EPICS Control System

Purpose

Provides expert guidance on EPICS for accelerator and beamline control systems, including IOC configuration and channel access.

Capabilities

• IOC configuration and deployment
• Channel Access protocol
• Archiver integration
• Alarm handling
• OPI screen development
• Python/caproto scripting

Usage Guidelines

1. IOC Setup: Configure Input/Output Controllers
2. Channels: Define process variables and records
3. Archiving: Set up archiver for data logging
4. Alarms: Configure alarm handling
5. Python Integration: Use caproto or pyepics for scripting

Tools/Libraries

• EPICS
• caproto
• pyepics
• phoebus