Control system upgrade of Argonne Wakefield Accelerator facility
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: As the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) facility expanded, its original in-house control software could not keep up with the increasing complexity and scale of operations. To improve maintainability, reliability, and support future development, the AWA controls group undertook a major upgrade by adopting the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS). With support from the Advanced Photon Source (APS) Controls group, the AWA control system has been successfully upgraded from a centralized, difficult-to-maintain architecture into a flexible, scalable, and maintainable distributed system. This paper presents the current status of AWA's new EPICS-based control system and describes the experiences and lessons learned during the upgrade.
Source: JACOW
Authors: Ody,Alexander, Johnson,Andrew, Whiteford,Charles, Jarosz,Dariusz, Wisniewski,Eric, Chen,Gongxiaohui, Shen,Guobao, Power,John, Hlavenka,Josh, Xiao,Lingran, Margraf-O'Neal,Rachel, Doran,Scott, Wang,Suyin Grass, Liu,Wanming
Language: English
Subfield: Aerospace Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7108933444
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