index.rst

Welcome to the EPICS How-To Pages!

⚠️ https://docs.epics-controls.org/projects/how-tos/en/latest/ is now deprecated/archived in favor of https://docs.epics-controls.org/en/latest/.

ℹ️ All pages of https://docs.epics-controls.org/projects/how-tos/en/latest/ have been migrated to https://docs.epics-controls.org/en/latest/.

ℹ️ All the existing links of https://docs.epics-controls.org/projects/how-tos/en/latest/ (listed below) will now redirect you to the rigth pages in https://docs.epics-controls.org/en/latest/.

Getting started

• Installation on Linux/UNIX/DARWIN (Mac)
• Packages required for EPICS on Centos 8
• Creation of an Input/Output Controller (IOC)
• Installation on Windows

Building EPICS

• How To Port EPICS to a new OS/Architecture
• Getting Started with EPICS on RTEMS 4
• Configuring vxWorks 6.x
• Configuring Tornado/vxWorks 5.5.x
• How To cross compile EPICS and a IOC to an old x86 Linux system

Applications

• Common Database patterns

Collaboration

• How to run an EPICS Collaboration Meeting

Writing Drivers and Device Support

• How to Avoid Copying Arrays with waveformRecord

Infrastructure and Other

• How to find which IOC provides a PV

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   EPICS Website <https://epics-controls.org>
   EPICS Documents <https://docs.epics-controls.org>