Conceptual project and present status of the ETE control and data acquisition systems

摘要

The control and data acquisition systems of the recently built Experimento Tokamak Esferico (ETE) (Spherical Tokamak Experiment) were conceived in a distributed, integrated and user-friendly approach (Fus. Eng. Design. 36 (1997) 167). The computerized control of the tokamak operation is based on CAMAC standard electronics to interface the tokamak subsystems and the control software, written in C language, to run under Windows NT. A requirement put on the system was to provide complete electrical isolation between the control and the machine rooms.