Development status of the general control system of the Material and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) of J-PARC

Sakai, Kenji ; Kinoshita, Hidetaka   ; Kai, Tetsuya   ; Oi, Motoki ; Kaminaga, Masanori  ; Kato, Takashi; Furusaka, Michihiro*

A general control system of MLF (MLF-GCS) is required to control all the subsystems of MLF including in the muon and neutron target, moderator, target station, experimental hall, and so on. It is an independent system, but it has to work closely with the control systems of accelerator and other facilities in J-PARC. A conceptual design of MLF-GCS has already been conducted and detailed designs are now in progress. This paper reports an overview and the development status of MLF-GCS.