Control in EPICS for Conditioning Test Stands for ESS

Alexis Gaget (1) , Adelino Gomes (1) , Yves Lussignol (1)

1 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers

CEA Irfu Saclay is involved as partner in the ESS accelerator construction through different work-packages: controls for several RF test stands, for cryomodule demonstrators, for the RFQ coupler test and for the conditioning around 120 couplers and the tests of 8 cryomodules. Due to the high number of components it is really crucial to automatize the conditioning. This paper describes how the control of these test stands was done using the ESS EPICS Environment and homemade EPICS modules. These custom modules were designed to be as generic as possible for reuse in future similar platforms and developments. They rely on the IOxOS FMC ADC3111 acquisition card, Beckhoff EtherCAT modules and the MRF timing system.

Mots clés: ion; EPICS; controls; cryomodule; timing

Domaines: Physique des accélérateurs [physics.acc-ph]

Alexis Gaget, Adelino Gomes, Yves Lussignol. Control in EPICS for Conditioning Test Stands for ESS. 16th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems, Oct 2017, Barcelona, Spain. pp.TUPHA205, ⟨10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2017-TUPHA205⟩. ⟨hal-02058418⟩