Software architecture for the ORNL large-coil test facility data system
Creators
- 1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box Y, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
Description
The VAX-based data-acquisition system for the International Fusion Superconducting Magnet Test Facility (IFSMTF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a second-generation system that evolved from a PDP-11/60-based system used during the initial phase of facility testing. The VAX-based software represents a layered implementation that provides integrated access to all of the data sources within the system, decoupling end-user data retrieval from various front-end data sources through a combination of software architecture and instrumentation data bases. Independent VAX processes manage the various front-end data sources, each being responsible for controlling, monitoring, acquiring, and disposing data and control parameters for access from the data retrieval software. This paper describes the software architecture and the functionality incorporated into the various layers of the data system
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Rev. Sci. Instrum.
- Journal Volume
- 57
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Series
- Rev. Sci. Instrum.
- Journal Page Range
- 1883-1885
- ISSN
- 0034-6748
- CODEN
- RSINA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 17083921
- Subject category
- S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CONFIGURATION; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; DATA BASE MANAGEMENT; DEC COMPUTERS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAGNET COILS; ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ORNL; PROGRAMMING; SPECIFICATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; TESTING
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPUTERS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETS; EQUIPMENT; MAGNETS; MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS