Application of ITER CODAC Core System for NSTX SPA-2 Project
Authors: A. Massry, P. Sichta, and J. Dong
Abstract:
The National Spherical Torus Experiment
(NSTX) was upgraded in 2011 with a second switching power
amplifier (SPA2) to power NSTX's resistive wall mode
(RWM) coils. Integration of the power supply's local controls
with the Central Instrumentation and Control System (CI&C)
was accomplished, in part, through PLC-to-EPICS software
that was included in the ITER project's Control, Data Access,
and Communication (CODAC) Core System. The Core
System is a software suite for ITER plant system
manufacturers to use as a template for development of their
interface with CODAC. NSTX decided to use this software for
the SPA2 project for a number of reasons, principally: 1) it
was cost-effective for NSTX, 2) it provided an opportunity to
collaborate with ITER and evaluate their Plant System
Interface methodologies, documentation, and information
technology and control system processes; on an operational
machine. This paper will present an overview of the SPA2
CI&C interface and describe our experience using the ITER
Core System software and applicable plant system integration
processes.
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Submitted to: 8th International Conference on Plasma Science & 24th Symposium on Fusion Engineering/ICOPS 2011 SOFE, Chicago, IL, June 26-30, 2011.
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