Providing Automated Control for PBFA-II
Abstract
Four levels of control are available to the operator in the Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator II (PBFA-II) control/monitor system. At the lowest control level, remote manual, the operator is responsible for all accelerator control and coordination. He is also responsible for interpreting sensor and actuator values to determine the state of the accelerator. At the highest control level, autostaging, the computer integrates the sensor and actuator values into reports it presents to the operator. The operator can control several accelerator subsystems with single auto-staging commands that the control/monitor system interprets into sequences of integrated functions. The control system is being implemented from the bottom up, from remote manual to auto-staging--but will not be completed until well into the characterization phase of the PBFA-II project.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA638609
Entities
People
- Victoria M. Italiano
Organizations
- Sandia National Laboratories