tdct - a Configuration Tool for EPICS Runtime Databases
Copyright (c) TRIUMF, 2006 ....
Author: R.Keitel
NOTE: tdct requires java 1.6
Purpose
tdct was created as a replacement for the Capfast
™ [1] tool, which was used by the ISAC controls group
at TRIUMF from 1996-2009.
Since 2010 tdct has been the exclusively used database configuration tool at TRIUMF.
Functionality Summary
tdct contains the following functionality:
- a schematics viewer/editor with full hierarchy support for
configuring EPICS runtime databases
- a symbol viewer/editor for designing component symbols and EPICS
record symbols
- a database builder, which translates schematics into EPICS
runtime database (.db) files, which can be loaded into an IOC.
- an on-line viewer, which allows the schematics viewer to display
real-time data from an EPICS IOC.
For more information, please consult the
tdct help files, which also contain the
release notes.
Distribution and Licence
tdct is presently available as a run-time only distribution. It is
provided by the author as is, without any explicit or implied warranty.
By
downloading you agree to accept the
tdct Licence Conditions.
Please direct any questions or report any bugs to
rolf@triumf.ca
Support
tdct is presently supported by the author. Should a
situation arise, where TRIUMF is no longer able to support tdct, the
tdct source code will be made available to the EPICS collaboration.
Acknowledgements
The author thanks
- Rod Nussbaumer (TRIUMF) for his help with
testing tdct, uncovering numerous bugs, and many stimulating
discussion, which helped augment the feature set of tdct.
- Andy
Foster (Observatory Sciences Ltd) and Kevin Tsubota (KECK) for
providing feedback and help with testing of Capfast™ features not used at TRIUMF.
[1] Phase
Three Logic, Beaverton, Ore., USA
Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics