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@InProceedings{baker:icalepcs2019-mocpl01,
author = {K.V.L. Baker and F.A. Akeroyd and J.R. Holt and D.P. Keymer and T. Löhnert and C. Moreton-Smith and D.E. Oram and T.A. Willemsen and K. Woods},
% author = {K.V.L. Baker and F.A. Akeroyd and J.R. Holt and D.P. Keymer and T. Löhnert and C. Moreton-Smith and others},
% author = {K.V.L. Baker and others},
title = {{IBEX: Beamline Control at ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source}},
booktitle = {Proc. ICALEPCS'19},
pages = {59--64},
paper = {MOCPL01},
language = {english},
keywords = {controls, neutron, EPICS, experiment, software},
venue = {New York, NY, USA},
series = {International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems},
number = {17},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
month = {08},
year = {2020},
issn = {2226-0358},
isbn = {978-3-95450-209-7},
doi = {10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-MOCPL01},
url = {https://jacow.org/icalepcs2019/papers/mocpl01.pdf},
note = {https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-MOCPL01},
abstract = {For most of its over 30 years of operation the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source has been using bespoke control software on its beamlines. In the last few years, we have been converting the beamline control software to IBEX*, which is based on the Open Source EPICS toolkit**. More than half the instruments at ISIS are now converted. IBEX must be robust and flexible enough to allow instrument scientists to perform the many experiments they can conceive of. Using EPICS as a base, we have built Python services and scripting support as well as developing an Eclipse/RCP GUI based on Control System Studio***. We use an Agile based development methodology with heavy use of automated testing and device emulators. As we move to the final implementation stage, we are handling new instrument challenges (such as reflectometry) and providing new functionality (live neutron data view, script generator and server). This presentation will cover an overview of the IBEX architecture, our development practices, what is currently in progress, and our future plans.},
}