Westron's Information Bulletin No. 22 (June 2001)

On June 5-8 the capability of the hardware and software kit for radiation monitoring parameters display was successfully tested on site. Presently, the kit is in its pilot operation.

This kit is designed for the reception of radiation monitoring parameters with the use of the card (MPr-KRB) developed and manufactured by Westron for the reception of AKRB-03 hardware signals via the AKRB-03 hardware serial channel for their further display for operators and history.

To ensure radiation monitoring display hardware upgrade it took Westron nearly two months (the shortest possible time) to provide the development, manufacture and test of MPr-KRB communication adapter installed in the PC, the development of the AKRB-03 hardware communication software (driver), and data display and storage software.

For the software functioning Windows-NT operating system is used. Data display tools allow to display data both in the form of table and on process diagram.

The received data is checked on its validity and the predefined and alarm limits. The integrated application software and standard Microsoft Access (database management system) allow to provide data storage and processing in the standard database format.

The supplied base hardware and software kit capability to display in the future the increased scope of parameters due to installation of additional MPr-KRB adapters will allow to replace obsolete CM-2M and will make ZNPP Radiation Monitoring System (RMS) top level reconstruction bumpless.

The hardware and software kit for radiation monitoring parameters display performs the following functions:

reception of BVC-51 parameters values and attributes
evaluation of parameter reception quality and generation of validity flag for every parameter
display of parameter live values and attributes in the form of table
parameter live values and attributes table printout
display of live values and attributes of the parameters on process diagram
parameter values and attributes history with definite period for the predefined time period

The hardware and software kit for radiation monitoring parameters display includes the following:

personal computer (PC)
MPr-KRB card installed into PC ISA slot (optional PCI)
data cable connected to BVC-51 and to PC (MPr-KRB card)

Windows-NT operating system
MSAccess application tool of MSOffise97 package for parameters history and retrieval
MPr-KRB card driver for Windows-NT
data collection and history routine
parameter live values and attributes table display and printout routine
process diagrams display routine
process diagram components description confifuration file

The parameter values within the preset limits are displayed on the white background in the green frame. The parameter values which exceed the preset limits are displayed in the yellow frame. The red frame is for display of the alarm parameters. Invalid parameters (hardware/channel error parameters) are displayed on the grey background.


		Main Page -=- Site Map	Русская версия
General Information Our News Production Reference List Quality System Service Center Links Photo & Video Mass-Media Bulletins	Information Bulletin No. 22 (June 2001) Zaporozhye NPP Radiation Monitoring Display Hardware Upgrade On June 5-8 the capability of the hardware and software kit for radiation monitoring parameters display was successfully tested on site. Presently, the kit is in its pilot operation. This kit is designed for the reception of radiation monitoring parameters with the use of the card (MPr-KRB) developed and manufactured by Westron for the reception of AKRB-03 hardware signals via the AKRB-03 hardware serial channel for their further display for operators and history. To ensure radiation monitoring display hardware upgrade it took Westron nearly two months (the shortest possible time) to provide the development, manufacture and test of MPr-KRB communication adapter installed in the PC, the development of the AKRB-03 hardware communication software (driver), and data display and storage software. For the software functioning Windows-NT operating system is used. Data display tools allow to display data both in the form of table and on process diagram. The received data is checked on its validity and the predefined and alarm limits. The integrated application software and standard Microsoft Access (database management system) allow to provide data storage and processing in the standard database format. The supplied base hardware and software kit capability to display in the future the increased scope of parameters due to installation of additional MPr-KRB adapters will allow to replace obsolete CM-2M and will make ZNPP Radiation Monitoring System (RMS) top level reconstruction bumpless. 1 Functions The hardware and software kit for radiation monitoring parameters display performs the following functions: reception of BVC-51 parameters values and attributes evaluation of parameter reception quality and generation of validity flag for every parameter display of parameter live values and attributes in the form of table parameter live values and attributes table printout display of live values and attributes of the parameters on process diagram parameter values and attributes history with definite period for the predefined time period 2 Architecture The hardware and software kit for radiation monitoring parameters display includes the following: personal computer (PC) MPr-KRB card installed into PC ISA slot (optional PCI) data cable connected to BVC-51 and to PC (MPr-KRB card) Windows-NT operating system MSAccess application tool of MSOffise97 package for parameters history and retrieval MPr-KRB card driver for Windows-NT data collection and history routine parameter live values and attributes table display and printout routine process diagrams display routine process diagram components description confifuration file 3 Radiation Monitoring Parameters Display Process diagram of radiation monitoring parameters is shown on fig. 1. Fig. 1 The parameter values within the preset limits are displayed on the white background in the green frame. The parameter values which exceed the preset limits are displayed in the yellow frame. The red frame is for display of the alarm parameters. Invalid parameters (hardware/channel error parameters) are displayed on the grey background.
			Westron LLC 1 Akademika Proskury Str., Kharkiv 61070, Ukraine Phone: +380-57-717-0601 Phone/Fax: +380-57-717-7956 E-mail: office@westron.kharkov.ua