Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System
Extensions
The following list gives access to individual pages for many community-supported EPICS host tools and CA clients. Note that some of the minor pages linked below do not appear in the sidebar on the left.
Most of the software can be downloaded from the individual web-pages linked below. The Extensions Download page provides download links to some of the older tools which require an additional set of build configuration files.
If your tool does not appear in this list, or there's something wrong with an entry on this page, please send me an email, giving a URL for your web-site if applicable.
Config Files
Standalone CA Client Applications
- ALH: Alarm Handler
- Archiver Appliance (GitHub)
- BURT: Backup and Restore Tool
- CAEX: Channel Access Examples
- CAPod: Channel Access projects for Apple iOS devices (SF)
- caQtDM: An MEDM replacement based on Qt (PSI)
- CASR: Host-based Save/Restore
- CA Watcher: Channel Access monitor and alarm handler (BESSY)
- Channel Watcher (SLAC)
- CS-Studio: Control System Studio
- CS-Studio Phoebus (ORNL)
- EDM: Extensible Display Manager (ORNL)
- Kryten: Tool to run commands on PV changes (GitHub)
- MEDM: Motif Editor and Display Manager
- Probe: Motif Channel Monitoring program
- PyDM: Python and PyQt-based Display Manager
- RA-Studio: React Automation Studio (GitHub)
- Sequencer: State Notation Compiler and Sequencer (GitHub)
- StripTool: Strip-chart plotting tool
- TimeChart: PyDM-based strip-chart application
CA and PVA Server Interfaces and Applications
- EpicsSharp: CA libraries and Gateway in native C# (SF)
- CAS: Channel Access Server Library
- CaSnooper: Channel Access Broadcast Monitoring Tool
- caxy: CA tunneling over ssh (SLAC)
- Gateway: The Channel Access Gateway
- Nameserver: Channel Access Nameserver
- Node-EPICS-PCAS: Node.js bindings for the Channel Access Server (npmjs)
- pvaPy: Official pvAccess bindings for Python and Conda
- PCASPy :Python Bindings for the Channel Access Server (pypi)
CA and PVA Client Interfaces to many tools and languages
- C/C++
- Java
- LabView
- Matlab/Octave/Scilab
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Perl
- CAP5: Channel Access for Perl5 (part of Base since R3.14.10)
- PEZCA: A Perl binding to EZCA (BESSY)
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Python
- aioca: Channel Access client for asyncio and Python (GitHub+RTD)
- CaChannel: Python interface to Channel Access (python.org)
- caffi: Channel Access Foreign Function Interface (python.org)
- caproto: A pure-Python Channel Access protocol library (GitHub)
- Cothread: A CA interface to Python (Diamond)
- p4p: PVA Gateway and alternative pvAccess bindings for Python
- pvaPy: Official pvAccess bindings for Python and Conda
- PyEpics: EPICS Channel Access for Python (GitHub)
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Other
- EpicsSharp: CA libraries and Gateway in native C# (SF)
- IDL: CA client libraries and scripts for IDL via EZCA
- IGOR2EPICS: CA client library for WaveMetrics IGOR Pro (SF)
- Node-EPICS-CA: Channel Access client for Node.js (npmjs)
- PHP_EPICS: CA interface for PHP-based web applications (SLS)
- SDDS: The Self-Describing Data Sets analysis package
IOC Database and Module Management Tools
- dbVerbose: Verbose database filter
- MSI: Macro Substitution and Include tool
- pyexpander: Python Macro Processing tool (SF)
- pymsi: Python replcement for MSI (BESSY)
- SUMO: SUpport MOdule Manager (SF)
- tdct: Visual hierarchical Database Configuration Tool, with configurable symbols (TRIUMF)
- VDCT: Visual Database Configuration Tool
Other Tools and Libraries
- CaPutLog: Facility for logging CA puts to an IOC (BESSY)
- cashark: Wireshark disector plugin for CA in lua (GitHub)
- CAObserver: Monitors CA Broadcast messages (GitHub)
- ChannelFinder: Directory Server and Client Library (GitHub)
- CMLOG: Common Message Logging System (JLAB)
- EdlBuild: Create EDM screens in Perl scripts (TRIUMF)
- gnuregex: The GNU regex library built with EPICS Makefiles
- OpenXAL: Accelerator physics application framework (GitHub)
- ParseCASW: CA Beacon anomaly diagnostic tool
- procServ: Process Server with Telnet Console (GitHub)
- PViewer: Python 1D and 2D data viewer
- rsync-dist: Software deployment tool (Bitbucket)
- RecSync: Server and IOC client for IOC information (GitHub)
- WiresharkCA: CA plug-in for Wireshark (KEK)
Unsupported
These tools are now orphaned; the original author is no longer available or is unwilling to maintain them, they may no longer build with current versions of their dependent software packages, or they were designed for hardware that is no longer available on the open market.
- ActiveX: CA client and server for Active-X programs (SNS)
- ADT: Array Display Tool
- AR: Data Archiver
- ArchiveViewer: Java-based archive data viewer (SNS)
- CAMath: CA client interface for Mathematica
- CAML: Channel Access Markup Language (ORNL)
- CaOctave: CA interface for Octave
- CapFast Tools
- CaPython314: A multi-threaded Python interface to R3.14.x (KEK)
- CAU: Channel Access Utility
- CAWave: CA client for Precision Visuals' analysis package
- CAWingz: CA client for the Wingz Spreadsheet
- CDEV: Common Device application framework and API (JLAB)
- Channel Archiver (SNS)
- DCT: Database Configuration Tool written in tcl/tk
- DP: Parameter Display Page
- EDD/DM: Editor and Display Manager
- EZCA.pm: EZCA library module for Perl programs
- GDCT: Graphical Database Configuration Tool
- HistTool: Data Histogramming Tool
- JDCT: Database Configuration Tool written in Java
- Jprobe: Java version of Probe, a channel monitoring program
- Knobs: Knob Manager and KnobConfig, interface to SunDials
- mButton: General Purpose Motif Button
- Namecapture: Motif Drag & drop support
- SGA: Simple GIF Animator
- Tcl Interfaces: ET and IT
- TS: The R3.13 timestamp library for use with R3.14 (deprecated)
- WebCA: Channel Access web browser plug-in (CosyLab)
- XCAS: A class library on top of the Portable CAS (BESSY)
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