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TY - CONF AU - Price, T.J. AU - Castaneda Cortes, H.M. AU - Clarke, R.F. AU - Cox, G. AU - Dunning, D.J. AU - Jones, J.K. AU - Muratori, B.D. AU - Scott, D.J. AU - Shepherd, B.J.A. AU - Williams, P.H. ED - Koscielniak, Shane ED - Satogata, Todd ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Thomson, Jana TI - Virtual VELA-CLARA: The Development of a Virtual Accelerator J2 - Proc. of IPAC2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 29-May 4, 2018 C1 - Vancouver, BC, Canada T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 9 LA - english AB - A Virtual Accelerator (VA) has been developed to mimic the accelerators Versatile Electron Linear Accelerator (VELA) and Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications (CLARA). Its purpose is to test control room applications, run start-to-end simulations with multiple simulation codes, accurately reproduce measured beam properties, conduct 'virtual experiments'and gain insight into ‘hidden beam parameters'. This paper gives an overview into the current progress in constructing this VA, detailing the areas of: developing a 'Virtual EPICS' control system, using multiple simulation codes (both particle tracking and analytic), the development of a ‘Master Lattice' and the construction of a Python interface in which to run the VA. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 4773 EP - 4776 KW - simulation KW - controls KW - EPICS KW - lattice KW - software DA - 2018/06 PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-95450-184-7 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2018-THPML060 UR - http://jacow.org/ipac2018/papers/thpml060.pdf ER -