EPICS Software Updates

QtEDM is a Qt implementation of the MEDM display editor and runtime, keeping the familiar edit/execute model, macros and related displays. Try it with the operator screens you already know, while exploring native pvAccess and additional tools for finding PVs, inspecting connections and sharing display data.

Highlights

• Find the affected PV

  Search open displays and inspect connection, access and alarm information in PV Details.

• Share what you see

  Export a display image or save plot values as CSV or SDDS for follow-up.

• Restore a workspace

  Save and explicitly reopen a named layout with its displays, macros, geometry and tabs.

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Before you try it. Set the environment variable USE_QTEDM=1, then use the existing storage-ring or linac launch scripts to start QtEDM.

QtStripTool brings the familiar ten-curve StripTool workflow to Qt, keeping saved settings and live Channel Access plots. Compare supported Archiver Appliance history with live trends, then share observations through annotations, data exports, snapshots or printing.

Highlights

• Keep familiar trends

  Load a saved .stp file with its curve names, colors, ranges and linear/log scales.

• Explore an event

  Pan, zoom and annotate the graph; request or cancel a historical time range.

• Share the result

  Export visible samples as text/CSV, save a graph image, or use Qt print preview.

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QtProbe keeps the quick inspection task: enter a PV, read its value and alarm state, examine metadata and review local history. It adds CA and native PVA in one workspace, with a related-PV table, structured-data browser and record diagnostics to help explain unexpected values or missing updates.

Highlights

• Inspect related PVs

  Compare values, alarms, update ages and sparklines; filter to alarms or disconnected channels.

• Follow the diagnosis

  Read record processing fields, follow links and browse a PVA object's field tree.

• Keep useful context

  Save address-only sessions, export JSON/CSV observations and review bounded local history.

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QtALH brings the ALH alarm-handler workflow to Qt while retaining its configuration format, alarm tree, severity colors and familiar operator actions. Evaluate it beside ALH to explore a consolidated alarm queue, clearer alarm details and optional tools for timed shelving, handover checks and personal notifications.

Highlights

• Find what needs attention

  Sort the Active Alarms table, search for a channel and open its alarm details.

• Explain why it alarms

  Read a plain-language alarm explanation and IOC limits; review runtime overrides at handover.

• Add optional escalation

  Use personal email/webhook subscriptions and session analytics when those workflows are wanted.

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Before you try it. Run representative configurations beside ALH in passive mode, with separate logging, and retain ALH throughout the trial. Compare alarms, guidance, reconnects and familiar actions before enabling control-room use. PVA acknowledgements stay within the running QtALH instance; use Channel Access where acknowledgement must be shared between consoles. Introduce shelving and notifications after operators agree how they will be used.

pvDataReview brings historical trends, alarm logs, glitches, change history and SDDS analysis into one application, replacing several separate OAG review tools. Use the desktop application or its read-only web interface to investigate an event, compare time ranges and carry results into further analysis without moving between unrelated programs.

Highlights

• Review an event

  Move between historical trends, glitches, alarms and machine workspaces, including MPS dumps and DAQ post-mortem captures.

• Continue the analysis

  Send review results to SDDS Analysis for plotting, fits, spectra, statistics or math; export supported results as CSV or SDDS.

• Return to a review

  Save PV selections, time ranges, filters and plot options. Trends can import existing DataLoggerViewer custom plots.

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Before you try it. Start with a familiar PV and a short historical interval, or an existing SDDS file. Browser saved reviews remain local to that browser. Keep the original tools available while comparing representative results.

sddseditor is the Qt replacement for the Tcl/Tk sddsedit spreadsheet editor, for inspecting and changing SDDS files. It keeps page-by-page access to parameters and columns while adding array exploration, a searchable file outline and editing tools for preparing data for other SDDS programs.

Highlights

• Work with SDDS6

  Read and write enum fields in parameters, columns and arrays. Choose declared state labels and retain their code mappings when saving.

• Edit and check the result

  Search and replace values, filter rows, apply formulas and undo edits. Plot current column or array values with sddsplot, including unsaved changes.

• Explore arrays

  Open multidimensional slices in a separate viewer, edit cells and use numeric heatmaps with automatic or fixed color ranges.

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