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Configuring Control System Studio Preferences for Efficient Operation

Learn how to set up and configure Control System Studio (CSS) preferences for optimal user experience. Discover ways to customize GUI settings, manage EPICS address lists, and streamline operations for various tools and servers without a GUI interface.

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Configuring Control System Studio Preferences for Efficient Operation

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  1. Control System Studio Training-Hierarchical Preferences Kay Kasemir ORNL/SNS kasemirk@ornl.gov April 2013

  2. Preference GUI • Menu Edit, Preferences • Not too hard to find • Maybe consult associatedHelp, Help Content

  3. Issue 1: What’s best for each user? Download CSS Set EPICS address list Configure email server Disable BOY editing Add archive data sources … Run • Download CSS • Run

  4. Issue 2: What about GUI-less tools? Archive Engine, Alarm Server, Scan Server, … don’t have a GUI. No Edit/Preferences… So how to configure them?

  5. Eclipse “Product”

  6. Hierarchical Preferences • Code inside plugin • Plugin’s preferences.ini • Product’s plugin_customization.ini • Command-line

  7. 1. Code inside plugin Would have to edit source code, recompile, …

  8. 2. Plugin’s preferences.ini Documents the available preference options, lists defaults. Can change w/o recompilation: Unzip the plugin .jar, Edit the preferences.ini.

  9. 3. Product’s plugin_customization.ini Site-specific Product sets preferences for each plugin name.of.plugin/setting = value

  10. 4. Command Line css –pluginCustomization /path/to/settings.ini Format: Same as plugin_customization.ini name.of.plugin/setting = value To avoid pulling your hair out: • Do include the /path/to/…! • File not found: No error message • Double-check name.of.plugin, name-of-setting! • Typo: Just won’t work

  11. Hierarchical Preferences • org.csstudio.platform.libs.epics preferences.ini: addr_list= • Product’s plugin_customization.ini: org.csstudio.platform.libs.epics/addr_list=127.0.01 • Command-line

  12. Scenarios Site-specific product: • SNS CSS, NSLS-II CSS, … Best, but also more work Use existing product • Edit product’s plugin_customization.ini before passing on to users at your site Quite practical for a while Command-line –pluginCustomization /…/x.ini To get started, or to support different setups for ‘Office’, ‘Control Room’, ‘Home’, …

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