit synergies between all accelerator facilities operated by DESY. The key figures of PETRAIV’s new accelerator control system include the DOOCS control system framework, high-end MTCA.4 technology compliant hardware interfaces for triggered, high-performance applications and hardware interfaces for conventional slow-control applications compliant with industrial process control standards such as OPC UA, and enhanced data acquisition and data storage capabilities. In addition, the suitability of standards for graphical user interfaces based on novel Web application technologies will be investigated. Finally, there is a general focus on improving quality management and quality assurance measures, including proper configuration management, requirements management, bug tracking, software development, and software lifetime management. The paper will report on the current state of development.

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Received ※ 01 October 2021 Accepted ※ 03 November 2021 Issue date ※ 10 March 2022

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MOPV006

The New Small Wheel Low Voltage Power Supply DCS for the ATLAS Experiment

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C. Paraskevopoulos
NTUA, Athens, Greece

The present ATLAS Small Wheel detector will be replaced with the New Small Wheel(NSW) which is expected to be installed in the ATLAS underground cavern by the end of the LS2. Due to its complexity and long-term operation, NSW requires the development of a sophisticated Detector Control System. The use of such a system is necessary to allow the detector to function consistently as a seamless interface to all sub-detectors and the technical infrastructure of the experiment. The central system handles the transition between the possible operating states while ensuring monitoring and archiving of the system’s parameters. The part that will be described is the modular system of Low Voltage. The new LV Intermediate Control Station will be used to power all the boards of the NSW and through them providing readout and trigger data while functioning safely. Among its core features are remote control, split of radiation sensitive parts from parts that can be housed in a hostile area and compatibility with operation under radiation and magnetic field as in the ATLAS cavern.

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Received ※ 10 October 2021 Revised ※ 18 October 2021 Accepted ※ 21 December 2021 Issue date ※ 24 December 2021

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MOPV007

Progress of The HIAF Control System

W. Zhang
IMP/CAS, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China

High Intensity Heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) is one of the 16 projects of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-2030). It is a next-generation heavy ion scientific research device with international leading level and wide range of subject uses. The task of the control system is to complete the task of overall control, including the overall structure of the control system, the standard of the control system interface, the time system, the database system, the network system. At present, the overall task and subsystem control scheme design and verification have been basically completed. The standard of unified control system software interface under EPICS frame is established and the middle-layer software development platform based on Python+C+C++ is developed, which facilitates the development of hardware layer and application layer personnel. Hardware selection and functional testing have also been completed. By the end of this year, we will have completed the time system prototype, next year began to purchase hardware equipment, 2022-2024 on-site equipment installation and commissioning.

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MOPV008

Development of Computer Centralized Control System for Large- Scale Equipment

Ms. Yao, Z. Ni, X. Zhou
CAEP, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China

The Computer centralized control system is the command center of SG-III large-scale equipment. It controls and integrates the major systems of the equipment, forms a centralized and complete operation control and management platform, completes the control, monitoring, experimental analysis and other functions of the equipment, and analyzes the operation and maintenance status of the equipment data. The Computer centralized control system is mainly composed of computer centralized control platform , control software, synchronization system and each specific function control subsystems. This paper analyzes the design of computer centralized control platform. Prepare to discuss the control structure, hardware/software hierarchy, controlling business processes, integration process, and software design, data management, etc.

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MOPV009

The HV DCS System for the New Small Wheel Upgrade of the ATLAS Experiment

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E. Karentzos
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The ATLAS muon spectrometer will exceed its design capabilities in the high background radiation as expected during the upcoming runs and at HL-LHC. In order to cope with the foreseen limitations, it was decided to replace the SW with a New SW (NSW) system, by combining two prototype detectors, the sTGC & and resistive Micromegas. Both technologies are ’aligned’ to the ATLAS general baselines for the NSW upgrade project, maintaining in such way the excellent performance of the muon system beyond Run-3. Complementary to the R&D of these detectors, an intuitive control system was of vital importance. The Micromegas DCS (MMG HV) and the sTGC DCS (STG HV) for the NSW have been developed, following closely the existing look, feel and command architecture of the other Muon sub-systems. The principal task of the DCS is to enable the coherent and safe operation of the detector by continuously monitoring its operational parameters and its overall state. Both technologies will be installed in ATLAS and will be readout and monitored through the common infrastructure. Aim of this work is the description of the development and implementation of a DCS for the HV system of both technologies.
This paper has been submitted on behalf of the ATLAS Muon Collaboration

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Received ※ 10 October 2021 Accepted ※ 16 December 2021 Issue date ※ 22 December 2021

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FRAL01

The Laser MegaJoule Facility Status Report

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H. Cortey
CEA, LE BARP cedex, France

The Laser MegaJoule (LMJ), the French 176-beam laser facility, is located at the CEA CESTA Laboratory near Bordeaux (France). It is designed to deliver about 1.4 MJ of energy on targets, for high energy density physics experiments, including fusion experiments. The first bundle of 8-beams was commissioned in October 2014. By the end of 2021, ten bundles of 8-beams are expected to be fully operational. In this paper, we will present: - The LMJ Bundles Status report - The main evolutions of the LMJ facility since ICALEPS 2019: the new target diagnostics commissioned and a new functionality to manage final optic damage with the implementation of blockers in the beam. - the result of a major milestone for the project : ‘Fusion Milestone’

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Received ※ 09 October 2021 Revised ※ 01 February 2022 Accepted ※ 22 February 2022 Issue date ※ 01 March 2022

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FRAL02

DISCOS Updates

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S. Poppi, M. Buttu, G. Carboni, A. Fara, C. Migoni
INAF - OAC, Selargius (CA), Italy
M. De Biaggi, A. Orlati, S. Righini
INAF - IRA, Bologna, Italy
M. Landoni
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate, Italy
F.R. Vitello
INAF IRA, Bologna, Italy

DISCOS is the control software of the Italian Radio Telescopes and it is based on the Alma Control Software. The project core started during the construction of the Sardinia Radio Telescope and it has been further developed to support also the other antennas managed by INAF, which are the Noto and the Medicina antenna. Not only does DISCOS control all the telescope subsystems like servo systems, backends, receivers and active optic, but also allows users to execute the needed observing strategies. In addition, many tools and high-level applications for observers have been developed over time. Furthermore, DISCOS development is following test driven methodologies, which, together with real hardware simulation and automated deployment, speed up testing and maintenance. Altogether, the status of the DISCOS project is described here with its related activities, and also future plans are presented as well.

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Received ※ 06 October 2021 Revised ※ 27 October 2021 Accepted ※ 17 December 2021 Issue date ※ 21 December 2021

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FRAL03

CERN Cryogenic Controls Today and Tomorrow

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M. Pezzetti, Ph. Gayet
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The CERN cryogenic facilities demand a versatile, distributed, homogeneous and highly reliable control system. For this purpose, CERN conceived and developed several frameworks (JCOP, UNICOS, FESA, CMW), based on current industrial technologies and COTS equipment, such as PC, PLC and SCADA systems complying with the requested constraints. The cryogenic control system nowadays uses these frameworks and allows the joint development of supervision and control layers by defining a common structure for specifications and code documentation. Such a system is capable of sharing control variable from all accelerator apparatus. The first implementation of this control architecture started in 2000 for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Since then CERN continued developing the hardware and software components of the cryogenic control system, based on the exploitation of the experience gained. These developments are always aimed to increase the safety and to improve the performance. The final part will present the evolution of the cryogenic control toward an integrated control system SOA based CERN using the Reference Architectural Model Industrie 4.0 (RAMI 4.0).

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Received ※ 10 October 2021 Revised ※ 25 October 2021 Accepted ※ 26 November 2021 Issue date ※ 01 March 2022

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FRAL04

The Control System of the New Small Wheel Electronics for the Atlas Experiment

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P. Tzanis
NTUA, Athens, Greece

The present ATLAS Small Wheel Muon detector will be replaced with a New Small Wheel(NSW) detector in order to cope up with the future LHC runs of high luminosity. One crucial part of the integration procedure concerns the validation of the electronics for a system with more than 2.1 M electronic channels. The readout chain is based on optical link technology connecting the backend to the front-end electronics via the FELIX, which is a newly developed system that will serve as the next generation readout driver for ATLAS. For the configuration, calibration and monitoring path the various electronics boards are supplied with the GBT-SCA ASIC and its purpose is to distribute control and monitoring signals to the electronics. Due to its complexity, NSW electronics requires the development of a sophisticated Control System. The use of such a system is necessary to allow the electronics to function consistently, safely and as a seamless interface to all sub-detectors and the technical infrastructure of the experiment. The central system handles the transition between the probe’s possible operating states while ensuring continuous monitoring and archiving of the system’s operating parameters.

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Received ※ 09 October 2021 Revised ※ 05 November 2021 Accepted ※ 20 November 2021 Issue date ※ 31 January 2022

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FRAL05

MACE Camera Electronics: Control, Monitoring & Safety Mechanisms

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S.K. Neema, A. Behere, S. Joy, S. Mohanan, P. Sridharan, S. Srivastava
BARC, Trombay, Mumbai, India
J. Hariharan
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India

MACE Telescope installed in Ladakh Region of India comprises of many functionally diverse subsystems, Camera being the most important one. Mounted at the focal plane of 21 m diameter parabolic reflector dish, event driven Camera system comprises of 1088 PMTs, with 16 PMTs constituting one Camera Integrated Module (CIM). Central Camera Controller (CCC), located in Camera housing, manages and coordinates all the actions of these 68 Modules and other camera subsystems as per the command sequence received from Operator Console. In addition to control and monitoring of subsystems, various mechanisms have been implemented in hardware as well as embedded firmware of CCC and CIM to provide safety of PMTs against exposure to ambient bright light, bright star masking and detection and recovery from loss of event synchronization at runtime. An adequate command response protocol with fault tolerant behavior has also been designed to meet performance requirements. The paper presents the overall architecture and flow of camera control mechanisms with a focus on software and hardware challenges involved. Various experimental performance parameters and results will be presented.
*MACE camera controller embedded software: Redesign for robustness and maintainability, S.Srivastava et.al., Astronomy and Computing Volume 30

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Received ※ 09 October 2021 Accepted ※ 19 November 2021 Issue date ※ 11 February 2022

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