Title :
A remote console system for balloon borne experiments
Author :
Imori, M. ; Yoshimura, Kazuki ; Ueda, I. ; Yoshida, Takafumi ; Anraku, K. ; Inaba, Shogo ; Saeki, Tomonori ; Honda, Hiroki ; Matsunaga, H. ; Motoki, M. ; Nozaki, M. ; Yamagami, T.
Author_Institution :
KEK, Ibaraki
Abstract :
A remote console system is developed to improve remote control over balloon-borne experimental apparatus. 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 the balloon, where the microcomputers control the apparatus individually. Personal computers in the system emulate the remote console of the microcomputers. The apparatus is thereby remotely controlled through the personal computers placed at the ground station. The system includes plural personal computers which are interconnected so as to share the transmissions from the apparatus. The transactions between the ground station and the balloon-borne apparatus are supplied to work stations to be analyzed further. The authors describe the implementation of the system and the communication between the ground station and the balloon-borne apparatus
Keywords :
aerospace computer control; balloons; remote consoles; telecontrol equipment; balloon borne experiments; communication; personal computers; remote console system; Communication system control; Control systems; Keyboards; LAN interconnection; Laboratories; Local area networks; Microcomputers; Radio control; Remote monitoring; Satellite ground stations;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0884-0
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1992.301313
