Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"Jemian, Pete R. via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> · Tue, 11 May 2021 16:52:21 +0000

Pleased to announce a new release (v1.1) of Docker images providing 
EPICS IOCs for testing, development, training, and simulation.  All 
images are available on DockerHub.  For those who have been using the 
start_xxx.sh and/or start_adsim.sh bash shell scripts to start IOCs, 
please follow the Quick Reference instructions for (what should be) an 
easy upgrade.  Documentation is sketchy (suggestions welcome), at best; 
a description of the XXX IOC summarizes the many capabilities existing 
in the new IOC.  Simulations include:

boomerang-style X-ray monochromator
simulated 4-circle crystal orientation
coarse/fine motion stage
optical table, 4-blade slit

Built with:

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
EPICS base 7.0.5
synApps 6.2
area detector R3.10 (with newer additions from the master branch)

Separate images are provided for stock and customized synApps and area 
detector.  Customizations include the ability to start a new container 
with a custom IOC prefix.

Implementations of more synApps features are planned.

* DockerHub: https://hub.docker.com/u/prjemian
* Quick Reference instructions: 
https://github.com/prjemian/epics-docker#quick-reference
* XXX IOC provides: 
https://github.com/prjemian/epics-docker/tree/main/v1.1/n5_custom_synApps#this-docker-image-provides-
* more synApps features to be implemented: 
https://github.com/prjemian/epics-docker/issues/33
* issue tracker: https://github.com/prjemian/epics-docker/issues

The new IOCs will be added to the VM for EPICS & Bluesky training 
(https://github.com/BCDA-APS/epics-bluesky-vm).

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Pete R. Jemian, Ph.D.                 <jemian at anl.gov>
Beam line Controls and Data Acquisition (BC, aka BCDA)
Advanced Photon Source,    Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL  60439                    630 - 252 - 3189
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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System