EPICS system: RSX implementation issues

Conference · Tue Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5150834

Lahey, T E; Bartlett, J F; Bobbitt, J S; Kramper, B J; MacKinnon, B A; West, R E

This paper presents implementation details of the Experimental Physics Interactive Control System (EPICS). EPICS is used to control accelerated particle beams for high-energy physics experiments at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The topics discussed are: interprocessor communication, support of beamline terminals and devices, resource management, mapping, various problems, some solutions to the problems, performance measurement, and modifications and extensions to RSX-11M. This paper is the third of three related papers on the EPICS system. The other two cover (1) the system overview and (2) the system structure and user interface.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 5150834
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB/TM-1240; CONF-8310182-15; ON: DE84009403
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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