EPICS
EPICS
http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/
'EPICS' is a software infrastructure for building distributed control systems to operate devices such as particle accelerators, large experiments and major telescopes. These systems comprise tens or hundreds of computers, networked together so they can communicate and provide control and feedback of the various parts from a control room, or remotely over the Internet. EPICS uses Client/Server and Publish/Subscribe techniques to communicate between the various computers. Most servers (called Input/Output Controllers or IOCs) perform real-world I/O and local control tasks, and publish this information to clients using the Channel Access (CA) network protocol. CA is specially designed for the kind of high bandwidth, soft real-time networking applications that EPICS is used for, and is one reason why it can be used to build a control system comprising hundreds of computers.
Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPICS License | Janet Casey | 11 May 2004 |
Leaders and contributors
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | VCS Repository Webview | http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/download/base/base_trunk_cvs.tar.gz |
| Bug Tracking | VCS Repository Webview | http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/mantis/login_page.php |
| Developer | mailto:core-talk@aps.anl.gov | |
| Help,Support | mailto:tech-talk@aps.anl.gov |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Required to build | perl |
| Required to build | gnu make |
This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 13 May 2004.
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