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Channel Finder. Kunal Shroff Ralph Lange. Publish/subscribe. Command/response. v3. v4. IOC. IOC. …. IOC. IOC. …. v4. Masar. CA client (JCA/CAJ). pvA client. …. Core Client Technologies. CA. Data Sources. Sim. Test. pvA. AccelUtils. Aggregation. pvManager. Java/Python.
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Channel Finder Kunal Shroff Ralph Lange
Publish/subscribe Command/response v3 v4 IOC IOC … IOC IOC … v4 Masar CA client (JCA/CAJ) pvA client … Core Client Technologies CA Data Sources Sim Test pvA AccelUtils Aggregation pvManager Java/Python Web based REST services Data Definition vTypes API ChannelFinder Visualization Graphene API Olog CSS Core ChannelFinder Integration Olog Integration … ... Log Viewer BEAST Web UI and other clients Scripts and utilities BOY Logbook Cf-update DataBrowser … … … CS-Studio
Need for cf-update • How to add new channels • Without having to learn the client api’s • How to manage existing channels • Orphaned channels • Moved channels • Automatically handle some attributes/properties of channels • hostName • iocName
cf-update v2.0.0 • The properties currently managed with cf- update – hostName – iocName – pvStatus : Active or InActive – time : The last time the above properties where updated
Example st.cmd iocInit dbl > record.dbl system “cprecords.dbl /cf-update/$HOSTNAME.$IOCNAME.dbl”
Under the Hood • The cf_monitor daemon monitors $(CF_UPDATE_DIR) directory and envokes an updare task when • A new *.dbl file is created in the dir • An existing *.dbl file is modified • The update task handles • Uses the filename to obtain the hostName, iocName property values and defines time as the time when the file was modified • New channels – creates new channels with hostName, iocNameproperties • Orphaned channels – the hostName, iocName properties are retained for debugging purpose but the pvStatus is set to inactive • Moved channels – ensures that the hostName, iocName properties are update when channels are moved • Unchanged channels • All other existing properties and tags are left unaffected
Physics applications • The High level applications tend to prefer a hierarchical view of the control system where they can group channels by type (such as BPM, horizontal corrector) or location • accelerator physics high level application APHLA (python) • ChannelViewer • Channel line plot • Waterfall plot • Channel Orchestrator
ChannelFinder Service • ChannelFinder is now a pvmanager service
Future plans • Manage additional properties and tags automatically • Integration with NameService/NameValidator • Replace channel widgets with general purpose widgets using pvmanager services and formula • Integration with MASAR