Title :
Uniform communications software using TCP/IP
Author :
Bernett, Mark ; Oleynik, Gene
Author_Institution :
Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA
fDate :
10/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Data acquisition applications at Fermilab require a reliable, distributed communication system for downloading, diagnostics, control, and data distribution. TCP/IP was chosen over Ethernet because of its uniform user interface and commercial availability for a number of processors and operating systems. The authors describe their software and hardware support for TCP/IP on VAX/VMS, VME/pSOS, FASTBUS/pSOS, and Unix systems. They describe plans to provide a portable, hardware-independent implementation of TCP/IP that is based on Berkeley BSD software
Keywords :
DEC computers; Unix; computer interfaces; data acquisition; local area networks; physics computing; BSD software; FASTBUS/pSOS; Unix systems; VAX/VMS; VME/pSOS; communications software; control; data distribution; diagnostics; distributed communication system; downloading; hardware; Application software; Availability; Communication system control; Communication system software; Control systems; Data acquisition; Ethernet networks; Operating systems; TCPIP; User interfaces;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
