LabVIEW Template

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LabVIEW Template

• Feb 5, 2004
• Chris Degen

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EPICS Interface

• Full IOC
• Shared Memory by D. Thompson. Throughput of 400
  kbytes/sec at 5 of 800Mhz PIII, 0.03 msec per
  write of 100 floats.
• Read/Write to scalars and arrays of integers and
  floats(double and single precision) and strings
• Interrupt processing for alerting Channel Access
  clients or vice versa LabVIEW
• Bi-directional (Multi-master) supported

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LabVIEW Template

• The LabVIEW template provides a consistent way of
  implementing
• Interrupt processing
• Queues to communicate between tasks
• Default configuration
• Error handling
• User Interface
• State machine

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Importance of LabVIEW template

• Modular, consistent code structure
• Speeds code development
• Simplifies debugging
• Only requires a single expert at BNL
• Familiarity at ORNL
• Facilitates handoff

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Status

• Fast BCM already ported by Willem Blokland
• BCM port in progress

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Schedule

• First Tier Systems
• finish port of BCM
• BPM
• VFM
• Second Tier Systems
• Tune
• BIG
• IPM