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<[email protected]> · Fri, 18 Dec 2015 08:07:53 +0000

Hi Max,

We have been running a LabVIEW based instrument control system at the ISIS pulsed neutron and muon source for several years and are currently in the process of migrating to an EPICS based system. As we are doing a phased migration of a few instruments at a time we currently have both EPICS IOCs communicating with LabVIEW and LabVIEW communicating with EPICS IOCs.  I'm happy to talk to you further about our system and experiences.

Regards,

Freddie 

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wyman, Max D
Sent: 17 December 2015 19:50
To: [email protected]
Subject: Pro's/Con's of LabVIEW/EPICS

Hello,

I’m investigating the pro’s/con’s of a hybrid LabVIEW/EPICS system for the control and DAQ on PRIME Lab’s accelerator. We’ll be adding a second ion source (and requisite controllers) so it seems like a good time to make such a migration if it seems beneficial.  Currently we use a suite of LabVIEW applications for control/DAQ of a dozen NI cRIOs, a handful of NI GPIB-ethernet controllers, and two NI PXI chassis as our input/output controllers. 

In particular, I’m curious to talk to anybody who’s ever migrated a system from pure LabVIEW to a LabVIEW/EPICS hybrid or who currently runs an EPICS system involving controllers similar to ours (the NI cRIOs, PXI crates, and GPIB-ENET controllers).

Thanks,
Max
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Max Wyman
PRIME Lab, Purdue University
[email protected]
765-496-6894

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System