Adaptations to CS-Studio for use at Diamond Light Source

DOI: 10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2017-TUPHA190

Authors: W. A. H. Rogers (Diamond Light Source) , N. Battam (Tessella Ltd) , T. Cobb (Diamond Light Source) , M. Furseman (Diamond Light Source) , G. Knap (Diamond Light Source)
Co-authored by industrial partner: No

Type: Conference Paper
Conference: 16th Int. Conf. on Accelerator and Large Experimental Control Systems ICALEPCS2017
Peer Reviewed: No

State: Published (Approved)
Published: January 2018

Abstract: Control System Studio (CS-Studio) is one of the most widely-used display managers for EPICS. It is based on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (Eclipse RCP), allowing for coherent integration of interfaces for different systems with common graphical elements and preferences. However, this user interface presents a different way of working to those from the previous generation of EPICS tools such as Extensible Display Manager (EDM) and Striptool. At Diamond Light Source, EDM has been used since commissioning in two different ways: for machine operations and for beamline controls. Both uses of EDM will eventually be replaced with CS-Studio and significant effort has been put into this transition. Two kinds of change proved necessary: adaptations to CS-Studio itself, and changes to the typical user workflows. This paper presents both types of changes that were needed to make CS-Studio a productive tool at Diamond.

Subject Areas: Information and Communication Technology


Technical Areas: Controls

Added On: 21/02/2018 11:31

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