PicoMotor control system using EPICS and Python
Installation
We assume that EPICS base is installed in /opt/epics/base.
EpicsCA
Download EpicsCA version 2 (not 3 yet) from below:
http://cars9.uchicago.edu/~newville/Epics/Python/
Extract it in /opt/epics/.
Set appropriate environmental variables (these are actually set by .cshrc, so you shouldn't have to be bothered).
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/epics/base/lib/linux-x86_64 EPICS_BASE=/opt/epics/base EPICS_EXTENSIONS=/opt/epics/extensions EPICS_HOST_ARCH=linux-x86_64
Run python setup.py build You may need to install development files for python, if these are not installed yet.