Ether and Bit Box Programs: Firepower Control Experiment. Part 2
Abstract
The computer program Ether serves as the communications media and control center for the Artillery Control Environment (ACE) simulation programs. Ether sets up all of the interprocess communication required for a desired run and by passing information to the appropriate display programs, allows the user to monitor the progress of the unfolding scenario. The experiment controller also has the ability to alter the probability of successful message transmission during the execution of an experiment. Bb is the Bit Box driver program. This program serves as an interface between the computer port attached to tactical hardware and the ether program. The use of this program allows the ether program to use a consistent set of protocols for communicating with both simulation programs and tactical hardware. Keywords: Fine control computers, Tactical communications, Man machine systems, Interfaces, Message traffic, Data acquisition, Artillery control environment (ACE), Multiple Forward Observer scenario (MFOSCE), Bit box, ACE Display (ADIS), Command Post Research Facility (CPXRF), Interprocess communication.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADB134771
Entities
People
- George W. Hartwig Jr.
Organizations
- Ballistic Research Laboratory