65 lines
1.8 KiB
Markdown
65 lines
1.8 KiB
Markdown
|
|
# 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](https://epics-controls.org/about-epics/)
|
|
|
|
## Links
|
|
|
|
- [Official Website](https://epics-controls.org/)
|
|
- [Original Website](https://epics.anl.gov/)
|
|
- [Repository](https://github.com/epics-base/epics-base)
|
|
|
|
### Documentation
|
|
|
|
- [Documentation](https://docs.epics-controls.org/en/latest/)
|
|
- [Documentation Repository](https://github.com/epics-docs/epics-docs)
|
|
|
|
### Community Communication
|
|
|
|
- [Tech-Talk Mailing List](https://epics.anl.gov/tech-talk/)
|
|
- [Matrix Rooms](https://matrix.to/#/#epics:epics-controls.org)
|
|
- [News](https://epics-controls.org/news-and-events/)
|
|
|
|
## Quick Install
|
|
|
|
Download a release from the
|
|
[Downloads page](https://epics-controls.org/resources-and-support/base/downloads)
|
|
and unpack it. Inside the unpacked folder run:
|
|
|
|
```bash
|
|
make
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
For more information on how to install on your system see the
|
|
[Installation page](https://docs.epics-controls.org/en/latest/getting-started/installation.html)
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
```bash
|
|
./bin/*/softIoc -x first
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
Run the `dbl` command to list the records it provides:
|
|
|
|
```bash
|
|
epics> dbl
|
|
first:BaseVersion
|
|
first:exit
|
|
epics>
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
## License
|
|
|
|
EPICS Base is distributed subject to a Software License
|
|
Agreement found in the file [LICENSE](./LICENSE) that is included with
|
|
this distribution.
|