• DocumentCode
    3219947
  • Title

    ExperimentDesigner: A TCL/TK Interface for Creating Experiments in Epics

  • Author

    Shang, H. ; Borland, M. ; Yao, C.-Y. ; Guo, W.

  • Author_Institution
    ANL, Argonne, IL 60439, USA, shang@aps.anl.gov
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    16-20 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    4245
  • Lastpage
    4247
  • Abstract
    ExperimentDesigner is a Tcl/Tk interface that allows users to easily design and run complicated experiments using a convenient graphical user interface (GUI). Features include: process variable monitoring, which pauses the experiment when values are out of range; user-defined initialization, execution, and finalization sequences; support of complex execution chains containing actions such as setting controls, reading values, running external programs, interacting with the user, etc.; collection of output data for convenient postprocessing; saving and loading of experiment configurations; convenient use of SDDS Toolkit programs; and execution of experiments from the command line without a GUI.
  • Keywords
    Contracts; Equations; Force control; Graphical user interfaces; Linear particle accelerator; Monitoring; Resumes; Size control; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Particle Accelerator Conference, 2005. PAC 2005. Proceedings of the
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8859-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAC.2005.1591779
  • Filename
    1591779