ARTEMIS: a VMS based Fastbus module testing and evaluation system

Author

Gorbics, M.S. ; Crawley, H.B. ; McKay, R. ; Meyer, W.T. ; Rosenberg, E.I. ; Skeens, J.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, USA

Volume

37

Issue

2

fYear

1990

fDate

4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

331

Lastpage

335

Abstract

A flexible Fastbus module testing and evaluation system is described. It has been developed in conjunction with the Ames Waveform Digitizer being used in the DELPHI experiment at LEP (Large Electron Positron Collider). The system hardware includes a DEC MicroVAX II (or equivalent) running microVMS with Fastbus and GPIB instrumentation buses. The software is menu driven, makes extensive use of the screen management routines of the VAX/VMS system, and is designed for easy modification. In a period of about four months, 600 Fastbus modules currently in use in the DELPHI experiment were tested and debugged

Keywords

data acquisition; nuclear electronics; physics computing; ARTEMIS; Ames Waveform Digitizer; DEC MicroVAX II; DELPHI; GPIB instrumentation buses; LEP; VAX/VMS system; debugged; evaluation system; flexible Fastbus module testing; hardware; menu driven; microVMS; screen management; software; Electronic equipment testing; Fastbus; Hardware; Laboratories; Microprocessors; Physics; Signal generators; Software packages; System testing; Voice mail;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.106640

Filename

106640