Re: Communicate between XML-RPC system and EPICS Channel Access?

[Maren Purves <m.purves@eaobservatory.org>]

On 03/01/18 15:50, Russell Kackley wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Subaru Telescope has a new laser system coming in soon and there is a
> proposal to use EPICS software from Keck and Gemini to control the
> laser. Subaru, Keck, and Gemini are going to be sharing laser system
> spare parts, so it would make sense for us to also share the laser
> control software. However, we don't currently have EPICS installed
> anywhere at Subaru. We currently have our Observation Control System
> (OCS) using XML-RPC to communicate between processes distributed among
> various computers. We really need the OCS to be able to communicate with
> the laser system, i.e., send control messages from the XML-RPC based
> system to EPICS Channel Access and receive status back along the same path.
>
> My question is: has anyone done any work to enable communication between
> an XML-RPC system and EPICS Channel Access? Thanks in advance for any
> suggestions.
Russell,

not RPC-XML, but if you look at the channel access part of e.g. tide
(which I know you know) you may be able to plug that into your existing 
system.
Maren