ICALEPCS 2025 - The 20th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems

Upgrading the ALS beamline equipment protection system: software development and implementation

TUPD032

23 Sept 2025, 16:00

1h 30m

Palmer House Hilton Chicago

Poster Presentation MC02: Control System Upgrades in Existing Facilities TUPD Posters

Speaker

Najm Us Saqib (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Description

The Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a third-generation synchrotron light source, has been in continuous operation since 1992. The ALS beamline equipment protection system is being upgraded by replacing legacy end-of-life Modicon PLCs with Allen-Bradley PLCs. This paper presents the software architecture of the upgraded system, highlighting the Allen-Bradley PLC programming approach and the development of the EPICS database that integrates the protection system into the facility’s control system infrastructure.