THE CONTROL SYSTEM OF THE ELETTRA BOOSTER INJECTOR

A new injector made of a 100 MeV Linac and a 2.5 GeV booster ring is being built at ELETTRA to provide full energy injection into the storage ring in top-up mode. This project has required a novel design of the control system with the adoption of a new architecture and the use of up to date technologies, which will also be the basis of the control systems for future projects and accelerators upgrades. In this context, ELETTRA has adopted Tango as the control system software framework and has joined the Tango collaboration as a developer partner. The main aspects regarding the control system structure, the development of graphical user interfaces and the technical solutions adopted for the equipment interfaces are discussed. Use of industrial controllers for the interlock and personnel safety systems and their integration into the control system are also presented in this article.