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quock <[email protected]> · Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:55:11 -0500

Hi Mark,
I referenced Advanced Photon Source in most places in email below.
Thanks for the catch! I must of been thinking of Eric Norum and his new
work at Berkeley ... Eric made many fine contributions to EPICS during
his years of employment at "APS". Eric is another great contact for
explanation of EPICS as contender for accelerator controls system.
Kind regards,
Debby

Mark Rivers wrote:

But we're the Advanced Photon Source, not the Advanced Light Source
(that's at Berkeley) :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of quock
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 8:27 AM
To: Gorka Ronda; Ned D. Arnold; epics Techtalk
Subject: Re: EPICS or TANGO?
Dear Gorka,
My suggestion is that you visit sites that use EPICS and TANGO to get a
first hand look and demonstration of what they can do. At the Advanced
Light Source (APS) in Illinois, USA, we have made extensive use of EPICS
by building many customized software tools that tie EPICS into other
accelerator controls tools such as PLCs, relational databases,
commercial document management system software applications, and more.
Ned Arnold of APS would be a really good contact for you and possible
host at APS if you are ever in the Chicago area.
I would be glad to send you published papers on the IRMIS suite of tools
developed at APS for integration with EPICS software if you would like
to have them.
Best wishes and good luck with your decision.
Debby Quock
Computer Scientist
Advanced Photon Source

Gorka Ronda wrote:

Hello,
My name is Gorka Ronda. I'm working as a R & D engineer in a Spanish
company called JEMA.
We are considering using EPICS or TANGO with a control target designed

by us, but we are new in the control systems area. The idea is to
monitor a plant remotely and control all the equipment there, like in
synchrotrons. We have been studying both control systems, but we would

like to have opinions about, from people who have experience with
them. Why use EPICS? Or why use TANGO? What are differences between
them? What is EPICS/TANGO better for?
I will much appreciate any kind of information you can bring me in
relation to that. Don't hesitate to ask any questions you may need to
answer me. If you want you can answer me directly to my email.
Thanks in advance.
Gorka Ronda
R & D Engineer
JEMA
Email:[email protected]

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