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

Access Control Interlock System Upgrade at ANL/APS

THMG001

25 Sept 2025, 15:00

3m

Grand Ballroom (Palmer House Hilton Chicago)

Poster Presentation with Mini Oral MC07: Functional Safety and Protection Systems THMG Mini-Orals (MC07, MC11, MC12)

Speaker

James Stevens (Argonne National Laboratory)

Description

This presentation will describe recent hardware & software updates to the Access Control Interlock System of the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. Topics of interest will include replacement of outdated PLC hardware, updating EPICS software (deploying Microsoft Excel to build EPICS databases), and replacing outmoded control displays.