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Development of epics channel access embedded activex components for gui development
, R.B. Bhole, S. Pal
Published in Joint Accelerator Conferences Website (JACoW)
2012
Pages: 54 - 56
Abstract
The paper describes the integration of Experimental Physics & Industrial Control System (EPICS) Channel Access (CA) protocol and Microsoft ActiveX technology towards developing a generalize operator interface (OPI) building facility for Windows platform. EPICS is used as the development architecture of the control system in Superconducting Cyclotron (SCC). Considering the operators' familiarity and compatibility with third party software, it was decided to use MS-Windows platform at operator interface level in SCC during commission. Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) is used on trial basis as OPI building platform to incorporate user specific features e.g.file system access for data storage and analysis, user authentication at OPI level etc. A set of EPICS Channel Access embedded ActiveX components is developed to ease the programming complexity and reduce developmental time of the OPI for Windows platform. OPIs, developed using these components and containing hundreds of process parameters, are being used reliably over a considerable period of time. © 2012 by the respective authors.
About the journal
JournalPCaPAC 2012 - 9th International Workshop on Personal Computers and Particle Accelerator Controls
PublisherJoint Accelerator Conferences Website (JACoW)