New kind of user interface for controlling MFTF diagnostics

Conference · Tue Nov 29 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:7091668

Preckshot, G G; Saroyan, R A; Mead, J E

The Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is faced with the problem of controlling a multitude of plasma diagnostics instruments from a central, multiprocessor computer facility. A 16-bit microprocessor-based workstation allows each physicist entree into the central multiprocessor, which consists of nine Perkin-Elmer 32-bit minicomputers. The workstation provides the user interface to the larger system, with display graphics, windowing, and a physics notebook. Controlling a diagnostic is now equivalent to making entries into a traditional physics notebook.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 7091668
• Report Number(s): UCRL-89220; CONF-831203-143; ON: DE84012604
• Resource Relation: Conference: 10. symposium on fusion engineering, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 5 Dec 1983; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
MFTF DEVICES
OPERATION
COMPUTERS
CONTROL
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DATA PROCESSING
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PROCESSING
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
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