Evaluation of a commercial system for CAMAC-based control of the Chalk River Laboratories Tandem-Accelerator-Superconducting-Cyclo complex

Author

Greiner, B.F. ; Caswell, D.J. ; Slater, W.F.

Author_Institution

Chalk River Labs., AECL, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

39

Issue

2

fYear

1992

fDate

4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

210

Lastpage

214

Abstract

A commercial control package from VISTA Control Systems based on VAX microcomputers and the VMS operating system is evaluated. Vsystem offers a graphical operator interface, an extensive software toolkit for configuration of the system, and a multifeature data-logging capability, all of which far surpass the functionality of the control system. A description is presented of the VISTA control system software. The test configuration is outlined and test experience with the Vsystem is discussed. Problems occurring during testing are noted

Keywords

CAMAC; computerised control; cyclotrons; electrostatic accelerators; microcomputer applications; nuclear electronics; physical instrumentation control; physics computing; CAMAC-based control; Chalk River Laboratories; Tandem-Accelerator-Superconducting-Cyclo complex; VAX microcomputers; VISTA Control Systems; VMS operating system; Vsystem; commercial system; control package; extensive software toolkit; functionality; graphical operator interface; multifeature data-logging capability; test configuration; CAMAC; Communication system control; Control systems; Cyclotrons; Databases; Hardware; Laboratories; Operating systems; Rivers; Road transportation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.277484

Filename

277484