Java based graphical user interface for Livingston

Author

Zhang, Weimin ; Devgan, Satinderpaul S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tennessee State Univ., Nashville, TN, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

197

Lastpage

200

Abstract

The Livingston Application program is designed to monitor and diagnose control operations of the Mars Space Station. Livingston is special software developed by NASA, which uses a model based programming language. The output generated by Livingston is textural. However, graphical means of viewing modular outputs would greatly simplify the monitoring and diagnosing of such complex models. The Circuit Breaker (CB) model, using Livingston application, was provided by NASA and consists of 15 CBs connected to 8 LEDs, which simulates the above control operations. In order to graphically display this control system and dynamically update this graphical user interface (GUI), Java technologies have been implemented. This GUI is very effective in diagnosing, monitoring and understanding of these control operations

Keywords

Java; aerospace computing; aerospace control; fault diagnosis; graphical user interfaces; Circuit Breaker model; GUI; Java based graphical user interface; Java technologies; Livingston Application program; Mars Space Station; NASA; control operations; graphical display; graphical viewing; model based programming language; modular outputs; special software; Application software; Circuit breakers; Computer languages; Graphical user interfaces; Java; Light emitting diodes; Mars; Monitoring; NASA; Space stations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Nasville, TN

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6312-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.2000.845468

Filename

845468