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TY - CONF AU - Gibson, D.J. AU - Anderson, G.G. AU - Barty, C.P.J. AU - Marsh, R.A. ED - Petit-Jean-Genaz, Christine ED - Kim, Dong Eon ED - Kim, Kyung Sook ED - Ko, In Soo ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - Compact X-band Accelerator Controls for a Laser-Compton X-ray Source J2 - Proc. of IPAC2016, Busan, Korea, May 8-13, 2016 C1 - Busan, Korea T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 7 LA - english AB - LLNL's compact, tunable, laser-Compton x-ray source has been built around an advanced X-band photogun and accelerator sections and two independent laser systems. In support of this source, a complete integrated control system has been designed and built from scratch to provide access to the critical control points and continues to grow to simplify operation of the system and to meet new needs of this research capability. In addition to a PLC-based machine protection component, a custom, LabView-based suite of control software monitors systems including low level and high power RF, vacuum, magnets, and beam imaging cameras. This system includes a comprehensive operator interface, automated and expandable arc detection to optimize rf conditioning of the high-gradient structures, and automated quad-scan-based emittance measurements to explore the beam tuning parameter space. An overview of this system is presented, including the latest upgrades to FPGA-based hardware for the RF system controls. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 3996 EP - 3998 KW - controls KW - laser KW - LabView KW - interface KW - timing DA - 2016/06 PY - 2016 SN - 978-3-95450-147-2 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-THPOW027 UR - http://jacow.org/ipac2016/papers/thpow027.pdf ER -