Use of the accessware interface/database software in the neutral beam control systems used by the DIII-D tokamak

Author

Piglowski, D. ; Penaflor, B.G. ; Phillips, J.C.

Author_Institution

Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

6-10 Oct 1997

Firstpage

819

Abstract

The complexities of monitoring and controling the various DIII-D tokamak systems have always required the aid of high-speed computer resources. Recent upgrades in computer hardware to the DIII-D central operations and neutral beam computer systems have forced a redesign of the corresponding software. These newer systems cannot make use of the antiquated computer platforms of the past. Entirely new software has been written/installed to replace the old. During the design and development many newer features have been added; especially in the realm of graphical user interfaces and database management. For most of the systems involved, this required the implementation of a third party software, including a crucial package written by AccessWare Inc. of Houston Texas

Keywords

computerised control; computerised monitoring; data acquisition; database management systems; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor ignition; fusion reactor operation; graphical user interfaces; nuclear engineering computing; physical instrumentation control; plasma beam injection heating; plasma toroidal confinement; software engineering; DIII-D central operations; DIII-D tokamak; NBI heating; accessware interface/database software; database management; fusion reactors; graphical user interfaces; monitoring; neutral beam control systems; software development; third party software; CAMAC; Computer aided manufacturing; Control systems; Data acquisition; Databases; Graphical user interfaces; Hardware; NIST; Switches; Tokamaks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1997. 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4226-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1997.687751

Filename

687751