Title :
Overview of TEXT control system upgrade
Author :
Mixon, W.W. ; Terry, D.R. ; Patterson, D. ; Dibble, J.
Author_Institution :
Fusion Res. Center, Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
fDate :
30 Sep-3 Oct 1991
Abstract :
The upgrade to the Texas Experimental Tokamak, (TEXT) includes two new motor-generator sets, new vertical-field and divertor power supplies, and a new 500-kW ECH (electron cyclotron heating) gyrotron and its power supplies. Much of the monitoring and control of this hardware are done by a network of UNIX workstations running TACL control software. Additional capabilities needed during actual pulses, such as fast data-logging and the generation of waveforms and fast timing sequences, is provided by CAMAC modules controlled by VAX computers and X Windows terminals. These new systems are integrated with the old TEXT control and data-acquisition systems
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; data acquisition; digital control; fusion reactor instrumentation; fusion reactor theory and design; nuclear engineering computing; CAMAC modules; TACL control software; TEXT control system upgrade; Texas Experimental Tokamak; UNIX workstations; VAX computers; X Windows terminals; data-acquisition systems; data-logging; divertor power supplies; electron cyclotron heating; gyrotron; motor-generator sets; Computerized monitoring; Control systems; Cyclotrons; Electrons; Gyrotrons; Hardware; Heating; Power supplies; Tokamaks; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1991. Proceedings., 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0132-3
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1991.218732
