Data Acquisition and Database Management System for Samsung Superconductor Test Facility

TL;DR

This paper describes the development and implementation of a data acquisition and database management system for Samsung's Superconductor Test Facility, supporting superconducting magnet testing for KSTAR.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive data management system integrating UNIX, VxWorks, EPICS, and Linux for efficient superconducting magnet testing at SSTF.

Findings

System successfully manages large-scale superconducting magnet data.

Real-time data acquisition with UNIX and VxWorks operating systems.

Effective data handling improves test efficiency and data analysis.

Abstract

In order to fulfill the test requirement of KSTAR (Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research) superconducting magnet system, a large scale superconducting magnet and conductor test facility, SSTF (Samsung Superconductor Test Facility), has been constructed at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. The computer system for SSTF DAC (Data Acquisition and Control) is based on UNIX system and VxWorks is used for the real-time OS of the VME system. EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System) is used for the communication between IOC server and client. A database program has been developed for the efficient management of measured data and a Linux workstation with PENTIUM-4 CPU is used for the database server. In this paper, the current status of SSTF DAC system, the database management system and recent test results are presented.