New features in MEDM [EPICS accelerator control software]

Author

Evans, K., Jr.

Author_Institution

Argonne Nat. Lab., IL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

744

Abstract

MEDM, which is derived from Motif Editor and Display Manager, is the primary graphical interface to the EPICS control system. This paper describes new features that have been added to MEDM in the last two years. These features include new editing capabilities, a PV Info dialog box, a means of specifying limits and precision, a new implementation of the Cartesian Plot, new features for several objects, new capability for the Related Display, help, a user-configurable Execute Menu, reconfigured start-up options, and availability for Windows 95/98/NT. Over one hundred bugs have been fixed, and the program is quite stable and in extensive use

Keywords

accelerator control systems; graphical user interfaces; physics computing; Cartesian Plot; EPICS control system; MEDM; Motif Editor and Display Manager; PV Info dialog box; Related Display; Windows 95/98/NT; editing capabilities; primary graphical interface; reconfigured start-up options; user-configurable Execute Menu; Computer bugs; Contracts; Control systems; Design engineering; Displays; Engineering drawings; Laboratories; Packaging; Robust control; Robustness;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999

Conference_Location

New York, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5573-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1999.795341

Filename

795341