Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System
USPAS 2014 EPICS Course
Lectures
The following lectures and demonstrations are being given at the 2014 US
Particle Accelerator School course on EPICS Control Systems, held in
Albuquerque, NM. Links are to PDF = Adobe Portable Document Format,
ODP = Open Document Presentation, PPT = Microsoft PowerPoint or
DOC = Microsoft Word document files.
This course is based on EPICS Base 3.14.12.4.
Monday
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Introduction to EPICS (WEN)
PDF
ODP
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Channel Access and Client Tools (ANJ)
PDF
ODP
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Control System Studio (KUK)
Overview PDF
PPT
First Steps PDF
PPT
BOY PDF
PPT
BOY Details PDF
PPT
BOY Exercises PDF
DOC
Tuesday
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IOC Databases (ANJ)
Principles PDF
ODP
Practice PDF
ODP
Creation PDF
ODP
VDCT and DB Exercises PDF
ODT
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IOC Development (WEN)
PDF
ODP
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State Notation Language & Sequencer (KUK)
EPICS Automation PDF
PPT
Sequencer PDF
PPT
Exercises PDF
DOC
Wednesday
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Introducing Device Support (WEN)
PDF
ODP
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Existing Support Modules (ANJ)
PDF
ODP
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Using AsynDriver and StreamDevice (WEN)
PDF
ODP
Thursday
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Channel Access (ANJ)
Protocol PDF
ODP
Client Programming PDF
ODP
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Building Base & Support Modules Demo (WEN/ANJ)
Friday
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Examination
Labs
The lab exercises for the course are available above,and comprised:
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Monday: Control System Studio (KUK)
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Tuesday: VDCT and Database Creation (ANJ)
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Tuesday: MakeBaseApp and SNL Programming (KUK)
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Wednesday: Developing a Device Support (WEN)
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Wednesday – Friday: Project (WEN)
Grading
Student grades will depend 50% on their project (WEN), and 50% on their final
examination results (ANJ). Both will occur on Friday morning.