XAL based PV Browser

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XAL based PV Browser

• Jeff Patton, Chris Fowlkes
• EPICS Collaboration Meeting RDB SIG
• June 12, 2006

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Environment

• Oracle RDB
• IRMISBase data structure
• SNS data structure
• XAL Framework (See XAL Status presentation by Tom
  Pelaia)

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Philosophy

• Integrate IRMISBase data with SNS data
• Use the XAL framework whose look and feel most
  SNS users are familiar with
• Simple RDB interaction through POJOs and database
  views to adapt IRMIS to SNS
• Tailor functions to SNS users
• But make UI configurable for anyone

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Installation

• Populate configuration table
• Set RDB connection parameters
• Install jars and JNLP files on web server

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PV Browser
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Startup

• Connects to RDB with a read only account
• Reads configuration table to determine objects to
  define

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Wild Card search
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Drill down by SNS naming components
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History
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Search Results
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Preview
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Search
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So I used all invalid names for my PVs. It
drives that database guy nuts!
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Preview
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Probe
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View Links
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Map Links
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Probe multiple PVs
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Export to .db file
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Future

• Advanced search
• Seamless export to VDCT
• Differences between IOC boots