ASCo, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
The Qt based GUI system developed at the Australian Synchrotron for use on EPICS control systems has recently been enhanced to including support for imaging, plotting, user login, logging and configuration recipes. Plans are also being made to broaden its appeal within the wider EPICS community by expanding the range of development options and adding support for EPICS V4. Current development options include graphical and non graphical application development, 'code-rich' C++ development and simple 'code-free' GUI design. Additional development options will allow developers to manage the GUI framework's data needs themselves when required, as an alternative to letting the GUI objects manage their own data using the framework's Qt based EPICS data classes. Developers will be able to choose to manage the GUI data needs using the framework's Qt based EPICS data classes, or alternative data systems such as PSI's CAFE.
