Re: EPICS still the king in 2019?

[Jeong Han Lee via Tech-talk <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>]

  - In S.Korea, KSTAR (Fusion), Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, RAON 
(Institute for Basic Science), and so on are using EPICS now.
  - EPICS may not be #1.

  - My thought is the best choice these days. But I have a fellow who 
has the tango experience, doesn't agree with mine.
  - It may be the matter of architecture, management, and resources. 
Sites have no technical challenging issues with EPICS, but others are 
struggling to find better way to do so with EPICS. And others are OK 
with tango. And some are happy with LabView or outsourcing.
   Best,
   Han




On 1/24/19 2:57 PM, 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:
> > > Both have been adopted by some large projects "recently".EPICS at t 
> > ESS, ITER, LCLS-II at SLAC;
> >
> > You could include APS Upgrade, SNS Upgrade, ALS Upgrade in this list 
> > ... although these facilities had a bit of EPICS momentum already.
> >
> >   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,
> >
> >
> > > Meaning, are you guys starting to lean towards other software architectures, or is EPICS #1?
> >
> >
> > You are clearly asking that question to a biased group!
> >
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > In North America there are few if any Tango installations, so EPICS 
> > dominates here.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: tech-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov <tech-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov> on 
> > behalf of Dylan Pfeifer via Tech-talk <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>
> > 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
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