Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Greg White <[email protected]> · Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:23:13 -0700

Hi Matthias, looks like a good idea to present a paper on proposed advances
for EPICS. I didn't see your original email but I gather that's what it was
referring to?

Sure, it's ok to mention our move toward Eclipse. Please bare in mind that
we're not choosing in any sense XAL over Eclipse. They really are not
opposites or mutually exclusive choices. We intend rather to use a
combination of XAL and the Eclipse RCP for new development, and each project
will choose which foundational tools to use (that is, all XAL including any
Swing GUI, XAL application code but not Swing GUI - in which case using an
SWT/Jface GUI, XAL modelled parameters but an SWT/Jface GUI, or all new
RCP/SWT/Jface code). We're pretty sure this is not a difficult situation and
allows us to simply choose the most pragmatic path for every problem that
arises. This will be facilitated by separating the text and graphical views
from the dialog windows, and using the fact that therefore there is no
requirement to dock windows into the main window.

Thanks for all your comments and advice on this Matthias.

Greg

On 4/11/07 1:34 PM, "Matthias Clausen" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> time is running - that's obviously not new and it does not help me
> writing an abstract. If I take the response to my mail into account I
> must be really pessimistic about the EPICS future. But you know that
> this is not my viewpoint.
> 
> So here's a set of topics I am proposing for the abstract:
> (I need your help! - until Friday this week)
> Core:
> Flavored data (input from Jeff)
> Support for new time services (core group and Timo)
> Support for multiple operating systems (core group)
> Big and even bigger arrays (core group)
> Java IOC (Marty/ Kay)
> 
> Applications:
> Beamline control (SynApps?)
> XAL: new developments @ SLAC (Greg can we mention your plans to go for
> Eclipse?)
> 
> Redundant IOC: (DESY)
> 
> New Alarm System (DESY/ Geoff(FNAL) )
> 
> CSS: New Operator Interface Framework (DESY)
> 
> Please add your topics and send your comments asap.
> 
> Regards
> Matthias
> 
> 
>> it seems to me that this paper should be a joint effort of the EPICS
>> core group together with the CSS development team.
>> 
>> I am willing to coordinate this.
>> (this still leaves it open who will actually give the presentation)
>> I would like to avoid the situation of the last ICALEPCS where we did
>> not prepare a paper/ talk on EPICS's future.
>> 
>> Please give me some input. I'll prepare the abstract based on your
>> proposal.
>> Remember: Deadline for abstract submission in the 16th.
>> Please send your proposals until Friday this week.
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Matthias
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject:  Track on control system evolution
>> Date:  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 16:37:30 +0800
>> From:  Zhao Jijiu <[email protected]>
>> To:  Matthias Clausen <[email protected]>
>> CC:  [email protected]
>> References:  <[email protected]>
>> <[email protected]>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Dear Matthias,
>> 
>> It is now only a few more months CALEPCS07 in Knoxvill and I am looking
>> forward to seeing you there. As you know Dr. Eric Bjorklund and I will co-
>> chair the session on "Control System Evolution".
>> 
>> I think the new progress of the EPICS is an interesting topic for the Track
>> on Control System Evolution. Are you going to give us a talk to introduce
>> the new progress of EPICS? If yes, please let me know. Or could you please
>> recommend other people to talk? Thank you very much.
>> 
>> Best regards, 
>> Jijiu 

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