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Enum: ControlSystemEnum

Low-level control systems and middleware frameworks for device communication and hardware abstraction at experimental facilities. These provide the foundation layer that data acquisition systems build upon.

URI: lambdaber:ControlSystemEnum

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
epics None Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System - open-source control syst...
tango None Object-oriented distributed control system developed at ESRF
labview None Graphical programming environment from National Instruments for instrument co...
opi None Operator Interface - legacy control system used at ALS before EPICS adoption

Slots

Name Description
control_system Low-level control system for device communication

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/lambda-ber-schema/

LinkML Source

name: ControlSystemEnum
description: Low-level control systems and middleware frameworks for device communication
  and hardware abstraction at experimental facilities. These provide the foundation
  layer that data acquisition systems build upon.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lambda-ber-schema/
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  epics:
    text: epics
    description: Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System - open-source
      control system framework widely used at accelerators and large experimental
      facilities worldwide. Provides distributed control with Channel Access protocol,
      IOCs (Input/Output Controllers), and extensive tool ecosystem.
    annotations:
      website:
        tag: website
        value: https://epics-controls.org/
      github:
        tag: github
        value: https://github.com/epics-base
      facilities:
        tag: facilities
        value: Most US synchrotrons (ALS, APS, NSLS-II, SSRL), many international
          facilities
    title: EPICS
  tango:
    text: tango
    description: Object-oriented distributed control system developed at ESRF. Provides
      device servers, a naming service, and tools for building control applications.
      Widely adopted at European synchrotrons and other facilities.
    annotations:
      website:
        tag: website
        value: https://www.tango-controls.org/
      github:
        tag: github
        value: https://github.com/tango-controls
      facilities:
        tag: facilities
        value: ESRF, ALBA, MAX IV, SOLEIL, DESY, ELETTRA
    title: Tango Controls
  labview:
    text: labview
    description: Graphical programming environment from National Instruments for instrument
      control and data acquisition. Used at some laboratory and smaller-scale facilities
      for custom instrument integration.
    annotations:
      website:
        tag: website
        value: https://www.ni.com/labview
    title: LabVIEW
  opi:
    text: opi
    description: Operator Interface - legacy control system used at ALS before EPICS
      adoption. Historical reference for older beamline configurations.
    title: OPI