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RIS citation export for THPHA201: Customization of MXCuBE 2 (Qt4) Using EPICS for a Brazilian Synchrotron Beamline

TY - CONF
AU - Beniz, D.B.
ED - Schaa, Volker RW
ED - Costa, Isidre
ED - Fernández, David
ED - Matilla, Óscar
TI - Customization of MXCuBE 2 (Qt4) Using EPICS for a Brazilian Synchrotron Beamline
J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2017, Barcelona, Spain, 8-13 October 2017
C1 - Barcelona, Spain
T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Control Systems
T3 - 16
LA - english
AB - After studying some alternatives for macromolecular crystallography beamlines experiment control and had considered the effort to create an in-house made solution, LNLS decided to adopt MXCuBE*. Such decision was made considering main technologies used to develop it, based on Python, which is being largely used in our laboratory, its basic support to EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System), the control system adopted for the LNLS beamlines, and because of its stability. Then, existing MXCuBE implementation has been adapted to meet LNLS requirements, considering that previously it was mainly ready to control systems other than EPICS. Using basic MXCuBE engines, new classes were created on devices abstraction layer, which communicates to EPICS IOCs (Input/Output Controllers), like AreaDetectors, MotorRecords among others. Py4Syn** was employed at this abstraction layer, as well. New GUI components were developed and some enhancements were implemented. Now, MXCuBE has been used on LNLS MX2 beamline since the end of 2016 with positive feedback from researchers. The adoption of MXCube proved to be right, given its flexibility, performance and the obtained results.
PB - JACoW
CP - Geneva, Switzerland
SP - 1923
EP - 1925
KW - ion
KW - controls
KW - EPICS
KW - synchrotron
KW - interface
DA - 2018/01
PY - 2018
SN - 978-3-95450-193-9
DO - 10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2017-THPHA201
UR - http://jacow.org/icalepcs2017/papers/thpha201.pdf
ER -