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Costa, L.

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TUP086 The Control System of SPES Target: Current Status and Perspectives. 278
 
  • M. G. Giacchini, A. Andrighetto, G. Bassato, L. Costa, R. Izsak, G. P. Prete, J. A. Vasquez
    INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD)
  
  The new project of a facility for the Selective Production of Exotic Species (SPES) is starting at LNL. A commercial cyclotron will deliver to the UCx target a proton beam with a current of 200 μA and an energy up to 70 MeV; the project goal is to reach a production of neutron rich fragments at a rate of 1013 /sec. The construction of the Target Laboratory, the most innovative and critical part of the entire facility, is at advanced stage and its control system is being developed using EPICS *. The main challenge in the control system design is the integration in a unique framework of different hardware technologies, ranging from PLCs to embedded Linux controllers. We present the status of the Target control system ** , describe the overall architecture foreseen for SPES and discuss in more detail some technical choices concerning with the realization of GUI applications.

* http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/
** http://www.lnl.infn.it/~epics/spes.html

 
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WEP094 Safety Requirements in the SPES Control System: Preliminary Design 585
 
  • G. Bassato, A. Andrighetto, A. Battistella, L. Costa, M. G. Giacchini, G. P. Prete, J. A. Vasquez
    INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD)
  • L. M. Li
    CIAE, Beijing
  
  SPES (Selective Production of Exotic Species)is a new INFN facility whose construction is planned for the years 2009-2014. It aims to provide the nuclear physics community with neutron rich nuclei beams produced by impinging an UC target by a proton beam delivered by a commercial cyclotron. Security requirements constitute the most critical issue in the control system design. High reliability PLCs will be extensively used in all applications that affect the personnel and machine safety; redundant configurations will be implemented where appropriate. EPICS has been chosen as general framework for the development of SPES controls: therefore the integration of PLCs in an EPICS network is another key point in the control system design. We present the technical solutions foreseen to comply with SPES safety requirements and discuss the possible approaches to integrate PLCs in the EPICS environment.  
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