Replacing The Engine In Your Car While You Are Still Driving It [PowerPoint]

Conference · Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2015

OSTI ID:1225566

Bjorklund, Eric A. ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

The scope of the project included the following: install new network backbone, replace 201 MHz rf tubes, replace low-level rf system, replace timing system, replace industrial I/O system, replace beam synchronous data acquisition system, replace fast protect reporting system, new wire scanner hardware, and new beam position/phase monitor hardware--all of this to be done while continuing to deliver beam to users. Lessons learned, for anyone contemplating a similarly ambitious upgrade: You can’t replace the whole system at once. Some compatibility must be maintained between the old and new systems. Always have a way to fall back. Have sympathy for the operations staff. You will be surprised.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE/LANL
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1225566
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-15-27876
• Resource Relation: Conference: ICALEPCS 2015, Melbourne (Australia), 19-23 Oct 2015
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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