Construction status of a general control system for the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) at J-PARC

Sakai, Kenji ; Oi, Motoki ; Kai, Tetsuya   ; Kinoshita, Hidetaka   ; Kawasaki, Susumu; Watanabe, Akihiko; Kaminaga, Masanori  ; Futakawa, Masatoshi  

In order to operate all equipment of the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) safely and efficiently, the MLF general control system (MLF-GCS) is designed to have several subsystems such as the facility control system centering on the control of the targets, interlock systems for protecting personnel, machine and the neutron target, and so on. Although it is an independent system, the MLF-GCS should also be as a part of the control system of the whole J-PARC operated from the central control room (CCR). The construction of MLF-GCS has been almost finished, and its performance test is in progress to check and adjust remote operations and integral interlocks from the control room of MLF. This paper gives an overview of the MLF-GCS and reports its construction status.