CERN Accelerator Controls strategy for GUI is based on two technology stacks and two development approaches. In this session, we will explain the scope of the different solutions and give their development statuses.
Our plans to remove older technologies will also be discussed.
A summary overview of the GUI situation & strategy at other participating institutes. It is foreseen to have an open discussion around the various approaches, ideas, challenges, etc.
An introduction of the Taurus library [1] (PyQt based) and demos of:
- The TaurusGUI framework (creation of GUIs without programming but with: a wizard, drag and drop and floating panels)
- Creating Taurus widgets/applications with the Qt designer.
- A brief demo of the Taurus evaluation scheme for making quick operations on the model data later on visualized by the widgets.
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WRAP (Web-based Rapid Application Platform) is a zero-code platform that allows anybody to easily configure GUI applications to interact with CERN's accelerator control system. In this session, we will briefly explain the motivation for WRAP, the technologies used, the current status and key challenges, as well as a demo.
For the past ten years RadiaSoft has been developing browser based GUIs for accelerator simulations. Recently we have begun integrating these simulation tools with control displays that are automatically generated using lattice files for accelerators and beamlines. Our software automatically configures the display and provides users with visualizations that replicate those seen in the control...
Discussion amongst the participants on how charting and data decimation is being implemented in different institutes, what is working well, what challenges people are facing, and what ideas people have in mind.
Everyone is encouraged to speak up and even showcase things from their institute according to the on-going discussion.
