> Both have been adopted by some large projects "recently".EPICS at t
ESS, ITER, LCLS-II at SLAC;
You could include APS Upgrade, SNS Upgrade, ALS Upgrade in this list
... although these facilities had a bit of EPICS momentum already.
Ned
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Hi Dylan,
> Meaning, are you guys starting to lean towards other software architectures, or is EPICS #1?
You are clearly asking that question to a biased group!
One way of answering that is to look at the program of the last
ICALEPCS meeting in Barcelona. There are 2 dominant control systems
that are used at multiple sites, EPICS and Tango. Both have been
adopted by some large projects "recently". EPICS at the European
Spallation Source (ESS), ITER, LCLS-II at SLAC; Tango at the Square
Kilometer Array and a number of European Synchrotrons (MAX IV, Soleil,
Solaris).
In North America there are few if any Tango installations, so EPICS
dominates here.
Mark
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Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 6:10 PM
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Subject: re: EPICS still the king in 2019?
Hi EPICS users:
I am helping construct a SCADA system for a molten-salt test loop at
Abilene Christian University for research in to Gen IV molten-salt
nuclear reactors. We have presently been using MIDAS (physics
slow-controls, mid-size experiments, NIFFTE experiment at LANL) quite
happily for DAQ, but I am suggesting our team gain skill in the EPICS
tools and methods. Before we start that learning, I want to ask the
group... for accelerators, large experiment, and highly distributed
control systems, is EPICS still the "best" choice these days?
Meaning, are you guys starting to lean towards other software
architectures, or is EPICS #1? I come from a real-time embedded
system hardware/software background, so to me EPICS seems the right
choice, but l also would like to know any alternatives that come close.
Thanks,
Dylan Pfeifer, PhD
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