A TRAINING SIMULATOR WITH SOFT PANELS

摘要

A full scope training simulator using soft panels as graphic, interface is being developed for Sta, Maria de Garo?a NPP (Burgos, Spain). The prototype of a complete control room panel working on Windows NT platforms with touch screens is now available. Its functionality is similar to that of a full scope replica simulator. An interface by means of software elements, soft panels, has been added for ? high fidelity reproduction of the control room. Besides, ampdule that links the simulator with the SPDS has-been developed. The simulation environment is OpenSim NT~(TM) which allows to fulfill the ANSI 3.5 requirements. The communication between the soft-panels and the simulator is carried out by means of the TCP/IP protocol. Component technology programmed with Visual C++ is used in the development of panels elements such as indicators, switches and so on. The simulator runs on a client/server architecture where OpenSim acts as the server and the panels as clients applications. The adopted programming model allows a fast development with low resources. The availability of a simulator with these features at the plant site will improve the operators training and provide the possibility of being used for other purposes regarding its configuration flexibility.