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TheControlSystemStudio(CSS)isanEclipseRCPbaseddevelopmentpla?ormandthefundamentformanyapplicaAonslikeEPICS,TANGOetc.AsmostoftheseapplicaAonsdealwithprocessvariablesandconnecAonstocontrolsystems,theCSSCoreprovidesthenecessaryAPIsforaconvenientstart.TheintegrateddevelopmentenvironmentofCSSprovidesfacilityfordatabasedevelopment,alarmmanagementsystem,displaydevelopmentandconversion,datatrending,diagnosActoolsetc.

ProcessvariableaddresssyntaxThegeneralsyntaxofaprocessvariableaddressisdefinedasfollows.ThisusesthemetasyntaxbasedontheExtendedBackus‐NaurForm[1]address::=[protocol]id[type][2]protocol::=('dal‐epics'|'dal‐Ane'|'dal‐tango'|'local')'://'[3]id::=(leXer|specialcharacter)+[4]type::=','('double'|'int'|'long'|'string'|'enum')[5]leXer::='A'|...|'Z'|'a'|...|'z'[6]specialcharacter::=':'|'/'|'\'|'.'|'['|']'[7]number::=digitWithoutZero(digit)*[8]digit::='0'|...|'9'[9]digitWithoutZero::='1'|...|'9'Thereare3opAonaland1mandatoryfragmentsthatconsAtuteafullprocessvariableaddress(line1).Theprotocol(line2)isopAonalanddefinestheconnecAonprotocol.Ifaprefixisnotspecified,adefaultprotocolischosenaccordingtothesefngsoftheCSS‐Core/Control‐Systempreferencepage.Theid(line3)ismandatory.ItmustbeagloballyuniquenameidenAfyingtheinformaAonyouwanttoaddress.Thetype(line5)isopAonal,too.Itcanbeusedtospecifytheexpectedreturntypeforchannelvaluesexplicitly.

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SyntaxforEPICSWhenEPICSchannelsareaddressed,line3isasfollows:[3a]id::=recordname['.'fieldname][characterisAc][10]recordname::=(leXer|specialcharacter)+[11]fieldname::=(leXer)+[12]characterisAc::='['(leXer)+']'AnEPICSprocessvariableisalwaysidenAfiedbyitsrecordname(line10)whichisthereforemandatory.OpAonallyafieldnamecanbeprovidedtoaddressasinglefieldofarecord(line11).Ifnofieldnameisprovidedtheaddressdefaultstothe.VALfield.ThecharacterisAc(line12)isopAonalaswell.IfdefineditallowsforaccessingaddiAonalinformaAonofarecordwithoutestablishinganewconnecAon.AllcharacterisAcsofthesamerecordsharethesameconnecAon.SoingeneralitisagoodideatousecharacterisAcswheneverpossibletosavesystemresources.Thesecanbe

[PosiAon]‐posiAon[DescripAon]–longdescripAon[displayName]–shortdescripAon[propertyType]‐type[resoluAon]–numberofbitsusedforADCconversionofanalogvaluewhensampled[minimum]–minimumallowedvalue[maximum]–maximumallowedvalue[graphMin]–minimumallowedvaluewhendisplayed(e.g.inachart)[graphMax]–maximumallowedvaluewhendisplayed(e.g.inachart)[format]–Cprint‐fstyleformatthatisusedtorenderthevalue[units]–unitsofthevalue[scaleType]–scaletypeforplofng(linearorlogarithmic)[warningMax]–upperwarninglimit[warningMin]–lowerwarninglimit[alarmMax]–upperalarmlimit[alarmMin]–loweralarmlimit[sequenceLength]–sequencelength[enumValues]–enumvaluearray(returnsObject[])[enumDescripAons]–enumvaluedescripAons(returnsString[])[bitDescripAons]–bitdescripAons(returnsString[])[condiAonWhenSet]–acAvebitsignificance[condiAonWhenCleared]‐inacAvebitsignificance[bitMask]–bitsrelevance

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SimpleDALallowstouseacertainsyntaxforaccessingPVs.

TheDataAccessLayer(DAL)isthecoreoftheconnecAonAPIs.ItcommunicatestoEPICSthroughCAJ(ChannelAccessJava),whichisapureJavaimplementaAonoftheCAprotocol.Inthe(near)futureitwillbepossibletoconnecttoTINEandTANGOcontrolsystemsthroughDALaswell.ATINEintegraAonisalreadyavailableasBeta.DALisaninherentpartoftheCSSCorebutcanalsobeusedasalibraryinanyotherJavaapplicaAon.SimpleDALisaconnecAonlayerbuiltontopofDAL.Itprovidesaslim,lesscomplexAPIthatallowsforamucheasierstartfordevelopersdealingwithprocessvariablesintheirapplicaAons.UsingSimpleDALimpliesacertainsyntaxforprocessvariableaddressesthatenablesapplicaAonstomakeuseofthefollowingfeatures:•accessdifferentcontrolsystems(e.g.TINEandEPICS)inoneapplicaAon•usecharacterisAcs,aconceptforresourcesavingaccesstorecordfields•queryprocessvariablesindifferenttypes•usesimulatedchannels•addresssystemfuncAonsasprocessvariable

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ItisrecommendedthatthestandardversionofCSSshouldbedownloadedforthefirstuse.ItconsistsoftheCSSpla?ormandcommoncontrolsystemapplicaAons.

Pre‐requisites‐Javaversion1.6orhigherisrequiredDownload‐ThelinktothisishXp://css.desy.de/content/e413/index_eng.htmlPleasechoosetheversionaccordingtoyouroperaAngsystem.Extrac<ng–extractthedownloadedzipfileinadirectoryofyourchoice.Star<ng

Windows–Runthefilecss.exeunderCSS<Top>.Linux–Setexecutablemodeforthefile‘css’underCSS<top>andrun

Login‐TheXMPPlogincanbecancelledforiniAaluse.ThisloginsyouasanonymoususerintotheXMPPserverspecifiedinthepreferences.TheXMPPserverisusedforremotemanagement.OnecanalsosetuphisownXMPPserver.

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CSSConsoleTheCSScontainsitsownconsole.ThisconsoledisplaysystemmessagesofcertaineventsandinformaAonaboutoccurrederrors.

FileNew‐Createanewfolder,resource,SwitchWorkspace‐ChangetheworkspaceoftheCSSinstance.Exportpreferences‐WritecurrentpreferencesoftheCSSinstanceinafile.OpenWorkspaceNavigator‐Opentheview'Workspace'.Import‐ImportresourcefromCVSintheworkspace.Exit‐ShutdownyourCSSinstallaAon.

Quickstart‐TheQuickstartmenuholdslinkstoSynopAcDisplaysintheworkspace.Theycanbeaddedviacontextmenuofadisplay.

WindowOpeninNewWindow‐OpenanewCSSwindow.OpenPerspecAve‐SelectandopenaparAcularCSSperspecAve.IntheCSScontext,aperspecAveisasetofuserinterfaceelementsthatareposiAonedinacertainway.ShowView‐OpenaparAcularCSSview.IntheCSScontext,aviewisanelementoftheuserinterfacethatdisplayssomethingandcanbefreelyarrangedbytheuser.

HelpWelcomeAboutCSS‐Openthe“About”dialogthatcontainstheCSSlicenseagreement.HelpContents‐OpentheCSShelpsystem.ThereyoumayfindamoredetaileddescripAonofthebasicuserinterfaceconceptsandallsystemsefngs.KeyAssist‐Openanoverviewofallshortcuts.CheatSheets‐ShowsavailableCheatSheets.CheatSheetsarestepbystepdocumentaAons.So}wareUpdates‐ManagethelocalCSSinstallaAonbyinstallingandupdaAngfeatures.‐>findandinstall‐>searchfornewfeaturestoinstall

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• UsedtospecifytheEPICSIOClocaAonandotheraXributes• GotoCSSMenu‐>CSS‐>Preferences‐>CSScore‐>Controlsystem• SetthedefaultcontrolsystemasEPICS• Under‘CSScore’menuitem,goto‘EPICS’• SettheEPICSpreferenceshere.

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CSSpluginsarethevarioustoolsavailablewithit.ToaddtheseintotheCSS:

• GotoCSSmenu‐>Help‐>So}wareupdates‐>FindandInstall• Select“Selectfornewfeaturestoinstall”• Selectthecheckboxfor“Controlsystemstudioupdatesite”• Click“Finish”• Expandthetreefor“Controlsystemstudioupdatesite”• Selectthepluginyouwanttoinstallandclick“selectrequired”buXon.• Go“next”andacceptlicenseagreement.• Nextandclick“Finish”• TheinstalledpluginwillnowappearintheCSSmenuunderappropriatecategory

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Tomakeanewproject• GotoFile‐>New‐>other‐>General‐>Project• Nametheproject• Youcanmakenewfoldersorfilesinsideaproject• Tomakeafolder,rightclicktheprojectinthenavigator‐>New‐>other‐>General‐>folder• Tomakeanewfile,rightclicktheprojectinthenavigator‐>New‐>other‐>chooseaccordingly

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Synop<cDisplayStudioSynopAcDisplayStudio(SDS)isagraphicaloperatorinterfacethatrepresentsthestructureandcurrentstateofaplant.Thestructureiscomposedofbasicelementssocalledwidgetslikelabels,metersorbargraphs.TobuildupapartofaplantthewidgetscanbearrangedintheeditmodeofSDSondisplays.Intheexecuteorrunmodetheoperatorscancontroltheprocessesviathedisplays.

NavigatorThenavigatorviewshowstheCSSprojectsintheworkspace.ACSSprojectholdstheconfiguraAonfilesforSDSdisplaysandfilesofotherCSSapplicaAons.Editor/PaleGeTheEditorshowsthedisplaysintheeditmodeandprovidesgrid,align,ruler,etc.OntherightsideisthepaleXewithallavailablewidgets.ThereisadraganddropsupportthatconnectsaprocessvariablefromanotherCSSapplicaAonautomaAcallywithawidget.WidgetProperAesForeachselectedwidgetintheeditorthewidgetpropertyviewshowsallavailableproperAes.Itispossibletodynamise*LINK*eachproperty.Thatmeansthatapropertyisconnectedtoaprocessvariableandchangeswiththevalueofthevariable.

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Therearetwokindsofproperty• StaAc‐fixedduringexecuAonmode• Dynamic–changesduringexecuAonmode

Singlele}clickonapropertyonthePropertyViewtosetastaAcproperty.

Singlele}clickonapropertyopensaneditor.Therearesixgeneraleditors:‐‐Enteratext‐‐Enteranumber‐‐Chooseacolor‐‐Chooseafont‐‐Setaboolean‐‐Selectacomboitem

Andthreespecialeditors:‐‐Add/changealiases ‐‐Add/changeacAons‐‐GeneratetoolAp

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• OpentheLayerManagementMenu:Window‐>ShowView‐>Other…‐>SynopAcDisplayStudio‐>LayerManagement• Insidethelayermanagementview,rightclicktoaddnewlayer,ormoveexisAng• Visibilityandorderofalayercanbechanged• Visibilityofalayercanbetoggleddynamically• Rightclickawidgettochangeitslayer

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• Thepropertywith‘gearwheel’symbolisdynamic• Rightclickonpropertytoconfigureorremovedynamicaspects• Channelnamecanbetypeddirectly• AliascanbeusedinsteadofaPVname• DynamicproperAescanbeconfiguredbyrules(explainedlater)• EachwidgethasaPrimaryPV,itisusedwhenyouuse

• CopyPVtoclipboard• ForwardedtotheapplicaAonscalledbycontribuAonmenu• Tiptext

SoitisnecessarytodefineaprimaryPV

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• AliasisamacrothatcanbeusedinsteadoflongPVnameorsyntax• Eachwidgetcanhaveseveralaliases(e.g.fordisplayingseveralplotsonstripchart)• Aliascanbeforwardedtoanewdisplay

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• Colorcanbecustomizedforthese• RightclickonbackgroundcolorproperAestoconfiguredynamicaspects• GotoNext• Colorscanbesethere

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• RulescanbeusedtodefinethedynamicbehaviorofwidgetproperAes• Therearetwotypesofrules

• Java• ECMA/JavaScript

• Scriptedrulefilesshouldbekeptat‘SDSScriptRules’folderundertheworkspace• ItisrecommendedthatJavaScriptrulesshouldbeusedforconfiguringdynamicproperAesinsteadofJava,asnocompilaAonisneededinthiscase

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AcAondatasefngdefinestheacAonwhichisperformedwhenawidgetisacAvated(i.esayabuXonisclicked)

AcAonscanbeoftwotypes• Sendingvalue• Openadisplay

Eachwidgetcanhavearbitraryno.ofacAondata

AcAoncanbeexecutedfromthecontribuAonmenuaswell.ThecontribuAonmenuisinvokedbyrightclickingawidget‐>CSS‐><contribuAonmenu>

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Cursorcanbechangedasthemousepointermovesoversomewidget

WidgetproperAeshaveafieldforchangingcursor

Therearetwokindofcursors

1. Systemcursors2. Other–acAonenabled,acAondisabled

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DetaileddocumentaAonisfoundat

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1.  DefaultdisplayisthedefaultSDSfilewhichopensthroughthecontribuAonmenu(opendisplay)

2.  Tosetthedefaultdisplaygotomainmenu‐>CSS‐>Preferences‐>CSSApplicaAons‐>Display‐>DefaultDisplay

3.  Setthedefaultfileandthealiasname

4.  QuickstartmenuisusedtoaddshortcuttoruntheSDSfilesdirectly.5.  TheSDSfilesaddedtoquickstartmenuwilldirectlyopeninexecutemode6.  Toaddfilestoquickstartmenu,rightclicktheSDSfileinnavigatorpane‐>addto

quickstart7.  Toinvokedisplaysdirectlyfromquickstart,gotomainmenu‐>quickstart‐>(click

filename)8.  Toeditquickstartpreferencesgotomainmenu‐>CSS‐>Preferences‐>CSS

ApplicaAons‐>UAliAes‐>Quickstart

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WhatistheADLConverterTheADLConverterisaCSSPlugInthatconvertsControlSystemDisplays.ThisconvertsonlyfromADL‐FormattotheSynopAcDisplayStudioformatfromtheControlSystemStudio.

UsetheADLConverterThehandlingoftheADLConverterisverysimple.Firstclickthe“File"buXontochoosetheADL‐Fileswhichyouwanttoconvert.Thechosenfilesaredisplayedatthelistandareallselected.Secondclickthe"SelectPath"buXontochoosethetargetpathattheWorkspace.Andatlastclickthe"Convert"buXontoconverttheADL‐Files.OnlytheselectedFilesinthelistareconverted.

NewConversionToconvertothersetofADL‐Files,clearthelistby"Clear"buXonandchoosethenewADL‐Filesandanewtargetworkspacepath.Thenstartthenewconversion

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ThePVTableprovidesatabularviewofPVnamesandtheircurrentvalue.Onecanstartandstoplivevalueupdates.InaddiAon,onecantakea"snapshot"ofcurrentvalues,whichgetssavedwhensavingthePVtabledocument.ThePVtabledisplayindicatescurrentvaluesthatdifferfromthe"snapshot"valuesinred.

OnecanconfiguretheupdaterateaswellasthethresholdforindicaAngdifferencesbetweenthecurrentvaluesandthosefromthesnapshot.

TostartwithPVtable1. Gotomainmenu‐>CSS‐>Display‐>PVTable2. Rightclicktheemptyareainthetable‐>3. WritethePVnametobemonitored,goonaddingnames4. AgreenLEDsymbolatthetopiconbarisforstarAngtheupdatesinPVtable.5. TheupdateratecanbeconfiguredbyrightclickonthePVtable‐>config

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OverviewTheProbetoolallowsbasicreadingandwriAngofPVs.

Usage1. EnteranameintothePVnametextboxandenter.ThetoolwilldisplaythecurrentvalueofthegivenPVtogetherwithAmestampandstatus.2. The'Adjust'checkboxopensadialogforwriAnganewvaluetothePV.3. Thestatusbarprovideserrormessages.IfallisOK,itdisplaysaslowlyaveragedupdaterateofthePV.4. Italsodisplaysalarmzonesonthemeter5. Themetercanbedisabledalsofromthe‘Meter’checkbox

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