Upgrade to the EPICS Control System at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator Test Facility

Wanming Liu, John Byrd, Darrell Doran, Gwanghui Ha, Andrew Johnson, Philippe Piot, John Power, Jiahang Shao, Guobao Shen, Charles Whiteford, Eric Wisniewski, Lin, Liu (Ed.) (+4 others)
2021
The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) Test Facility has used a completely homebrewed, MS Windows-based control system for the last 20 years. In an effort to modernize the control system and prepare for an active machine learning program, the AWA will work with the Advanced Photon Source (APS) controls group to upgrade its control system to EPICS. The EPICS control system is expected to facilitate collaborations and support the future growth of AWA. An overview of the previous AWA control and
more » ... ata acquisition system is presented, along with a vision and path for completing the EPICS upgrade.
doi:10.18429/jacow-ipac2021-tupab295 fatcat:odbkdwhdwrflfm5xdpaytrkkfq