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TUPA62 LANSCE Control System’s 50th Anniversary controls, EPICS, timing, network 482
 
  • M. Pieck, C.D. Hatch, J.O. Hill, H.A. Watkins, E.E. Westbrook
    LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
 
  After almost exactly 50 years in service, the LANSCE (Los Alamos Neutron Science Center) control system has achieved a major milestone, replacing its original and reliable RICE (Remote Instrumentation and Control Equipment) with a modern customized control system. The task of replacing RICE was challenging because of its technology (late 1960’s), number of channels (>10,000), unique characteristics (all-modules data takes, timed/flavored data takes) and that it was designed as an integral part of the whole accelerator. We discuss the history, RICE integral architecture, upgrade efforts, and the new system providing cutting-edge capabilities. The boundary condition was that upgrades only could be implemented during the annual four-month accelerator maintenance outage. This led to a multi-phased project which turned out to be about an 11-year effort.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2022-TUPA62  
About • Received ※ 02 August 2022 — Revised ※ 09 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 10 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 25 September 2022
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