Control Infrastructure for a Pulsed Ion Accelerator
A. Persaud, M.J. Regis, M.W. Stettler, V.K. Vytla
TL;DR
This paper describes updates to the control infrastructure of a pulsed ion accelerator, integrating LabVIEW, Cassandra, and ZeroMQ for improved data management and multi-language access.
Contribution
It introduces a new control system architecture combining LabVIEW, Cassandra, and ZeroMQ, enabling flexible device setting management and multi-language compatibility.
Findings
Enhanced data archiving with Cassandra
Implemented ZeroMQ for flexible messaging
Improved multi-language access to controls
Abstract
We report on updates to the accelerator controls for the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment II, a pulsed induction-type accelerator for heavy ions. The control infrastructure is built around a LabVIEW interface combined with an Apache Cassandra backend for data archiving. Recent upgrades added the storing and retrieving of device settings into the database, as well as ZeroMQ as a message broker that replaces LabVIEW's shared variables. Converting to ZeroMQ also allows easy access via other programming languages, such as Python.
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