NASA's New Ground Control Displays Revolutionize Real-Time Monitoring of Mission-Critical Systems
The article discusses creating graphical displays for NASA engineers to monitor and control ground control systems in real time. The Health Management System (HMS) monitors all Kennedy Ground Control Subsystem (KGCS) hardware, allowing remote control and monitoring of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and field devices. The displays mimic the actual modules and show unique health management data for each device. Software is written to map hardware data to the displays, which are then tested with different scenarios before deployment. The user manual will be updated to explain how to use the new module displays.