The advanced light source control system

The Advanced Light Source Accelerator Control System at Ten Years from Commissioning

The Advanced Light Source [1] was commissioned 10 years ago using the newly constructed control system [2]. Further experience with the control system was reported in 1993 [3]. In this publication, we report on recent experience with the operation and especially growth of the computer control system and expansion to accommodate the new superconducting bend magnets and fast orbit feedback for th...

Advanced Light Source April 1997

The Advanced Photon Source Injector Test Stand Control System

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) primary and backup injectors consist of two thermionic-cathode rf guns. These guns are being upgraded to provide improved performance, to improve ease of maintenance, and to reduce downtime required for repair or replacement of a failed injector. As part of the process, an injector test stand is being prepared. This stand is effectively independent of the APS li...

Chemical Crystallography at the Advanced Light Source

Chemical crystallography at synchrotrons was pioneered at the Daresbury SRS station 9.8. The chemical crystallography beamlines at the Advanced Light Source seek to follow that example, with orders of magnitude more flux than a lab source, and various in situ experiments. This article attempts to answer why a chemist would require synchrotron X-rays, to describe the techniques available at the ...

The Canadian Light Source Control System: Lessons Learned from Building a Synchrotron and Beamlines Control System

The Canadian Light Source (CLS) is a 2.9 GeV synchrotron that recently went into service. This paper presents some of the choices made in the design of this facility control system, and lessons learned from the CLS project. Some of the more novel technology choices in the design of the CLS include: (1) fully open source based operating system (RTEMS and Linux); (2) extensive use of fibreoptics ...