Published 1986 | Version v1
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The CHERS software system

Creators

  • 1. Princeton Univ., NJ (USA)
  • 2. IPP Garching, Euratom Assoc. (USA)

Description

The CHERS (charge exchange recombination spectroscopy) diagnostic is the first TFTR diagnostic to utilize a microVAX II computer for device control, data acquisition, analysis, and event-driven processing. The CHERS software system is described in this paper. It is based on a primary interactive menu-driven task, enabling the diagnostic physicist to perform interactive device control and monitoring, and calibration and control file editing, and to control automatic device setup, data acquisition, and analysis. All software is written in FORTRAN. Device control was accomplished using ORNL VAX CAMAC and RTIPS (Real time image processing system) FORTRAN subroutines. Standard VAX system services are utilized, including the use of event flags, global sections, logical names, AST's (Asynchronous System Traps), security services, and subprocess spawning

Additional details

Additional titles

Subtitle (English)
A MicroVAX-based diagnostic

Publishing Information

Publisher
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Imprint Place
Princeton, NJ (USA)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 6th topical conference on high temperature plasma diagnostics
Imprint Pagination
12 p.
Journal Page Range
p. F5.

Conference

Title
6. topical conference on high temperature plasma diagnostics.
Dates
9-13 Mar 1986.
Place
Hilton Head Island, SC (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21051036
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CAMAC SYSTEM; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; FORTRAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; TFTR TOKAMAK
Descriptors DEC
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TOKAMAK DEVICES

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-860324--.