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RIS citation export for S10TS07: The Timing System of the RFX Nuclear Fusion Experiment

TY  - CONF
AU  - Schmidt, V.
AU  - Flor, G.
AU  - Manduchi, G.
AU  - Piacentini, I.
ED  - Pak, Cheol-on
ED  - Kurokawa, Shin-ichi
ED  - Katoh, Tadahiko
ED  - Furukawa, Kazuro
ED  - Schaa, Volker RW
TI  - The Timing System of the RFX Nuclear Fusion Experiment
J2  - Proc. of ICALEPCS1991, Tsukuba, Japan, 11-15 November 1991
CY  - Tsukuba, Japan
T2  - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems
T3  - 3
LA  - english
AB  - The RFX Nuclear Fusion Experiment in Padova, Italy, employs a distributed system to produce precision trigger signals for the fast control of the experiment and for the experiment-wide synchronization of data acquisition channels. The hardware of the system is based on a set of CAMAC modules. The modules have been integrated into a hardware/software system which provides the following features: # generation of pre-programmed timing events, # distribution of asynchronous (not pre-programmed) timing events, # gating of timing event generation by Machine Protection System, # automatic stop of timing sequence in case of highway damage, # dual-speed timebase for transient recorders, # system-wide precision of ¿3 ¿s, time resolution ¿ l0 ¿s. The operation of the timing system is fully integrated into the RFX data acquisition system software. The Timing System Software consists of three layers: the lowest one corresponds directly to the CAMAC modules, the intermediate one provides pseudo-devices which essentially correspond to specific features of the modules (e.g. a dual frequency clock source for transient recorders), the highest level provides system set-up support. The system is fully operational and was first used during the commissioning of the RFX Power Supplies in spring ’91.
PB  - JACoW Publishing
CP  - Geneva, Switzerland
SP  - 367
EP  - 370
KW  - timing
KW  - software
KW  - hardware
KW  - experiment
KW  - operation
DA  - 1992/12
PY  - 1992
SN  - 2226-0358
SN  - 978-3-95450-254-7
DO  - doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S10TS07
UR  - https://jacow.org/icalepcs1991/papers/s10ts07.pdf
ER  -