Then there is the ghosted real time PC based master control system to consider. Have you ever worked on a PC based real-time graphic interface controlling 100 remote computer? If you can custom code that up in a few months, you are more than a good programmer, you are a GOD programmer.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 4:46 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: > I am a programmer. The cost depends upon the requirements that must be > met. Each ECAT should be easy to control once it is understood since the > input complexity appears very small. Controlling the complete system is > more complex, but I do not think that we are looking at a major effort such > as a modern operating system would require. A couple of good programmers > should be able to make the first pass in a few months. > > I suspect that you are worried about an issue that is simple to handle. > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Axil Axil <[email protected]> > To: vortex-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Dec 9, 2014 4:36 pm > Subject: Re: [Vo]:more energy in disputes than from cells > > Details, details, details, the costs are all in the details. The > communication problems between the PLC and the PLS multiplexer (RTU) > requires a complicated communication protocol, and data buffering in both > the PLC and the RTU. The main control station can fail. this requires data > storage during reboot. The bottom line is that the SCADA system is > complicated and requires a lot of code. Coding is expensive, ask any > programmer. > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Bob Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dave- >> >> I agree with you and had the same thought about Axil's rash conclusion. >> Some solar panels have the same kind of mirco processor to control the >> voltage of each panel in a group of many panels. The ones that are not >> producing are identified and taken off line generally. A farm of wind >> turbines works the same way. I think computer and micro processor mean the >> same thing. >> >> Bob >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* David Roberson <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 09, 2014 1:02 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:more energy in disputes than from cells >> >> Axil, >> >> I suspect that you are misreading what Rossi stated. Why would you not >> think that each small ECAT unit has its own microcontroller? There are >> approximately 100 individual ECATs and he has chosen to control each one >> independently while a main control system coordinates them. >> >> If what I believe is true then the power handling required to activate >> the internal heating sections is modest. This lowers the cost of that >> function by a considerable amount. Also, failure of each unit can be >> monitored and the faulty ones located quickly and easily replaced. Rossi >> likes to operate in a practical, simple manner. >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Axil Axil <[email protected]> >> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tue, Dec 9, 2014 3:05 pm >> Subject: Re: [Vo]:more energy in disputes than from cells >> >> Rossi has publicly stated that he is using over 100 computers to >> implement his latest control stratagem. From this meager bit of information >> we can deduce fairly much what is going on with the 1 megawatt cluster >> E-Cat reactor. That number of computers means he is using a SCADA system to >> do the command and control function to keep his creation in line. >> The term SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) usually refers >> to a centralized system which monitors and controls the industrial >> infrastructure of entire sites, or complexes of systems spread out over >> large areas (anything from an industrial plant to a nation). Most localized >> control actions are performed automatically by Remote Terminal Unit (RTU)s >> or by Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)s. These are computer boards which >> are controlled by a low level microcomputer usually housed in a rack >> mounted enclosure using a full duplex bus structure to communicate with a >> master control station(MCS). The MCS is a custom coded PC that hosts the >> bus network and provides a graphical user interface to depict the >> operational parameters and status of all the E-Cats. In a high availability >> application, the MCD runs in a ghosted mode with a hot backup PC. >> >> The cost of such a system(a high quality implementation) is >> substantial. This digital Command and Control(C&C) will comprise a large >> fraction of the cost of Rossi's 1 megawatt plant. Even the best of such >> systems is prone to bugs, out of profile behavior and hacking attacks. >> Usually industrial customers will want to integrate the E-Cat cluster >> reactor into their factory wide SCADA C&C system. >> >> In my opinion, Rossi and Industrial heat have made a mistake in >> judgment on this reactor design decision. A simplified fail safe (as in a >> nuclear reactor) analog based control system is best suited to the 1 MW >> E-Cat cluster reactor. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Peter Gluck <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Friends, >>> >>> when the New Paradigm of LENR will >>> arrive, remember me for this too: >>> >>> >>> http://egooutpeters.blogspot.ro/2014/12/daily-shared-lenr-discoveries-december_9.html >>> >>> It is the daily info here...more daily than info this time. >>> Peter >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Peter Gluck >>> Cluj, Romania >>> http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com >>> >> >> >
