EDO's Ground Facility Recording System (GFRS)

General Description

The EDO's Ground Facility Recording System (GFRS) is a distributed multiprocessor VME-based instrumentation system designed for use in laboratories. The VME architecture provided us with the flexibility and extensibility required to collect operator definable data from a variety of data sources simultaneously. The data collected by the GFRS is completely operator definable.

The GFRS is remotely controlled via a custom Microsoft Windows® application.

The GFRS incorporates standard VME-based Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and custom designed circuit cards to route and manipulate data. Collected data is stored on SCSI recordable devices (e.g. hard drive, CDR, CDRW).

GFRS Control Application

GFRS Features

	Modular 6U VME architecture.
	Uses commercial quality (Non MIL-SPEC) products in GFRS construction.
	Power PC processors and Vx-Works operating system.
	Custom Windows application, running on external PC, remotely controls GFRS operation.
	Operator selects data parameters to record.
	Simultaneous recording of multiple MIL-STD-1553 busses.
	Uses SCSI interface to route collected data to multiple SCSI storage devices.
	Accepts various IRIG modulated inputs
	Extensive Built-In-Test (BIT) and self diagnostics.
	Very flexible and expandable design.