CENTRALIZED MONITORING FOR SHIPBOARD ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
Abstract
The design and construction of a breadboard model centralized monitoring system for assessing and indicating the operational status of all electronic systems on a given ship is described. An AN/SPC-5 radar has been used as an example of a continuously monitored system and has been equipped with sensors for detecting variations in operating parameters. Sensor information is summed in a logic unit whose output is indicative of the over-all operational status of the radar. Provision is also made for automatic interrogation of each sensor individually in order to determine the approximate location of any malfunction. Indication of changes in status are displayed on a central panel; and, upon request of the monitoring personnel, failure report forms are automatically prepared and typed. Message information concerning the prime equipment and its associated sensors is maintained in a single reel of punched paper tape. A simulator representing the status signals from twenty-four hypothetical systems in addition to the AN/SPS-5 radar has been constructed for use with the display and message-handling equipment. With the simulator, it is possible to produce any desired frequency and degree of failure in any of the hypothetical systems for subjectively evaluating the monitoring technique. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0261212
Entities
People
- R.m. Heintz
Organizations
- SRI International