• DocumentCode
    811452
  • Title

    Computer Control of Brookhaven 200 MeV Linac

  • Author

    Weitman, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1973
  • fDate
    6/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    642
  • Lastpage
    644
  • Abstract
    A unified control system philosophy allows operation of the linac from a PDP-8 mini-computer with full supervisory control, data acquisition and the full computation capability of the PDP-10 located at the AGS. Interface hardware for diagnostic monitoring equipment and operational control equipment is described. Failure of any link in the control system does not necessitate shut down of the linac, only a diminished control capability results.
  • Keywords
    Automatic control; Control systems; Hardware; Human factors; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Operating systems; Power system protection; SCADA systems; Supervisory control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1973.4327203
  • Filename
    4327203