​Benefits

• Widely adopted software framework for control of large-scale distributed control systems
• The standardized abstraction layer makes it easy to integrate new devices in existing systems as they communicate with each other trough a common protocol
• The community-provided modules and drivers make it easy to integrate new devices into existing systems
• Collaboratively developed and maintained by world-leading scientific facilities
• Designed for scalability – from single test stations with a low channel count, to large distributed networks with thousands of channels
• Public open source project freely available according to the EPICS Open License​​

​Applications

• Big Science
• Big Physics
• Particle accelerators
• Fusion
• Material research​​
  

​Requirement

• EPICS base revision 7.0.1.1 or higher
• Control System Studio (CS-Studio) revision 4.5.7 or higher (required for running the OPI example GUI)
• BOY (required for running the OPI example GUI, included in CS-Studio, no separate download required)
• A list of supported Linux distributions is available here
• For requests about additional distributions and/or extended operating system support please contact your local sales representative
  

​Deliverables

• NDS library (open source component) as C++ source code
• ADQ EPICS driver as C++ source code
• ADQAPI device software library as system package
• ADQ device driver (open source component) as system package
• Operator Interface (OPI) example GUI for CS-Studio/BOY​