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@inproceedings{finch:ipac2022-tupopt063,
author = {I.D. Finch and B.R. Aljamal and K.R.L. Baker and R. Brodie and J.-L. Fernández-Hernando and G.D. Howells and A. Kurup and M.F. Leputa and S.A. Medley and A.A. Saoulis},
% author = {I.D. Finch and B.R. Aljamal and K.R.L. Baker and R. Brodie and J.-L. Fernández-Hernando and G.D. Howells and others},
% author = {I.D. Finch and others},
title = {{Vsystem to EPICS Control System Transition at the ISIS Accelerators}},
booktitle = {Proc. IPAC'22},
% booktitle = {Proc. 13th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'22)},
pages = {1156--1158},
eid = {TUPOPT063},
language = {english},
keywords = {controls, EPICS, interface, hardware, software},
venue = {Bangkok, Thailand},
series = {International Particle Accelerator Conference},
number = {13},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
month = {07},
year = {2022},
issn = {2673-5490},
isbn = {978-3-95450-227-1},
doi = {10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOPT063},
url = {https://jacow.org/ipac2022/papers/tupopt063.pdf},
abstract = {{The ISIS Neutron and Muon Source at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is a pulsed source used for research in material and life sciences. A linac and synchrotron accelerate protons to produce neutrons in two spallation targets. The accelerators are currently operated using commercial Vsystem control software. A transition to the EPICS control system is underway, with the end goal of a containerised system preferring the pvAccess protocol. We report the progress of this transition, which is being done without disrupting ISIS operations. We describe a bidirectional interface between Vsystem and EPICS that enables the two control systems to co-exist and interact. This allows us to decouple the transition of controls UI from the associated hardware. Automated conversion of the binary-format Vsystem control screens has been developed that replicates the current interface in EPICS, allowing minimal retraining of operators. We also outline the development of EPICS interfaces to standard and unique-to-ISIS hardware, reuse of and managing continuity of existing long-term data archiving, the development of EPICS interfaces to standard and unique-to-ISIS hardware, and migration of alerts.}},
}