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  • Welcome to Tango Controls documentation!
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      • What is Tango Controls
        • Tango Host Role
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    • Windows
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      • What’s next
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    • Raspberry Pi
      • Installation with database
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  • Getting Started
    • First steps with Tango Controls
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    • How to develop for Tango Controls
      • Getting started with JTango (Java implementation of Tango-Controls)
        • Developing your first Java TANGO client
        • Developing your first Java TANGO device class
      • Getting started with cppTango (C++ implementation of Tango-Controls)
        • Writing your first C++ TANGO client
        • TANGO C++ Quick start
        • Your first C++ TANGO device class
      • Getting started with PyTango (Python implementation of Tango-Controls)
        • Developing Python TANGO device class
    • Administration applications guide
      • Astor
      • Jive
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      • Tango Database
      • Installation
  • Developer’s Guide
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      • C++ and Python
      • Java
    • General guidelines
      • Tango object naming (device, attribute and property)
        • Device name
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        • Reserved words and characters, limitations
    • 10 things you should know about CORBA
    • Tango Client
      • Writing a TANGO client using TANGO C++ APIs
        • Introduction
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        • Data types
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        • Reading/Writing device pipe
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        • Thread safety
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      • TangoATK Programmer’s Guide
        • Introduction
        • The key concepts of TangoATK
        • The real getting started
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      • PyTango - a Python binding to Tango
    • Device Servers
      • Introduction to device server
      • TANGO Device Server Guidelines
        • Guidelines
        • Tango Concepts
        • Tango Device Design
        • Tango device implementation
        • Appendices
      • The TANGO device server model
        • Introduction to CORBA
        • The model
        • The device
        • The server
        • The Tango Logging Service
        • The database
        • The controlled access
        • The Application Programmers Interfaces
      • Writing a TANGO device server
        • The device server framework
        • Exchanging data between client and server
        • The Tango Logging Service
        • Writing a device server process
        • Device server under Windows
        • Compiling, linking and executing a TANGO device server process
        • Advanced programming techniques
      • Attribute alarms
        • The level alarms
        • The Read Different than Set (RDS) alarm
      • Enumerated attribute
        • Usage in a Tango class
        • Usage in a Tango client
      • Memorized attribute
      • Forwarded attribute
        • Definition
        • Coding
      • Device polling
        • Introduction
        • Configuring the polling system
        • Reading data from the polling buffer
        • Retrieving command/attribute result history
        • Externally triggered polling
        • Filling polling buffer
        • Setting and tuning the polling in a Tango class
      • Generating events in a device server
      • Tango Device in Java
      • PyTango - a Python binding to Tango
    • Debugging and Testing
      • Using Tango docker containers
        • Tango docker containers
        • Extending existing containers
    • Advanced
      • Threading
        • Device server process
        • Client process
      • Transferring images
      • Device server with user defined event loop
      • Tango Device Server Model
        • Primary Presentation
        • Elements
        • Attributes
        • Relations
        • Rationale
      • Tango REST API
        • Tango REST API specification
        • Tango REST API implementations
        • Deployment
        • Further steps
        • References
      • The TANGO IDL file : Module Tango
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        • Interface Tango::Device
        • Interface Tango::Device_2
        • Interface Tango::Device_3
        • Interface Tango::Device_4
        • Interface Tango::Device_5
      • Reference part
        • Device parameter
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        • Device pipe
        • Device class parameter
        • The device black box
        • Automatically added commands
        • DServer class device commands
        • DServer class device properties
        • Tango log consumer
        • Control system specific
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        • Device server process option and environment variables
      • Known issues
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        • About this documentation
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        • Introduction to Astor
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        • Add a new controlled host
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        • ICALEPCS 2011 paper
      • Jive
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      • ATKPanel
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        • Preferences
      • Pogo (Class Generator)
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      • Tango REST API
        • Tango REST API specification
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        • Deployment
        • Further steps
        • References
    • Other tools
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  • Administration
    • Overview
    • Deployment
      • Starting a Tango control system
        • Without database
        • With database
        • With database and event
        • With file used as database
        • With file used as database and event
        • With the controlled access
      • The Starter device
        • Introduction
        • Installation
        • Configuration
        • Usage
        • Autostarting Starter
        • References
      • Running a device server without SQL database
        • Device server using file as database
        • Device server without database
      • Multiple database servers within a Tango control system
      • The property file syntax
        • Property file usage
        • Property file syntax
      • High Availability
        • Tactics to improve the availability
      • Tango Controls versions in use
    • Services
      • Event system
        • Using multicast protocol to transfer events
        • Events in Tango releases lower than 8
      • The Tango controlled access system
        • User rights definition
        • Running a Tango control system with the controlled access
      • HDB++ - an archiving/historian service
        • HDB++ Design and implementation
        • Event Subscriber interface
        • Configuration Manager interface
        • Legacy HDB tables structure
        • schema SQL source (TimescaleDb)
        • schema SQL source (MySQL)
        • schema CQL source (Cassandra)
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      • How to create inheritance link between Tango classes (C++)
        • The example case
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        • The HighLevelClass.cpp file
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        • Running your class
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      • How to deal with string Tango attribute (C++)
        • Scalar attribute - static allocation
        • Scalar attribute - dynamic allocation
        • Spectrum / Image attribute - static allocation
        • Spectrum / Image attribute - dynamic allocation
        • Conclusion
      • How to reconnect Database at device server startup time
      • How to distinguish clients on the server side
        • Problem overview
        • Detailed cases
        • Solution overview
        • Java:
        • CPP:
        • Python:
      • How to add dynamic attributes to a device class
        • Creating new attributes at Startup
        • Generating your class with Pogo
        • Implementing the Dynamic Attributes
        • Running the server
        • Conclusion
      • How to extract read and set values from a scalar attribute
      • How to Fandango
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      • How to import multiple device classes to the Catalogue
        • Requirements
        • How-to import multiple classes
        • How the script works
      • Integrate Java Tango servers with Astor
        • Problem overview
        • Detailed cases
        • Solution overview
      • Tango with systemd integration
      • How to PyTango
        • Before anything else
        • Installation notes
        • Using the DeviceProxy object
        • Device Server Internal Objects
        • Using Database Object
        • Useful constants and enums
        • Using Tango Groups
        • About Exceptions
        • Passing Arguments to Device command_inout
        • Using asynchronous commands
        • Setting Attribute Config
        • Porting device servers to PyTango
      • PyTangoArchiving Recipes
        • Installing PyTangoArchiving:
        • Accessing MySQL:
        • Download
        • Submodules
        • General usage
        • Using the Python API
        • Using CSV files
      • How to run a device server with an active Windows firewall
      • How to run device servers on Windows XP with IPv6
      • How to start a device server
        • How to start a device server
        • Starting device servers with Jive
        • Starting device servers with Astor
        • Other options
      • How to try Tango Controls
        • Installation notes on Linux base distribution OS
        • Running the Tango System
        • Installation on CentOS
        • Play with Tango Controls
      • Using Tango servers without DB for unit testing
        • Problem overview
        • Detailed cases
        • Solution overview
        • Java:
        • CPP:
        • Python:
      • How to tune polling by code in a TANGO class
        • In C++
        • In Python
        • In Java
      • How to use vectors to set attributes
  • Reference
    • Map Key
      • Acknowledgements
      • Making Modifications
    • Glossary
    • Bibliography
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Index

Symbols | A | C | D | E | H | I | M | P | Q | S | T | V

Symbols

  • $CLASSPATH

A

  • AC
  • Archiving
  • Archiving mode
  • attribute
  • attribute quality

C

  • class
  • command
  • Core

D

  • device
  • device class
  • device server
  • device server instance
  • device state
  • dynamic attribute

E

  • environment variable
    • $CLASSPATH
    • MYSQL_PASSWORD
    • MYSQL_USER
    • PKG_CONFIG_PATH
    • TANGO_HOST, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]
    • TANGO_HOST=HOSTNAME:PORT
    • TANGO_HOST=productionserver:10000, [1], [2]
    • TANGO_HOST=testserver:10000, [1]
    • TANGO_ROOT

H

  • HDB

I

  • instance

M

  • MYSQL_PASSWORD
  • MYSQL_USER

P

  • pipe
  • PKG_CONFIG_PATH
  • property

Q

  • Quick Save/Quick load

S

  • SCADA
  • state
  • state machine

T

  • Tango Controls
  • Tango Core
  • Tango Database
  • Tango Host
  • TANGO_HOST, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]
  • TANGO_HOST=HOSTNAME:PORT
  • TANGO_HOST=productionserver:10000, [1], [2]
  • TANGO_HOST=testserver:10000, [1]
  • TANGO_ROOT
  • TDB

V

  • VC

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