Data acquisition and control systems for the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment-Beta (LTX-<i>β</i>)

The recent upgrade of the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX), dubbed LTX-β, has entailed the development of new control systems for the safe and efficient operation of the experiment and its diagnostics, as well as the development and upgrade of many data acquisition systems. Among these, the development of a new control logic for the vacuum systems, the programming of a new user interface to control the operation of the experiment, the setup of an enterprise level data server with an improved experimental database structure (MDSplus), addition of a neutral beam and its control system, upgrade to the ohmic heating system, addition of a toroidal field power supply and surface temperature diagnostics. An overview of these and other improvements on LTX-β will be presented.