A remote console system for balloon borne experiments

Author

Imori, M. ; Yoshimura, Kazuki ; Ueda, I. ; Yoshida, Takafumi ; Anraku, K. ; Inaba, Shogo ; Saeki, Tomonori ; Honda, H. ; Matsunaga, H. ; Motoki, M. ; Nozaki, M. ; Takimi, N. ; Yamagami, T.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Sci., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

40

Issue

4

fYear

1993

fDate

8/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

913

Lastpage

916

Abstract

A remote console system is developed to improve remote control over experimental apparatus borne on the balloon. The remote console system, residing at a ground station for balloon-borne experiments, sends commands to the apparatus and receives transmissions from it. The system communicates by radio with microcomputers incorporated in the experimental apparatus borne on a balloon, where the microcomputers control the apparatus individually. The system includes plural personal computers and workstations which share the transmissions from the apparatus. The transmissions from the apparatus are formatted in a bit-oriented protocol, which dispenses with a formatter and facilitates interface with the personal computers. The implementation of the system and the communication between the ground station and the balloon-borne apparatus are described

Keywords

balloons; microcomputer applications; protocols; telecontrol equipment; balloon borne experiments; bit-oriented protocol; experimental apparatus; ground station; microcomputers; plural personal computers; remote console system; remote control; workstations; Communication system control; Control systems; Keyboards; LAN interconnection; Laboratories; Microcomputers; Protocols; Radio control; Remote monitoring; Satellite ground stations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.256683

Filename

256683