Epics For MBS

In cooperation with the Data processing group, for platforms/architectures running the MBS Multi Branch System DAQ System are foreseen to have

• installations of EPICS at all supported architectures (linux-ppc, linux-x86(_64)) and optionally not yet supported operating system LynxOS
• provide access methods (drivers, protocols, ... ) to the control functions of the MBS systems.

Experiments

• NUSTAR

People

Electronics

• Jörn Adamczewski-Musch (JAM)
• Peter Zumbruch (PZ)
• Nik Kurz (NK)

other

Objectives

EPICS installations

Following the EPICS@GSI methodology (c.f. EpicsInstallationsAtGsi)

• base
  • base 3.14.12.5
  • base 3.15.2
• architectures
  • linux-ppc
  • linux-x86(_64)
• os
  • Debian
    • 5, 6, 7
  • LynxOS
    • ...

Goal: collect all reasonable packages for MBS into installer distribution together with tailored scripts

EPICS access to MBS controls

• interface to gosipcmd or libmbspex
• VMEbus tools (NK)

HowTo

Setting environment

To activate EPICS environment on any MBS node, invoke the common script epicslogin under bash:

R4L-14 adamczew > bash
bash-3.2$ . epics
sourcing ./myepicslogin.sh seen from directory /epics/install/RIO4/Linux/OSV_2_6_33/EPICS-3.14.12.5
MYEPICS_VERSION          set to EPICS-3.14.12.5
EPICS_VERSION            set to EPICS-3.14.12.5
sourcing /epics/install/RIO4/Linux/OSV_2_6_33/EPICS-3.14.12.5/base/startup/Site.profile
EPICS_HOME               set to /epics/install/RIO4/Linux/OSV_2_6_33/EPICS-3.14.12.5
....

All platform specific EPICS installations are on NFS mounted location /epics/install/${GSI_CPU_PLATFORM}/${GSI_OS}/${GSI_OS_VERSIONX}

NOTE: The EPICS login script is at /epics/install/bin/epics. There should be a soft link from /usr/local/bin to it. If this may not exist, one can put /epics/install/bin/ to the user's PATH or call directly . /epics/install/bin/epics.

New installation on MBS node

All required packages and scripts have been put into MBS specific distribution EPICS-3.14.12.5_mbs.tar.gz. This is available in directory /epics/install/package/ and provides installation script install4mbs.sh. To install this on any platform for MBS do:

R4L-1 epics > cd  /epics/install/package/EPICS-3.14.12
R4L-1 epics >./install4mbs.sh
Starting epics installation to /epics/install/RIO4/Linux/OSV_2_6_24/EPICS-3.14.12.5
mkdir: created directory `/epics/install/RIO4/Linux/OSV_2_6_24'
mkdir: created directory `/epics/install/RIO4/Linux/OSV_2_6_24/EPICS-3.14.12.5'
+++++++++++ provide re2c tool...
sourcing ./myepicslogin.sh seen from directory /epics/install/RIO4/Linux/OSV_2_6_24/EPICS-3.14.12.5
MYEPICS_VERSION          set to EPICS-3.14.12.5
EPICS_VERSION            set to EPICS-3.14.12.5
sourcing /epics/install/RIO4/Linux/OSV_2_6_24/EPICS-3.14.12.5/base/startup/Site.profile
EPICS_HOME               set to /epics/install/RIO4/Linux/OSV_2_6_24/EPICS-3.14.12.5
EPICS_BASE               set to /epics/install/RIO4/Linux/OSV_2_6_24/EPICS-3.14.12.5/base
.....
+++++++++++ making epics base...
+++++++++++ installing epics extensions...
+++++++++++ installing ezca...
+++++++++++ installing msi...
+++++++++++ building extensions...
....
+++++++++++ installing epics modules...
+++++++++++ building soft/seq...
+++++++++++ building support/autosave...
+++++++++++ building soft/asyn...
+++++++++++ building support/sscan...
+++++++++++ building support/busy...
+++++++++++ building support/modbus...
+++++++++++ building support/devIocStats...
+++++++++++ building support/calc...
+++++++++++ building StreamDevice...
EPICS at /epics/install/RIO4/Linux/OSV_2_6_24/EPICS-3.14.12.5 is ready.

Note that all makefile outputs are written to logfile makelog.txt in each specific subdirectory.

-- JoernAdamczewski - 13 Nov 2015

Status

mount point for epics created (NK)

EPICS installations on linux-ppc RIO4 systems (JAM)

base 3.14.12.5

needed patch to recognize architecture, currrently hardcoded in Startup.profile

better patch EpicsHostArch.pl to recognize linux-ppc. Done for further installations JAM

needed installations of missing perl include file (generated by Configure from source distribution JAM)

missing tool re2c on Sugarhat distribution (installed from source under EPICS_BASE/tools and put into PATH JAM)

add missing configuration for libreadline and libncurses in configure/os/CONFIG.linux-ppc.linux-ppc. This enables command history in ioc shell JAM

extensions

ezca

MSI

modules

seq

autosave

asyn

sscan

busy

modbus

devIocStats

calc

StreamDevice

Provide EPICS "distribution" package for MBS with install4mbs.sh script (JAM)

EPICS installations on linux X86 systems

EPICS installations on LynxOS X86 systems

EPICS installations on LynxOS RIO4 systems

Here table of installed platforms:

CPU	OS	OS VERSION	nodename	base	extensions	modules	procServ	Comments
RIO4 ppc	LynxOS	4.0	R4-2	no	no	no	no
X86	LynxOS	4.0	X86g-4	no	no	no	no
RIO4 ppc	Linux (SugarHat)	2.6.33.7-shl-3.3-up	R4L-14	installed	installed	installed	installed 2.6.0	first installation with manual adjustments. Redid installation using install4mbs.sh
RIO4 ppc	Linux (SugarHat)	2.6.24.7-rt27-shl-3.2.6-no-rt	R4L-1	installed	installed	installed	installed 2.6.0	installed with install4mbs. Note: after reboot, directory /tmp is not writable. This is mandatory for building epics base (antelope requirement!)
X86	Linux (Debian 5)	2.6.26-2-686-bigmem	X86l-15	installed	installed	installed	installed 2.6.0	install4mbs.sh with no problems.
X86	Linux (Debian 6)	2.6.32-5-686-bigmem	X86L-7	installed	installed	installed	installed 2.6.0	install4mbs.sh with no problems.
X86_64	Linux (Debian 7)	3.2.0-4-amd64	X86L-59	installed	installed	installed	installed 2.6.0	used script install4mbs.sh from epics_mbs package.
X86	Linux (Debian 7)	3.2.0-4-686-pae	X86L-27	installed	installed	installed	?	install4mbs.sh with no problems. Note: perl warnings because of non supported locale settings?
IPV ppc	Linux (DENX )	3.3.3	IPV-1	installed	installed	installed	?	needed to install newer perl version 5.22.0 at /epics/install/IPV/Linux/OSV_3_3_3/. Added PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH in myepicslogin to override previous system perl. Base was installed manually after this, extensions/modules with skript

-- JoernAdamczewski - 10 Nov 2015

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-- PeterZumbruch - 06 Nov 2015