Re: Online EPICS training

[Andrew Johnson <anj@aps.anl.gov>]

Hi Stephen,

On 10/23/2017 08:22 AM, Stephen Molloy wrote:
> Glad it was useful.
> I have a brain like a sieve, so I need to write stuff like that down.
> More recently (today!), I wrote a very simple how-to for installing
> EPICS base and ASYN on Linux Mint.  Painfully trivial for most people on
> this list, but perhaps useful for any newcomers in your teams.
> http://www.smolloy.com/2017/10/basic-epics-installation-on-linux-mint/
> I’m working on a how-to for area-detector that should be online in the
> next day or two.
> 
> (Apologies if this sort of thing isn’t welcome on this list. Let me know
> if I’ve broken any (un)written rules.)

There are no rules here against helping others to learn EPICS, thanks
for contributing! We are aware that this is hard and our introductory
material for beginners is lacking; there is supposed to be a working
group starting soon that is intended to try and address the situation,
but even then independent contributions will still be welcome.

- Andrew


> From: Paul Sichta <psichta@pppl.gov <mailto:psichta@pppl.gov>>
> Date: Monday 23 October 2017 at 15:13
> To: Stephen Molloy <stephen.molloy@esss.se <mailto:stephen.molloy@esss.se>>
> Cc: "tech-talk@aps.anl.gov <mailto:tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>"
> <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov <mailto:tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>>
> Subject: Re: Online EPICS training
> 
> Steve,
> I have a couple EPICS newcomers at my site that are trying to do the
> exact thing you concisely explain in your example.
> 
> Thanks,
> -ps
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Stephen Molloy <stephen.molloy@esss.se
> <mailto:stephen.molloy@esss.se>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi all,
>     Muddling around on my own, I’m able to do some simple work with
>     EPICS — like
>     this http://www.smolloy.com/2016/07/hello-world-for-epics
>     <http://www.smolloy.com/2016/07/hello-world-for-epics>/
> 
>     Can anyone recommend some online training (Youtube lectures,
>     tutorial, etc.) that can take me further?
>     Or any upcoming training courses I could attend?
> 
>     Thanks!
> 
>     Steve
> 
> 
> 
> 

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