Epics C# Library [C#教程].ppt

Epics C# Library Written by Christoph Seiler Presented by Dirk Zimoch What is C# and why do we use it? C# runs on a virtual environment (called .NET) similar to Javas virtual machine ECMA and ISO certificated Resembles JAVA Allows fast development Huge amount of usable libraries Excellent IDE Due to open Source projects also usable on other platforms (MONO on Linux) Epics C# Library – Not another wrapper Fully implemented and independent Channel Access Supports Get, Put and Monitor Supports all Epics specific types like DBR_TIME_DOUBLE Handles everything from TCP UDP Listening to C# Interface Based on cosylabs reverse engineered protocol specification Easy configuration through XML-ConfigFile or Runtime Changes Runs on .NET and MONO Epics C# Library – Why has it been developed? Portability Standalone library – No EPICS installation reqired Usability Clean and easy interface C#, C++, VB.Net Still high performance (connects and receives first monitor value for 32‘000 channels in ~16 seconds) Epics C# Library – How to use it? Note: to gain some time the epicsLibrary.dll was already added before. Epics C# Library – Monitor example Note: Same code file as before. Epics C# Library – Current Status Examples MEG: Macro Generator for Experiment (productive) ALH: ALarm Handler (on 03.04.2009 running stable since 3 weeks) Will probably be presented in the next Epics Meeting in October Epics C# Library – Online Documentation http://epics.web.psi.ch SC84, 03.04.2009 SC84, 03.04.2009 STATUS : IN PRODUCTION SC84, 03.04.2009