Communication Protocol for Plasma Position and Shape Control for the COMPASS Tokamak

The Compass tokamak, reinstalled at IPP Prague, will have a new digital plasma position and shape control system. Development of a communication protocol is necessary for the connection between the energetics devices 1 built by CKD company and the operator - either human or computer together. The present work is focused on development of such communication protocol. Human operator can send a request for status of energetics, time synchronization, counting errors, etc. through communication protocol. Predefined currents for individual power supplies will be send through the communication protocol. In the future this system will be replaced by feedback control system integrated in CODAC (Control Data Acquisition and Communication system).