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CSS Control System Studio Training Products Overview

This training guide provides insights on CSS Control System Studio products, features, dependencies, installation, and organization to help users understand and utilize the system efficiently. It covers plugins, features, products, dependencies, and customization options relevant to Control System Studio.

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CSS Control System Studio Training Products Overview

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  1. Control System Studio Training-“Products” Kay Kasemir ORNL/SNS kasemirk@ornl.gov April 2013

  2. Product: Composition of Plugins

  3. Feature-Based Products • org.cstudio.basic.epics.product/CSS.product • Based on “Features” • org.csstudio.sns.feature.applications • org.csstudio.diag.pvmanager.probe • org.csstudio.diag.epics.pvtree • … • and features …opibuilder, …databrowser Features: • “Group” plugins to better organize them • Features can be installed & updated from update sites • Individual plugins can’t

  4. Smaller Products without Features • org.csstudio.archive.engine/ArchiveEngine.product • org.csstudio.archive.config.rdb/ArchiveConfigTool.product • org.csstudio.alarm.beast.server/AlarmServer.product • org.csstudio.alarm.beast.configtool/AlarmConfigTool.produc It’s OK to not use features Easier to start that way. But: Less organized, no install & update possible.

  5. Obvious Dependencies • org.csstudio.diag.pvmanager.probe • MANIFEST.MF, plugin.xml • Dependency on ..utility.pvmanager • org.csstudio.utility.pvmanager Products that include probe must also include utility.pvmanager.Otherwise obvious error about missing dependency at startup, or no product at all. Similar: Databrowser depends on org.csstudio.archive.reader,org.csstudio.logbook

  6. Less Obvious Dependencies org.csstudio.utility.pvmanager • Probe, Data Browser, … simply won’t load without. org.csstudio.utility.pvmanager.epics,org.csstudio.utility.pvmanager.sim,org.csstudio.utility.pvmanager.sys,org.csstudio.utility.pvmanager.pva • CSS integrator must decide which to use! Probe etc. will run with just “pvmanager”,but won’t get any datawithout *.epics, *.sim, ...

  7. Extension Points • org.csstudio.utility.pvmanager • Extension point datasource • “How to get live data” • org.csstudio.utility.pvmanager.sim • Implements that ext. point for “sim://” • org.csstudio.utility.pvmanager.epics • Implements that ext. point for “ca://” • Depends on ..libs.epics You may include pvmanager.epics, or *.sim, or both.Not enforced by Eclipse.No error message on startup.But probe may not display any data. Similar:org.csstudio.logbook.* - Need 0 or 1org.csstudio.archive.reader.* - Need 0 or more

  8. To build a custom product: • You pick what you want • Probe, Data Browser, BOY, … • Add dependencies, Eclipse helps • Logbook, pvmanager, archive, … • Determine what you may also need • pvmanager.epics, logbook.mysite, archive.reader.* • Test within Eclipse IDE (Run Configurations…) • Then update your *product, *feature Read http://cs-studio.sourceforge.net/docbook/

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