Re: Generation of state diagram documentation from SNL

[Rees Simon via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Dear Ed

An alternative, low-effort, approach that might work as a “quick
look” at the states in your SNL file, is to ask ChatGPT to
generate a PlantUML (or perhaps Mermaid) diagram for you.

Just for fun I asked the GPT-4o model to visualize the states
in the homing procedure that initializes one of our
stepper-motor controlled range-shifter devices.

It seems to have made a reasonable job of it (see attached
screenshot), though not as detailed as the diagram I made
years ago, laboriously, using a UML modelling tool.

Just throwing the idea out there, although most of you are
probably already aware of it…

Best regards

Simon Rees


On 27.06.2025 02:55, Ed Janke via Tech-talk wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Does anyone know if there is software out there that can parse the SNL 
> in an EPICS Sequence file to generate a state diagram for every state set?
> 
> I was considering doing this by hand but figured I would ask the greater 
> community in case this already exists.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ed Janke
>

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