EDM

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EDM

• Kay-Uwe Kasemir, LANL
• May 2001

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EDM Extensible Display Manager

• Written by John Sinclair, ORNL
• Multiple Process Variable Support
• EPICS ChannelAccess
• VSystem
• Extensible
• configuration files shared libraries
• add/remove process variable interface and widgets
  without changing EDM itself

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EDM has

• Version numbers in display and config. files
• Meters, Bars, Texts, Buttons, Menus,
• Editing aids
• Copy, group, align, distribute,
• Select one, many, AutoCAD rubberbanding
• Shortcuts keyboard, 2x/3x clicks
• Macros
• Popups on mouse-over
• Dynamic symbols

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EDM Examples
(SNS Linac test)
(Matthias Steiner, Nat'l Superconducting
Cyclotron Lab., Michigan State University)
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In Progress Colors

• Select by
• Color
• Name
• Plan Color rules
• Color value PV

Format might changeRule VacuumState 0
blue 1 green gt1 lt5 yellow gt5
orange defaultblack error red
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In Progress PV
File calc.list sum(A,B)sum
ImplementationAB F2C(A)(A-32)5/9

• Generic PV Factory
• Manages pools connections
• Prefix EPICS Channel Access (default)EPICS\fred
  , fred EPICS\injhvps_actv
• CALC Formula ala CALC recordCALC\F2C(temp_F),
  CALC\sum(gin,CALC\sum(water,tonic))
• Plan Support attributesEPICS\fredprecision,
  VSYS\fredseverity