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A common requirement of many practical systems is to be able to both control and monitor many of its characteristics. Different systems require different control schemes and signal processing and these must be configured for each application. This normally entails the writing of a specific program.
This paper describes a new system, COMPEND, which has been developed to allow the control and measurement of a great variety of multi-input multi-output systems. The system allows the user to configure the necessary control requirements, in terms of which signals to monitor and how they should be processed, as well as the definition of signals to be measured and logged and any signal processing to be performed, without the need to write a program.
The system is made general purpose and user friendly by using a standard spreadsheet as its front end, into which the user inputs the appropriate values. The results from the spreadsheet are then interpreted by the COMPEND software and used to provide the necessary measurement and control. In operation, further user friendly interaction is allowed and results displayed.
The system has been successfully implemented in various real situations. The paper will give more details of its implementation and use, and describe some typical applications.
This paper describes a new system, COMPEND, which has been developed to allow the control and measurement of a great variety of multi-input multi-output systems. The system allows the user to configure the necessary control requirements, in terms of which signals to monitor and how they should be processed, as well as the definition of signals to be measured and logged and any signal processing to be performed, without the need to write a program.
The system is made general purpose and user friendly by using a standard spreadsheet as its front end, into which the user inputs the appropriate values. The results from the spreadsheet are then interpreted by the COMPEND software and used to provide the necessary measurement and control. In operation, further user friendly interaction is allowed and results displayed.
The system has been successfully implemented in various real situations. The paper will give more details of its implementation and use, and describe some typical applications.
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Mitchell, R.J. et al. (1991). Compend - A General Purpose Control & Measurement System. In: Tzafestas, S.G. (eds) Engineering Systems with Intelligence. Microprocessor-Based and Intelligent Systems Engineering, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2560-4_50
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