VME and network application to magnet power supply control in JT-60U

Author

Terakado, T. ; Ohmori, Y. ; Totsuka, T. ; Matsukawa, M. ; Miyachi, K. ; Kimura, T.

Author_Institution

Naka Fusion Res. Establ., JAERI, Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

6-10 Oct 1997

Firstpage

560

Abstract

The original control system for the poloidal field coil power supply (PFPS) in the JT-60 tokamak was developed in 1984. It was composed of CAMAC-based 16-bit microcomputers and I/Os. Corresponding to the progress in physics experiments, it had been required to improve the control system as well as to modify the power supply. Then, the control system was rejuvenated where advanced technologies of VME, networks and UNIX-workstations were applied. In addition to the upgrade of the system performance, the renewal of the control system has remarkably improved its hardware maintainability and software development environment

Keywords

Tokamak devices; Unix; fusion reactor design; physical instrumentation control; power supplies to apparatus; power system control; JT-60U; UNIX-workstations; VME; hardware maintainability; magnet power supply control; poloidal field coil power supply; software development environment; Coils; Control systems; Hardware; Microcomputers; Physics; Power supplies; Programming; Software maintenance; System performance; 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.1997.687102

Filename

687102