# pvAccessCPP **pvAccess** is a network communications protocol designed for distributed control systems. It is designed to transport serialized data formatted as **pvData** data structures. The pvAccessCPP module is a part of the EPICS software toolkit that contains the C++ implementation of pvAccess. ## Links - General information about EPICS can be found at the [EPICS Controls website](https://epics-controls.org). - API documentation for this module can be found on its [Github Pages website](https://epics-base.github.io/pvAccessCPP/) ## Building This module is included as a submodule of a full EPICS 7 release and will be compiled during builds of that software.