SDDS-EPICS C/C++ ToolKit

Overview

SDDS-EPICS is a collection of EPICS Channel Access applications and utilities built on the Self-Describing Data Set (SDDS) protocol. It provides tools for data acquisition, monitoring, logging, and analysis in accelerator and beamline control systems.

Prerequisites

This repository relies on the following external projects:

• SDDS: https://github.com/rtsoliday/SDDS
• EPICS Base: https://github.com/epics-base/epics-base

Repository Structure:

📦 SDDS-EPICS Repository
├── AGENTS.md        # Agent instructions and guidelines
├── Makefile         # Top-level build configuration
├── Makefile.build   # Build helpers
├── Makefile.rules   # Common make rules
├── doc/             # Documentation sources
├── logDaemon/       # Distributed logging daemon and client library
├── oagca/           # CA and PVA generic tools (cavget, cavput, cawait)
├── rampload/        # Ramp-loading utilities
├── runcontrol/      # EPICS run control integration
├── SDDSepics/       # SDDS-based EPICS applications (snapshot, monitor, logger, etc.)
├── LICENSE          # Licensing information
└── README.md        # Project overview

Compilation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/rtsoliday/SDDS-EPICS.git
   cd SDDS-EPICS

2. Build using make:

   make -j

License

This library is distributed under the Software License Agreement found in the LICENSE file.

Authors

• M. Borland
• L. Emery
• C. Saunders
• R. Soliday
• H. Shang

Acknowledgments

This project is developed and maintained by Accelerator Operations & Physics at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.

For more details, visit the official SDDS documentation.