1 / 13

Evolution of VisualDCT

Evolution of VisualDCT. Jaka Bobnar jaka.bobnar@cosylab.com Matej Sekoranja matej.sekoranja@cosylab.com Igor Verstovsek Igor.verstovsek@cosylab.com. Contents. Basic concepts of VDCT Short history Current and future plans Spreadsheet View

hilary-finch
Download Presentation

Evolution of VisualDCT

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Evolution of VisualDCT Jaka Bobnar jaka.bobnar@cosylab.com Matej Sekoranja matej.sekoranja@cosylab.com Igor Verstovsek Igor.verstovsek@cosylab.com

  2. Cosylab 2007 Contents • Basic concepts of VDCT • Short history • Current and future plans • Spreadsheet View • Integration into Eclipse and Control System Studio • Integration with VCCT and use of relational databases

  3. Cosylab 2007 Very short introduction to VDCT • Visual Database Configuration Tool for EPICS • Written in Java • Platform independent • Webstart support • Open-source product • Easy and fun to use

  4. Cosylab 2007 How did it start • Began as a project funded by Swiss Light Source • A tool designed for EPICS was required – no excess baggage • Simple “electronics-drawing style” application was developed • Feature requirements started to flow in from various labs around the world • Hierarchies were introduced to EPICS

  5. Cosylab 2007 Plugins • JCA Debug Plugin • Allows displaying actual CS values in design-time • CapFast Conversion Tool • Old CapFast databases can be maintained with VDCT • Channel Archiver Configuration Plugin • Alarm Handler Configuration Plugin The last two plugins allow easy configuration of additional EPICS configuration files

  6. Cosylab 2007 Spreadsheet View • Graphical representation isnot very helpful when database is large • Spreadsheet View • Records presented in an editable table • Allows editing of multiple records simultaneously • Import/export from/to Excel

  7. Cosylab 2007 Eclipse • An Open Development Platform • One of the most popular IDEs • Written in Java • Portable to many operating system • Provides native look and feel (SWT libraries) • Platform is fully extensible via plugins

  8. Cosylab 2007 Integration of VDCT into Eclipse • Easy implementation of most common IDE features • Undo/redo • Drag ’n’ drop • Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) for the VDCT visual editor • Model agnostic • Provides many of the existing VDCT features • Offers easy solution for Spreadsheet View

  9. Cosylab 2007 Integration of VDCT into Eclipse • Use of Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) as a model • It can be adapted to use an existing POJO model • Employs different levels of code generation • Complements with GMF

  10. Cosylab 2007 Integration with CSS • Control System Studio is based on Eclipse • It offers an extensive set of EPICS tools • VDCT could implement the CSS’s DnD model • Easy handling and transfer of different records • The use of Mouse Button 3 • Import/export of records, databases • Eclipse based VDCT could become an extension plugin for CSS

  11. Cosylab 2007 Integration with VCCT • APS developed Visual Connection Configuration Tool (VCCT) • EPICS control system in a relational database • Records presented in a hierarchical tree • Drag ‘n’ drop between VCCT and VDCT • Easy inspection and debugging

  12. Cosylab 2007 Conslusions Let’s keep it that way! VisualDCT has become a powerful EPICS tool Visualdct.cosylab.com

  13. Cosylab 2007 Thank You for Your Attention

More Related