EPICS Controls Argonne National Laboratory

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  <20142015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  2022  2023  2024  Index 1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  <20142015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  2022  2023  2024 
<== Date ==> <== Thread ==>

Subject: Re: New standards for small and medium sized astronomical observatories
From: "J. Lewis Muir" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Cc: Grzegorz Lech <[email protected]>, 'Rafał Konrad Pawłaszek' <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:21:01 -0500
On 7/8/14, 9:43 AM, Piotr Sybilski wrote:
> My personal opinion can be summarized in this small table:
>
> DDS
>
> OPC UA
>
> EPICS
>
>
> Support (community/commercial)
>
> very good
>
> very good
>
> good

Hi, Piotr.

I would say EPICS should get a "very good" for support.  Or is there
anything higher than "very good"?  If so, it should get that. :-)  I
don't know about commercial support, but the community support is *very*
good.  There are lots of experts on this Tech-Talk mailing list.  And
there are lots of open source software packages to look at as examples
of doing various things.

> internet of things/future
>
> well established
>
> very well established
>
> unknown

I don't think "Internet of Things" support should be a criteria for
choosing your control system framework.  I don't think it's clear
exactly what "Internet of Things" even means.  Right now, it seems like
a research idea.

As far as "future," I would say that EPICS is likely to have a long
future since it is used heavily at various synchrotron light sources.
Yes, it's used in other areas too, and I think that's good, but the
light source adoption alone should make it a good bet in terms of
longevity.

Lewis

References:
New standards for small and medium sized astronomical observatories Piotr Sybilski

Navigate by Date:
Prev: Re: New standards for small and medium sized astronomical observatories Andrew Johnson
Next: RE: New standards for small and medium sized astronomical observatories Dalesio, Leo
Index: 1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  <20142015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  2022  2023  2024 
Navigate by Thread:
Prev: Re: New standards for small and medium sized astronomical observatories Andrew Johnson
Next: RE: New standards for small and medium sized astronomical observatories Dalesio, Leo
Index: 1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  <20142015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  2022  2023  2024 
ANJ, 17 Dec 2015 Valid HTML 4.01! · Home · News · About · Base · Modules · Extensions · Distributions · Download ·
· Search · EPICS V4 · IRMIS · Talk · Bugs · Documents · Links · Licensing ·