Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Andrew Johnson <[email protected]> · Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:31:51 -0600

Hi Ralph,

On 12/17/2014 01:42 AM, Ralph Lange wrote:
> ITER/CODAC is gathering ammunition for some upcoming discussions
> concerning regulation and the use of open source software - EPICS - for
> a nuclear installation.
> 
> As far as I know, at some time in the past the DoE demanded that all
> DoE-funded projects use EPICS for controls. Is that so? Is there any
> written documentation of this - directly or as part of a committee report?

There is no such requirement, nor do I think there is ever likely to be.
I just talked to Richard Farnsworth who has been on review committees
for several DoE facilities and he said that EPICS' history makes it the
obvious default choice for many projects, but that at least one recent
DoE project has successfully justified using other software instead of
EPICS.

If you haven't already you should probably check with sites that provide
proton therapy treatments downstream of an EPICS control system, such
as at PSI:
    http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/tech-talk/2008/msg00803.php

HTH,

- Andrew
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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

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