mdavidsaver
4b03e97d7b
* Add GDB helper script
Pretty printing of some common argument types
Need to add a line to ~/.gdbinit
> add-auto-load-safe-path /path/to/base/checkout/
afterwards verify at GDB shell with
> info auto-load python-scripts
> info pretty-printer
Tested with GDB 16.3 circa Debian 13
Add $rcast(dbCommon) to up-cast
Add $record("name") to lookup record
Add $elln(ELLLIST,#) to index into list
EPICS Base
EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System) is a set of software tools and applications which provide a software infrastructure for use in building distributed control systems to operate devices such as Particle Accelerators, Large Experiments and major Telescopes. EPICS Base is the central core of the control system toolkit. More details can be found at the About page of the official website
Links
Documentation
Community Communication
Quick Install
Download a release from the Downloads page and unpack it. Inside the unpacked folder run:
make
For more information on how to install on your system see the Installation page of the documentation.
Quick run a softIOC
After building, you can run an example soft-IOC (Input/Output Controller) which runs a Channel Access server.
./bin/*/softIoc -x first
Run the dbl command to list the records it provides:
epics> dbl
first:BaseVersion
first:exit
epics>
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md.
License
EPICS Base is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found in the file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.