Spring EPICS collaboration meeting 2026

Upgrading an Operational EPICS Control System to EPICS 7

20 avr. 2026, 10:40

20m

Amphithéâtre Alain Aspect - 1G58 (ENS Paris-Saclay (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Paris Saclay))

Talk Status reports EPICS Meeting Talks

Orateur

Karen White (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Description

The EPICS based control system at SNS has been in operation since 2006. After 20 years of running EPICS Version 3, we have embarked on the journey of upgrading to EPICS 7. This upgrade is necessary as support for EPICS 3 is discontinued and to take advantage of new features especially more advanced data handling capabilities. Most importantly, Secure EPICS will only be available for EPICS 7 systems and this is a critical piece to meet increasing cybersecurity mandates. However, having a large, mature operational EPICS control system in a complex machine operating over 5000 hours per year means changes must be implemented in phases with minimal disruption to operations and availability. This talk will discuss our strategy and progress towards upgrading to EPICS 7.