A cheap and e cient diagnostic system for beam monitoring has been recently developed at INFN- LNS in Catania. It consists of a high sensitivity CCD camera detecting the light produced by an ion beam hitting the surface of a scintillating screen and a frame grabber for image acquisition. A scintillating screen, developed at INFN-LNS and consisting of a 2 μm BaF2 layer evaporated on an aluminium plate, has been tested by using 20Ne and 40Ar beams in the keV energy range. The CAESAR ECR ion source has been used for investigating the in uence of the frequency and magnetic eld tuning e ects, the impact of the microwave injected power, and of the focusing solenoids along the low energy beam transport on the beam shape and current. These tests will allow to better understand the interplay between the plasma and beam dynamics and, moreover, to improve the transport e ciency along the low energy beam line and the matching with the superconducting cyclo- tron, particularly relevant in view of the expected upgrade of the machine.