Development of a Safety Classified SystemWith LabView and EPICS
Abstract
The Spiral2 linear accelerator will drive high intensity beams, up to 5 mA and 200
kW at linac exit. In tuning phase, or when not used by the experimental areas, the
beam will be stopped in a dedicated beam dump. To avoid excessive activation of
this beamdump, in order to allow human intervention, a safety classified system
had been designed to integrate the number of particles dropped in it within each
24 hours time frame. For each kind of beam, a threshold will be defined and
as soon as the threshold is reached a beam cut-off will be sent to the machine
protection system. This system, called SLAAF: System for the Limitation of the
Activation of the beam dump (Arret Faisceau in French) rely on LabView and
EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control) technology. This paper will
describe the specification and development processes and how we dealt to meet
both functional and safety requirements using two technologies not commonly
used for safety classified systems.