EPICS TO TINE TRANSLATOR RELEASE 2.0

The initial version of the TINE translator for EPICS [1] has so far proved a great success as DESY. The initial needs of providing data from an EPICS [2] IOC via TINE [3] were such that the read-only nature of the translator were all that were needed. Likewise the initial name mapping scenario where the 28-character Channel Access name was simply mapped one-to-one to the TINE device name and the 4-character Channel Access field name was mapped to the TINE property name was deemed adequate, especially as more acceptable names were frequently provided via the translator’s composite system. In this paper, we report on the new features available in the EPICS to TINE translator. In particular, the ability of the translator to accept WRITE access commands (EPICS dbput()s) and the mapping of alarms will be presented. More importantly, the newer more logical name mapping will be discussed, whereby the Channel Access name is parsed into a more meaningful combination of device name and device property. As the initial translator was used primarily on VxWorks IOCS, we shall also give results for other platforms.