Software management in EPICS environment
Lei Le · Nuclear Techniques · 2015
Background: Compared with commercial SCADA(Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) software, EPICS(Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System) control system has no uniform way for software management at present. Developers in different projects deploy and invoke EPICS software modules in different ways. However, it is particularly important to manage the software modules scientifically and normatively for projects like thermonuclear fusion reactor, proton therapy and Thorium Molten Salt Reactor(TMSR), which helps to improve the reliability, maintainability and usability of system. Purpose: We aim to deploy EPICS software modules automatically and call them normatively. Methods: We implement the directory management using Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard(FHS), deploy software modules with Red Hat Package Manager(RPM) and shell scripts and manage all software modules with Linux service. Results: The scheme runs very well and reduces manual operation greatly. Conclusion: The results indicate that this scheme can address some issues in the usage of EPICS, which may help to build a unified, fully automated software platform for TMSR IC system.