Re: EPICS still the king in 2019?

[Gabriel de Souza Fedel via Tech-talk <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>]

You could include the new 4th generation synchrotron Sirius - 
https://www.lnls.cnpem.br/sirius-en/ .


On 24/01/2019 11:57, Siddons, David via Tech-talk wrote:
> ....not to mention NSLS-II :)
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> Pete.
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> On 1/24/19 8:53 AM, Arnold, Ned D. via Tech-talk wrote:
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>> > Both have been adopted by some large projects "recently".EPICS at t 
>> ESS, ITER, LCLS-II at SLAC;
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>> You could include APS Upgrade, SNS Upgrade, ALS Upgrade in this list 
>> ... although these facilities had a bit of EPICS momentum already.
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>>   Ned
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>> *From:* tech-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov <tech-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov> 
>> on behalf of Mark Rivers via Tech-talk <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, January 24, 2019 06:33 AM
>> *To:* Dylan Pfeifer
>> *Cc:* tech-talk@aps.anl.gov
>> *Subject:* Re: EPICS still the king in 2019?
>> Hi Dylan,
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>> > Meaning, are you guys starting to lean towards other software architectures, or is EPICS #1?
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>> You are clearly asking that question to a biased group!
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>> 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).
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>> In North America there are few if any Tango installations, so EPICS 
>> dominates here.
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>>
>> Mark
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>> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 6:10 PM
>> To: tech-talk@aps.anl.gov
>> 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
>> Research Engineer
>> ACU Next Lab
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