Graphical user interface of RFX control and data acquisition system

Author

Flor, G. ; Hemming, O.N. ; Luchetta, A. ; Manduchi, G. ; Schmidt, V. ; Taliercio, C. ; Vitturi, S. ; Fredian, T.W. ; Stillerman, J.A.

Author_Institution

Gruppo di Padova per Ricerche sulla Fusione, CNR, Padova, Italy

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

11-15 Oct 1993

Firstpage

577

Abstract

The paper presents the user interface aspects of the control and data acquisition system (SIGMA) of the RFX nuclear fusion experiment. SIGMA uses programmable controllers (PLCs) for slow signals and VAX based CAMAC for the fast data acquisition and timing tasks. The paper briefly summarises the technical aspects of the user interface: PLC based systems use operating consoles which employ IBM PC/AT compatibles running a commercial plant supervision package. The VAX based part employs VAXstations as user consoles with an extensive graphical user interface (initially DECwindows, now Motif). The use of these tools is illustrated by presenting the entire operation sequence for an RFX shot

Keywords

CAMAC; DEC computers; IBM compatible machines; SCADA systems; Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor operation; fusion reactors; graphical user interfaces; microcomputer applications; nuclear engineering computing; programmable controllers; DECwindows; IBM PC/AT compatibles; Motif; RFX control system; RFX data acquisition system; RFX nuclear fusion experiment; RFX shot; SIGMA; VAX based CAMAC; VAXstations; fast timing tasks; fusion reactor; graphical user interface; operating consoles; operation sequence; plant supervision package; programmable controllers; slow signals; user consoles; CAMAC; Condition monitoring; Control systems; Data acquisition; Fusion reactors; Graphical user interfaces; Packaging; Programmable control; Timing; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1993., 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hyannis, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1412-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1993.518400

Filename

518400