The prototype message broadcast system for the Superconducting Super Collider

Author

Low, Keng ; Skegg, Robert

Author_Institution

SSC Lab., Dallas, TX, USA

Volume

38

Issue

2

fYear

1991

fDate

4/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

325

Lastpage

328

Abstract

A prototype unified message broadcast system to handle the sitewide distribution of all control system messages for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) is presented. The messages are assembled in the control room area and encapsulated for transmission via a general fiber-optic link system to devices distributed throughout 70 mi of tunnels. An embedded timing signal is used by the distribution system to ensure that messages arrive at all devices simultaneously. Devices receive messages using a special receiver subsystem. A simple version of this system is to be used in the Accelerator Systems String Test (ASST) at the SSC site in 1991

Keywords

broadcasting; electronic messaging; nuclear electronics; optical links; physical instrumentation control; proton accelerators; storage rings; synchrotrons; ASST; Accelerator Systems String Test; SSC; Superconducting Super Collider; control system messages; embedded timing signal; fiber-optic link system; prototype message broadcast system; receiver subsystem; sitewide distribution; unified message broadcast system; Assembly systems; Broadcasting; Control systems; Laboratories; Optical fiber devices; Proton accelerators; Prototypes; Read-write memory; Time division multiplexing; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.289319

Filename

289319