Re: [EXTERNAL] Cosylab article on EPICS

["Hartman, Steven via Core-talk" <core-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Following a link from the Cosylab article . . .

• A list of EPICS control system implementations in Big Science: https://worldwidescience.org/topicpages/e/epics+control+system.html#

 . . . a date of 1984 caught my eye, leading to this article . . . 

EPICS system: an overview, Bartlett, J.F.; Bobbitt, J.S.; Kramper, B.J.; Lahey, T.E.; MacKinnon, B.A.; West, R.E., 1984-02-01

https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/15/072/15072801.pdf?r=1&r=1 

 . . . which describes the Experimental Physics Interactive Control System (EPICS) developed at Fermilab for the proton synchrotron using PDP-11 and CAMAC, written in PASCAL, and using a BASIC language command interpreter. 

So we weren’t the first to use the EPICS name for an accelerator control system. (And now Fermilab is trying again with EPICS for their accelerators.) 

-- 

Steven Hartman

hartmansm at ornl.gov

On Dec 14, 2022, at 6:20 AM, Rok Šabjan via Core-talk <core-talk at aps.anl.gov> wrote:

Hi Timo,

 

thx, we will fix the issues.

 

Cheers,

Rok

 

From: Timo Korhonen <Timo.Korhonen at ess.eu>
Date: Wednesday, 14 December 2022 at 12:19
To: Rok Šabjan <rok.sabjan at cosylab.com>, Ralph Lange <ralph.lange at gmx.de>, EPICS Core Talk <core-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Cc: David Pahor <david.pahor at cosylab.com>
Subject: Re: Cosylab article on EPICS

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Hi Rok,

 

1: I would just refer to EPICS 7. There is no, and never really was an EPICS 4 as a self-contained release. The features foreseen in EPICS 4 development became practically usable first after integration in the Core, i.e., EPICS 7 release. (there may be opinions on this one though…)

2: Fixing the link would IMO do the job. (https://epics-controls.org/epics-users/projects/)

 

Thanks,

 

Timo

 

From: Rok Šabjan <rok.sabjan at cosylab.com>
Date: Wednesday, 14 December 2022 at 12:12
To: Timo Korhonen <Timo.Korhonen at ess.eu>, Ralph Lange <ralph.lange at gmx.de>, EPICS Core Talk <core-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Cc: David Pahor <david.pahor at cosylab.com>
Subject: Re: Cosylab article on EPICS

 

Hey Timo,

 

thx for comments, much appreciated. Can you suggest improvements (or check below)?

 

1. Do you just want to move to EPICS 7 (instead of 4)?
2. We just fix the link to epics-controls site?

 

Cheers,

Rok

 

From: Core-talk <core-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov> on behalf of Timo Korhonen via Core-talk <core-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Date: Wednesday, 14 December 2022 at 11:35
To: Ralph Lange <ralph.lange at gmx.de>, EPICS Core Talk <core-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: Re: Cosylab article on EPICS

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Interesting.

In general OK IMO, but there are a couple issues that I spotted after a quick read:

 

-“EPICS 4” still keeps popping up: “…integrated micro-services in V4.” (?)

-the “projects” list points to the ANL website, which states that the list was last updated in December 2000. (epics-controls site has a list that is at least somewhat more up to date…) 

 

Timo

 

From: Core-talk <core-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov> on behalf of EPICS Core Talk <core-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Reply to: Ralph Lange <ralph.lange at gmx.de>
Date: Wednesday, 14 December 2022 at 11:15
To: EPICS Core Talk <core-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: Cosylab article on EPICS

 

FYI 

https://www.cosylab.com/2022/12/13/epics-is-an-accelerator-for-mission-critical-control-systems/

 

Cheers,
~Ralph