ICALEPCS2013 - List of Authors (Mouat, M.)

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Overview of "The Scans" in the Central Control System of TRIUMF's 500 MeV Cyclotron

1090

J.J. Pon, K.S. Lee, M. Mouat, P.J. Yogendran
TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vancouver, Canada
B. Davison
SFU, Burnaby, BC, Canada

The Controls Group for TRIUMF's 500 MeV cyclotron developed, runs and maintains a software application known as The Scans whose purpose is to: a) log events, b) enunciate alarms and warnings, c) perform simple actions on the hardware, and d) provide software interlocks for machine protection. Since its inception more than 35 years ago, The Scans has increasingly become an essential part for the proper operation of the Cyclotron. This paper gives an overview of The Scans, its advantages and limitations, and desired improvements.

Poster THPPC001 [4.637 MB]

THPPC136

Stabilizing the Beam Current Split Ratio in TRIUMF's 500 MeV Cyclotron with High Level, Closed-Loop Feedback Software

1370

J.J. Pon, K.S. Lee, M. Mouat, T. Planche, P.J. Yogendran
TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vancouver, Canada

In the pursuit of progressively more stable beam currents at TRIUMF's 500 MeV cyclotron there was a proposal to regulate the beam current split ratio for two primary beamlines with closed-loop feedback. Initial runs have shown promising results and have justified further efforts in that direction. This paper describes the software to provide the closed-loop feedback, and future developments.

Poster THPPC136 [4.309 MB]

Paper	Title	Page
THPPC001	Overview of "The Scans" in the Central Control System of TRIUMF's 500 MeV Cyclotron	1090
	J.J. Pon, K.S. Lee, M. Mouat, P.J. Yogendran TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vancouver, Canada B. Davison SFU, Burnaby, BC, Canada
	The Controls Group for TRIUMF's 500 MeV cyclotron developed, runs and maintains a software application known as The Scans whose purpose is to: a) log events, b) enunciate alarms and warnings, c) perform simple actions on the hardware, and d) provide software interlocks for machine protection. Since its inception more than 35 years ago, The Scans has increasingly become an essential part for the proper operation of the Cyclotron. This paper gives an overview of The Scans, its advantages and limitations, and desired improvements.
	Poster THPPC001 [4.637 MB]

THPPC136	Stabilizing the Beam Current Split Ratio in TRIUMF's 500 MeV Cyclotron with High Level, Closed-Loop Feedback Software	1370
	J.J. Pon, K.S. Lee, M. Mouat, T. Planche, P.J. Yogendran TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vancouver, Canada
	In the pursuit of progressively more stable beam currents at TRIUMF's 500 MeV cyclotron there was a proposal to regulate the beam current split ratio for two primary beamlines with closed-loop feedback. Initial runs have shown promising results and have justified further efforts in that direction. This paper describes the software to provide the closed-loop feedback, and future developments.
	Poster THPPC136 [4.309 MB]