• DocumentCode
    887764
  • Title

    The Vaxonline Software System at Fermilab

  • Author

    White, V. ; Heinicke, P. ; Berman, E. ; Constanta-Fanourakis, P. ; MacKinnon, B. ; Moore, C. ; Nicinski, T. ; Petravick, D. ; Pordes, R. ; Quigg, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Data Acquisition Software Group, Computing Department Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory P.O. Box 500 Batavia, IL 60510
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    763
  • Lastpage
    767
  • Abstract
    The VAXONLINE software system, started in late 1984, is now in use at 12 experiments at Fermilab, with at least one VAX or MicroVax. Data acquisition features now provide for the collection and combination of data from one or more sources, via a list-driven Event Builder program. Supported sources include CAMAC, FASTBUS, Front-end PDP-11´s, Disk, Tape, DECnet and other processors running VAXONLINE. This paper describes the functionality provided by the VAXONLINE system, gives performance figures and discusses the ongoing program of enhancements.
  • Keywords
    Algorithms; CAMAC; Centralized control; Control systems; Data acquisition; Data analysis; Fastbus; Software libraries; Software systems; Software tools;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1987.4334732
  • Filename
    4334732