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The Linear IFMIF prototype accelerator (LIPac) will accelerate a 9 MeV, 125 mA, CW deuteron beam in order to validate the technology that will be used for the future IFMIF accelerator (International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility). This facility will be installed in Rokkasho (Japan) and Irfu-Saclay has developed the control system for several work packages like the injector and a set of the diagnostic subsystem. At Irfu-Saclay, beam tests were carried out on the injector with its diagnostics. Diagnostic devices have been developed to characterize the high beam power (more than 1MW) along the accelerator: an Emittance Meter Unit (EMU), Ionization Profile Monitors (IPM), Secondary Electron Emission Grids (SEM-grids), Beam Loss Monitors (BLoM and μLoss), and Current Transformers (CT). This control system relies on COTS and an EPICS software platform. A specific isolated fast acquisition subsystem running at high sampling rate (about 1 MS/s), triggered by the Machine Protection System (MPS), is dedicated to the analysis of post-mortem data produced by the BLoMs and current transformer signals.
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