AN ADVANCED PC-PLC-BASED SCADA SYSTEM FOR A COMMERCIAL MEDICAL CYCLOTRON

Authors
SINGLACHAR R MUKHERJEE B
Citation
R. Singlachar et B. Mukherjee, AN ADVANCED PC-PLC-BASED SCADA SYSTEM FOR A COMMERCIAL MEDICAL CYCLOTRON, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 399(2-3), 1997, pp. 396-406
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
399
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
396 - 406
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)399:2-3<396:AAPSSF>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A novel SCADA system is developed for the 30 MeV H- ion commercial Med ical Cyclotron (Model: Cyclone-30) operating at proton beam currents u p to 850 mu A, at the National Medical Cyclotron, Sydney Australia. Cy clone-30 control system at NMC consists of two PLCs and a PC. The NMC SCADA system is based on a IBM compatible PC and FIX DMACS software pa ckage running on Windows 3.1 platform. This system is custom built for the Cyclone-30 al NMC. High-quality graphic screens are designed to s uit the cyclotron at NMC keeping up to date with all the system upgrad es. This system is designed to completely replace the existing man-mac hine interface with many new functions. This paper describes the impor tant components of the system including system architecture and softwa re development.