With increasing popularity of Beckhoff devices in scientific projects, there is a rising need for their devices to be integrated into EPICS control systems. Our customers often want to use Beckhoff PLCs for applications that have to handle a large amount of inputs with fast cycle times. How can we connect Beckhoff devices to EPICS control systems without sacrificing this...
Python is becoming increasingly popular choice in Control System applications due to its ease of use and plethora of available analytical tools. Following the Python principles, PyDevice project tries to simplify the use of custom Python code from EPICS records. Since the initial version, many new features were implemented that make PyDevice even more attractive for slow controls, scientific...
EPICS has a long and proven track record as a versatile framework for developing distributed control systems. But engineers and developers usually meet the first challenge way before they write the first line of code. First, they need to collect information about signals, input and alarm limits, archiving rules, etc. from all the parties involved in the development of the machine.
In the...
The ITER Real-Time Framework (RTF) is a software framework for building real-time applications such as the Plasma Control System (PCS) and plasma diagnostics. It is entirely written in C++ and it runs real-time control loops on isolated CPU threads adapting the busy-wait synchronization techniques to optimize the response time and jitter. A given RTF application is instantiated from XML-based...
