https://wiki-ext.aps.anl.gov/blc/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Klang 2026-06-04T03:10:03Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.36.1 https://wiki-ext.aps.anl.gov/blc/index.php?title=Controls_Software_Documentation&diff=26 2022-12-08T20:09:53Z

<p>Klang: </p> <hr /> <div>This page exists to collect links to documentation about the instrument control system EPICS, its modules and related libraries (synApps, areaDetector), as used at the Advanced Photon Source.<br /> <br /> Documentation referenced should be appropriate for beamline scientists, as opposed to only EPICS developers.<br /> New deployments should prefer EPICSv7, the latest release series.<br /> <br /> See also the extensive [https://epics-controls.org/resources-and-support/documents/training/ resources from past EPICS Collaboration meetings].<br /> <br /> ==EPICS Base==<br /> * [https://docs.epics-controls.org/en/latest/guides/EPICS_Intro.html Intro to EPICS]<br /> * [https://docs.epics-controls.org/en/latest/guides/EPICS_Process_Database_Concepts.html EPICS Database Concepts]<br /> * [https://docs.epics-controls.org/projects/how-tos/en/latest/getting-started/installation.html EPICS Base Getting Started (official)]<br /> <br /> ==synApps (aka EPICS Support)==<br /> * [https://epics.anl.gov/bcda/synApps/synApps_docs_all.html synApps Collected Documentation]<br /> * [https://epics.anl.gov/bcda/synApps/synApps.html synApps deployment instructions, including use of xxx template ioc]<br /> <br /> ==areaDetector==<br /> * [https://areadetector.github.io/master/index.html areaDetector Official Documentation]<br /> <br /> ==Deploying, troubleshooting, and maintaining IOCs==<br /> * [[Troubleshooting EPICS IOCs]]<br /> * [https://docs2bm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/source/ops/item_000_0.html simDetector Install directions (2BM)]<br /> * [https://epics-modules.github.io/xxx/overview.html The Basics of an IOC (XXX documentation)]<br /> * [https://gist.github.com/keenanlang/e768774cbd0a367b96281939b8a2c9ba Creation of an IOC using mkioc]<br /> * [https://wiki.aps.anl.gov/bcda/index.php/Category:TUTORIAL BCDA Tutorials (APS Internal)]<br /> ==Maintaining Documentation==<br /> * [https://bctwg.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html ReadTheDocs tutorial and example site]</div>

Klang https://wiki-ext.aps.anl.gov/blc/index.php?title=Controls_Software_Documentation&diff=25 2022-12-08T20:09:33Z

<p>Klang: </p> <hr /> <div>This page exists to collect links to documentation about the instrument control system EPICS, its modules and related libraries (synApps, areaDetector), as used at the Advanced Photon Source.<br /> <br /> Documentation referenced should be appropriate for beamline scientists, as opposed to only EPICS developers.<br /> New deployments should prefer EPICSv7, the latest release series.<br /> <br /> See also the extensive [https://epics-controls.org/resources-and-support/documents/training/ resources from past EPICS Collaboration meetings].<br /> <br /> ==EPICS Base==<br /> * [https://docs.epics-controls.org/en/latest/guides/EPICS_Intro.html Intro to EPICS]<br /> * [https://docs.epics-controls.org/en/latest/guides/EPICS_Process_Database_Concepts.html EPICS Database Concepts]<br /> * [https://docs.epics-controls.org/projects/how-tos/en/latest/getting-started/installation.html EPICS Base Getting Started (official)]<br /> <br /> ==synApps (aka EPICS Support)==<br /> * [https://epics.anl.gov/bcda/synApps/synApps_docs_all.html synApps Collected Documentation]<br /> * [https://epics.anl.gov/bcda/synApps/synApps.html synApps deployment instructions, including use of xxx template ioc]<br /> <br /> ==areaDetector==<br /> * [https://areadetector.github.io/master/index.html areaDetector Official Documentation]<br /> <br /> ==Deploying, troubleshooting, and maintaining IOCs==<br /> * [[Troubleshooting EPICS IOCs]]<br /> * [https://docs2bm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/source/ops/item_000_0.html simDetector Install directions (2BM)]<br /> * [https://epics-modules.github.io/xxx/overview.html The Basics of an IOC (XXX documentation)]<br /> * [https://gist.github.com/keenanlang/e768774cbd0a367b96281939b8a2c9ba Creation of an IOC using mkioc]<br /> * [https://wiki.aps.anl.gov/bcda/index.php/Category:TUTORIAL BCDA Tutorials]<br /> ==Maintaining Documentation==<br /> * [https://bctwg.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html ReadTheDocs tutorial and example site]</div>

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