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Karen White (ORNL)20/09/2016, 09:20
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Dr Kevin Jones (SNS)20/09/2016, 09:30Introductory remarksGo to contribution page
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Anders Wallander (ITER Organization)20/09/2016, 09:50Within the ITER international organization, 35 nations are collaborating to build the world's largest fusion facility in the South of France. Most contributions are in-kind - integration of more than 200 plant systems will be the main challenge when building the control system. To support the control system development of plant systems, ITER created CODAC Core System (CCS), a Linux...Go to contribution page
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Rok Sabjan (Cosylab)20/09/2016, 10:10This talk describes the ELI-NP Gamma Beam System (GBS) turn-key Control System. It is based on EPICS and developed by Cosylab as part of EuroGammas consortium. System is ready for installation at Magurele RO. It will enable configuration and monitoring of all major sub-systems along the 100 m electron linac. Presentation will touch hardware integration, micro-bunches diagnostics, high level...Go to contribution page
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Henrik Carling (European Spallation Source ERIC)20/09/2016, 11:00An overview is given on the progress and development of the Integrated Control System Project at ESS. Details about planning, budget, schedule, as well as technical development activities and strategies for collaboration and community interaction are presented.Go to contribution page
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Timo Korhonen (European Spallation Source ERIC)20/09/2016, 11:15We present the strategy and plans for control system hardware at ESS. The ESS is following a hardware selection that consists of three levels of performance: MTCA.4 for the high performance systems, EtherCAT for fast distributed I/O and PLCs for industrial I/O and high reliability requirements. We present the status and progress in each of these platforms and the features of our standard solutions.Go to contribution page
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Andrew Johnson (Argonne)20/09/2016, 11:30(presented on behalf of Ned Arnold and Sinisa Veseli) The DAQ software captures synchronously sampled, time-correlated data from several critical subsystems: beam position monitor (BPM) values, storage ring RF cavity field measurements, fast injection kickers, beam diagnostics, and power supply read-backs. The key features of the system include the capability to acquire data from...Go to contribution page
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Mark Heron (Diamond Light Source)20/09/2016, 11:45Pandabox: a new open hardware platform for on the fly data acquisitionGo to contribution page
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Michael Davidsaver (Osprey DCS)20/09/2016, 13:20Summary of experiences working with beam diagnostics and timing for the FRIB project. Including an introduction to uTCA systems, and integration of several cards.Go to contribution page
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Mark Rivers (University of Chicago)20/09/2016, 13:35An update on areaDetectorGo to contribution page
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Bruno Martins (Brookhaven National Laboratory)20/09/2016, 13:55This talk will showcase the ADEiger areaDetector driver for the Dectris' Eiger family of X-Ray detectors. The architecture of the driver as well as its capabilities will be presented.Go to contribution page
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Ronaldo Mercado (Diamond Light Source Ltd)20/09/2016, 14:10Diamond have been using the area detector framework for several years and are involved in recent developments. This talk covers some history, status, current applications and their context in the work of the facility.Go to contribution page
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Matt Pearson (ORNL)20/09/2016, 14:25ADnED acts as a client to a V4 service that provides neutron event data. ADnED converts the event data into NDArray objects and processes them in areaDetector plugin chains for visualization and use in experimental data acquisition. ADnED is in use at the SNS on many beamlines. An update to ADnED is presented, along with details on the plugin chain and plans for the future.Go to contribution page
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Klemen Vodopivec20/09/2016, 14:40Calibration and diagnostic of neutron detectors requires raw data that is significantly larger than usual neutron data. Diagnostic in particular is useful when run continuously for longer time on many detectors simultaneously, requiring high bandwidth processing capabilities. Python tools have been developed to visualize and explain detector features as well as help to optimize configuration...Go to contribution page
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Bogdan Vacaliuc (Spallation Neutron Source)20/09/2016, 15:20The EPICS system provides a robust process variable distribution system upon which software clients and servers are able to interact. The servers interface to physical inputs and outputs of the machine, while the clients interface to users and operators (humans). During the beamline instrumentation upgrade at the SNS, we faced challenges in reproducing similar levels of instrument control...Go to contribution page
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Mr William McCullough (ORNL)20/09/2016, 15:35The following is a short talk concerning a student led EPICS project and the various lessons learned. The Beam Test Facility (BTF) is a test stand for Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) conditioning and low level beam experiments. The BTF has a Protection System (PPS) that monitors radiation levels and controls entry around the accelerator equipment. The PPS uses a Farwest brand detector to...Go to contribution page
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9. lvPortDriver - a platform independent interface between LabVIEW software and EPICS device supportScott Baily20/09/2016, 15:45lvPortDriver and the lvPortDriver virtual library are functions that enable LabVIEW code run an EPICS IOC and communicate with the EPICS database via EPICS device support. The EPICS records interface just as they would with any other asynPortDriver device. lvPortDriver is an asynPortDriver class that stores parameters in the parameter library. A LabVIEW virtual library calls functions that...Go to contribution page
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Bruce Hill (SLAC National Accelerator Lab)20/09/2016, 16:00ADStream makes it easy to configure an areaDetector camera IOC for one or more image streams, each of which has it's own dedicated stdArray, ROI, CC, Overlay, and Process plugin, along w/ some extra PV's to characterize the stream type, input source, height, width, and desired update rate. You can also do image averaging, and view and adjust 4 crosses and 4 ROI overlay boxes. The overlays...Go to contribution page
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Ryan Herbst (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)20/09/2016, 16:15SLAC is currently developing an upgrade of its Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) that will be at the forefront of X-ray science. This upgrade will replace the first 1KM of its existing accelerator tunnel with a superconducting 1Mhz accelerator requiring a major upgrade to the existing control infrastructure. This new control system moves operations and computations previously performed in...Go to contribution page
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Matthew Furseman (Diamond Light Source Ltd)20/09/2016, 16:30Diamond has had an operational fast orbit feedback system since 2007 which has proved to be reliable through routine use since that time. The implementation of the feedback controllers uses distributed VxWorks IOCs for calculating the required correction values in each corrector magnet. These IOCs are more easily modified than systems using FPGAs, allowing us to introduce additional features...Go to contribution page
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Wesley Moore (Jefferson Lab)20/09/2016, 16:45For Jefferson Lab's Hall B, the EPICS control systems have migrated from EPICS 3.13.4 to 3.14.12.5. During this time we moved to modern tools such as CS-Studio and BEAST, replacing MEDM and ALH. We have also fully converted to 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL7) for all workstations and servers. Management of the controls infrastructure now leverages our on-site IT expertise in...Go to contribution page
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Zachary Lentz20/09/2016, 17:00Python is simple, powerful, and easy to learn. Many scientists and engineers come to LCLS knowing much about Python, but little about EPICS. Using a robust, lightweight Python interface to EPICS, we have developed a Python library of device classes, each connected to an IOC. This layer of abstraction has enabled the development of a variety of Python scripts from a wide pool of contributors,...Go to contribution page
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Alex Wallace (SLAC)21/09/2016, 09:00EASE is a Django and PSP (PyCA derived) alert system for EPICS. A Django app is used to store alert settings for users and provide a way for users to share their alert settings. The EASE user interface is accessed via a browser, and is focused on providing a way for everyone to effortlessly establish alerts.Go to contribution page
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Dr Suk Choi (RISP/IBS)21/09/2016, 09:20SCL Demo(Superconducting linear accelerator demonstration) was installed in SRF test facility at RISP. SCL Demo has ECR-IS, LEBT, RFQ, MEBT, QWR cryomodule, RF, and beam diagnostics. ECR-IS and LEBT section is the starting point to extract and accelerate heavy ion beam. ECR-IS started to beam extraction experiment, and remote control system is a precondition to run the the machine. In short...Go to contribution page
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Leo Dalesio21/09/2016, 09:40This presentation covers the key aspects of version 4 and the impact of this on experimental beam line and accelerator architectures and capabilities.Go to contribution page
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Kunal Shroff21/09/2016, 10:10An overview of the use of pvmanager to access pvData structures.Go to contribution page
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Kay Kasemir21/09/2016, 10:25How the display builder interfaces to V4Go to contribution page
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Michael Davidsaver (Osprey DCS)21/09/2016, 11:00A walking tour of the ever expanding EPICS universe with stops at the various components sometimes known as "EPICS V4".Go to contribution page
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Timo Korhonen (European Spallation Source ERIC)21/09/2016, 11:15The European Spallation Source is presently in construction in Lund, Sweden. The ESS a green field facility, which gives us the opportunity to build a system without legacy constraints. One of the goals for the control system is to be fully EPICS 4 compliant, that is, use pvAccess as the sole protocol in the control system. To accomplish this, a comprehensive set of tools and services has to...Go to contribution page
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Andrew Johnson (Argonne)21/09/2016, 11:30Update on python support for placesGo to contribution page
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Martin Kraimer (ANL Retired)21/09/2016, 11:45This talk provides a brief history of EPICSV4 from 2006 until EPICSV4 release 4.6Go to contribution page
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Arman Arkilic (Brookhaven National Lab)21/09/2016, 13:20NSLS-II supports the DOE scientific mission by providing the most advanced tools for discovery class science in condensed matter and materials physics, chemistry, and biology - science that ultimately will enhance national and energy security and help drive abundant, safe, and clean energy technologies. The state-of-the-art hardware, the variety of scientific applications, and data size make...Go to contribution page
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Guobao Shen (FRIB)21/09/2016, 13:35latest statusGo to contribution page
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Arman Arkilic (Brookhaven National Lab)21/09/2016, 13:50A lightweight framework for interactive and automated data collectionGo to contribution page
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Mr Dave Hickin (Diamond Light Source)21/09/2016, 14:05Diamond Light Source is developing a middlelayer framework known as Malcolm, which is targeted initially at high-level configure/run control of control system components generally involved in continuous scans. Malcolm is based on a distributed object system and currently implemented Python. An overview of Malcolm, including the use of EPICS Version 4, will be given.Go to contribution page
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Andrew Johnson (Argonne)21/09/2016, 14:20What has happened recently in EPICS Core development, and how we think we can get to wherever it is that we might want to go - 3, 4, 7, ...Go to contribution page
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Craig Haskins (CSIRO)21/09/2016, 15:20The EPICS IOC development for ASKAP is largely complete and ASKAP-12 is operational as a science instrument. We are beginning a formal early science program soon with the current array of 12 dishes and the remaining 24 are in production for installation over the next year. We review our design decisions, wrong turns and were we are headed next.Go to contribution page
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Alex Wallace (SLAC)21/09/2016, 15:40Beckhoff has been proven to be a solid choice for PLC systems in the photon beamlines at SLAC/LCLS. For interfacing the PLC to EPICS, Modbus is the reigning champion for its simplicity, but is now a limiting factor. A new interface to EPICS must be selected. Two choices are considered, Beckhoff's ADS, and OPC UA.Go to contribution page
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Ralph Lange (ITER Organization)21/09/2016, 15:50**OPC Unified Architecture (UA)** is gaining ground as a communication protocol for industrial controls. Bernhard Kuner (HZB/BESSY) has released EPICS Support that uses the commercial OPC UA Client SDK by Unified Automation GmbH, allowing a Linux based IOC to act as an OPC UA client.Go to contribution page
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Sangil Lee (Institute for Basic Science)21/09/2016, 16:00The RTP product requirements contained two other major items, the functionality of a DCS and the speed of a PLC. To meet the DCS requirements all Analog cards are designed with 16 ADCs and DACs. A multi CPU architecture that adds processing capability as the system is expanded makes it the fastest control system available and satisfies the PLC requirement. The RTP3000 was designed to meet the...Go to contribution page
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Jeffrey Hill (Los Alamos Neutron Science Center)21/09/2016, 16:15During our retrofit of LANSCE LINAC instrumentation systems we implemented fundamental upgrades to EPICS facilitating the rapid-prototype approach to software-development based upon the Lua embedded scripting language. Selection of Lua facilitates new advanced capabilities within EPICS satisfying requirements at LANSCE, but without compromising the general utility of EPICS for use within the...Go to contribution page
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Mr Torsten Bogershausen (ESS)21/09/2016, 16:30Stepper motors have been used in EPICS based systems for a long time. Since that, motion control units have been evolved, and servo motors may be used for advanced applications. ESS is still in an early phase for the neutron instruments, so we are looking at the new developments. Give a short description how a stepper motor works, and why we want to improve the integration for modern motion...Go to contribution page
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Ryan Pierce (Analytics Lounge, NFP)21/09/2016, 16:45The maker ecosystem has flourished due to the widespread availability of common open hardware platforms and open source software frameworks coupled with the emergence of physical and virtual communities. Many of the problems EPICS solves are shared with makers. This presentation explores the potential overlap of these communities by documenting the ongoing progress of a computer controlled...Go to contribution page
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Karen White (ORNL)21/09/2016, 17:50Meal will be served at 18:30Go to contribution page
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Oksana Ivashkevych (BNL)22/09/2016, 09:00Complex Material Scattering (CMS) beamline, one of two first beamlines from BDN portfolio (Beamlines Developed by NSLS2, former NextGen), has seen its first light on Aug, 26 2016. CMS beamline will be dedicated to studies of the bulk and interfacial structures of complex materials on multiple length scales ranging from Angstroms to submicrons, such as molecular size and distribution,...Go to contribution page
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Mr Yong-Hak Kim (IBS/RISP)22/09/2016, 09:20The control system of ISOL Off-line test facility at RISP(Rare Isotope Science Project) is composed of two major parts of the control for RI beam production/separation/transportation and the safety for high voltage power supply and utility. It controls the devices and monitors the current status of each device remotely through GUI using CSS. The conditions from the monitoring are saved to...Go to contribution page
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Eric Berryman (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams)22/09/2016, 09:40The Control System Studio Collaboration Status ReportGo to contribution page
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Jukka Pietarinen22/09/2016, 09:40
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Kunal Shroff22/09/2016, 09:50There were 2 major developments associated with cs-studio at nsls2. Firstly the users are recognizing the befits of the integrated environment provided by CS-Studio and requesting for new applications to be developed which exploit the cs-studio framework. Secondly, with the cs-studio 4.3.3 release and the ability to save and load perspectives, users are now able to put together dedicated...Go to contribution page
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Matthew Furseman (Diamond Light Source Ltd)22/09/2016, 10:00Diamond Light Source has been adopting CS-Studio for its control interface and eventually intends to replace EDM entirely. At the moment an automated framework for generating Synoptic GUIs for beamlines has been created and has been used to commission Diamond's two newest beamlines, I14 and I21. A description of this framework combined with examples of the GUI layout used with it will be...Go to contribution page
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Marie Yao (ORNL)22/09/2016, 10:20We will report what we've learned in the past year developing user-centered SNS instrument control system interfaces, which will include our reflections on user-centered design and user experience (UX), what worked in our projects, as well as lessons learned. We hope to promote user-centered interface design practices within the EPICS controls community.Go to contribution page
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Kay Kasemir22/09/2016, 11:00Status of ongoing display builder work: Standalone mode, support for "real" C Python in addition to JythonGo to contribution page
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Megan Grodowitz (Oak Ridge National Labs)22/09/2016, 11:20We report on adding support for the MQTT internet of things communication protocol to CS Studio. This support allows for the creation of widgets connected to MQTT topics on a configured broker.Go to contribution page
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Mr Klemen Vodopivec (SNS)22/09/2016, 11:40CSS is widely used at SNS by operators, scientists and instrument staff with a large set of existing user interface files. Users expressed desire to monitor experiment progress and operational status while not on-site and while loading CSS is possible over remote access, it's bandwidth intense and not convenient for quick access. A new project has been started to reuse existing CSS files and...Go to contribution page
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Jonathan Hanks (California Institute of Technology)22/09/2016, 13:20This presentation will cover work done within the LIGO lab to display complex screens on phones, tables, and standard web browsers. We utilize websockets and the webopi javascript libraries to display data to laboratory personal in real time.Go to contribution page
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Theodore Rendahl22/09/2016, 13:40While a laboratory environment can present a number of unique computational challenges, the display and modification of information is a global issue with global solutions. PyDM, an interface between the open-source Qt framework and EPICS Channel Access, offers a cross-platform alternative to existing display managers. By packaging a set of tools specifically for the display of EPICS data...Go to contribution page
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john sinclair (ORNL)22/09/2016, 14:00Various edm users have expressed a desire to retain a display manager which is compatible with edm, independent of X and motif, and not constrained by the Eclipse environment. A new display manager will be developed that will achieve these objectives and include additional enhancements.Go to contribution page
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Claudio Rosati (European Spallation Source ERIC)22/09/2016, 14:10I'll explain - how at ESS we managed having the "ESS version" of CS-Studio, - how at ESS we accomplished the 3 Jenkins pipelines related to ESS CS-Studio delivery, - what is still missing and what is planned.Go to contribution page
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Ralph Lange (ITER Organization)22/09/2016, 14:30A view under the hood of the Continuous Integration setup for EPICS Base, in the cloud and on the ground. An invitation to share ideas, tricks and experiences.Go to contribution page
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Michael Davidsaver (Osprey DCS)22/09/2016, 14:50Shameless promotion of the [EPICSDEB](https://github.com/epicsdeb/) effort to create/maintain Debian packages of EPICS modules.Go to contribution page
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Nikolay Levchenko (European Spallation Source)22/09/2016, 15:20An overview of ESS experience in developing and commissioning the first part of the accelerator - Ion Source and LEBT. Details about control system development using ESS software framework and support tools for EPICS development (Controls Configuration DB, Naming Service, EEE).Go to contribution page
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Michael Davidsaver (Osprey DCS)22/09/2016, 15:40A shameless promotion for the [Project Icestorm](http://www.clifford.at/icestorm/) free and open FPGA development toolchain.Go to contribution page
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Jonathan Jacky (University of Washington Medical Center)22/09/2016, 15:50The Clinical Neutron Therapy System (CNTS) is a unique cyclotron-based radiation therapy machine at the University of Washington Medical Center. CNTS uses EPICS in its control system. This is a safety-critical medical application so we have undertaken a research project to supplement our usual software quality assurance by formal verification. The project includes an intensive review,...Go to contribution page
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James Stevens22/09/2016, 16:10This talk describes how to build EPICS databases from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. I will explain how we updated the APS experimental beamline Personal Safety System (PSS) EPICS databases with Excel. Building EPICS databases from an Excel spreadsheet is helpful when number of records required for a particular database vary widely for a generic controls application.Go to contribution page
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Bruce Hill (SLAC National Accelerator Lab)22/09/2016, 16:25SLAC faced a number of challenges when we looked into migrating our existing CVS and svn based EPICS development environments to git. I will discuss the issues we identified, along with how we addressed each of them. One of the big challenges was how to preserve our existing version history, so our resulting git master repo for each EPICS module would include full version history from both...Go to contribution page
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Mr Seung Hee Nam22/09/2016, 16:45Rare Isotope Science Protect (RISP) control system uses the EPICS control system to control and monitor all accelerator software and hardware. RISP control group has conducted test of the archiver appliance, and will customizing signal archiver system. This talk will present the archiver appliance test that we have used.Go to contribution page
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Karen White (ORNL), Kay Kasemir, Steven Hartman23/09/2016, 12:15
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