Computer control of tokamak operation at Doublet III
Abstract
Computer control of the Doublet III tokamak improved record-keeping and shot reproducibility and provided a natural operating interface by CRT displays, terminals, and flexibility in automated shot sequencing and monitoring. Software modules maintain a centralized data base for all inputs and outputs; signals are scanned repetitively, translated into engineering units, and signal values displayed on control console CRTs are updated every 1/2 sec. Commands and status of the Doublet III are connected to CAMAC inputs and outputs; complex large power supplies include internal controls and interlocks. The high resolution is produced by a central timing system set by CAMAC outputs prior to a shot.
- Publication:
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8th Symposium on Engineering Problems of Fusion Research
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979epfr.conf..919D
- Keywords:
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- Computer Systems Design;
- Numerical Control;
- Reactor Technology;
- Tokamak Devices;
- Control Equipment;
- Display Devices;
- Fusion Reactors;
- Plasma Physics